Mini Air Compressor Restoration.

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/ @ajrestoration Welcome back, Ladies and Gents. I visited my favorite place to find restorations, and I stumbled upon this small air compressor, and damn I just had to have it. I restored it and wow it's a pretty little thing, this is one of my favorite restorations.
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Tools used.
MAC AFRIC 150 Liter Belt Drive Compressor
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MAC AFRIC Sand Blast Cabinet on Stand
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MAC AFRIC Combination Rotary Mini Grinder Multi-Tool Kit
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MAC AFRIC 4″ (100 mm) Bench Vice (Iron) (Swivel with Anvil) Light Duty
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MAC AFRIC 12 Ton Shop Press With Bottle Jack
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MAC AFRIC HVLP Gravity Side Feed Spray Gun
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MAC AFRIC Blue PVC Flexible Air Hose 10m X 8 mm with Couplers
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MAC AFRIC 2.0 m Industrial Work Bench
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Members Credit.
ahmadgeo
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Michael Kelleher
Karin Wallace
WILD35 KSM
Thank you all for your support! I appreciate all of you!
Some history on air compressors.
Air compressors are used in a variety of industries to provide compressed and pressurized air for many applications. These devices are now even used to power construction and manufacturing equipment and to drive control system valves; earlier compressors were much less versatile. The advent of air compressors dates back thousands of years.
The earliest air compressor was actually the human lung. Since the human body can exhale oxygen, people once used their breath to stoke fires. The trend of providing our own air pressure faded around 3000 B.C. as the practice of metallurgy became prevalent. Metalsmiths were melting down various materials such as gold and copper, and they soon realized that higher temperatures were needed.
Healthy lungs can only produce .02 to .08 bar (1 bar equates to 14.5 psi) of air pressure-hardly adequate for metalworking tasks. Also, the carbon dioxide content in human breath wasn’t helpful for sustaining fires. The demand for stronger air compressors began to grow as time progressed.
In 1500 B.C., a new type of air compressor was invented, called bellows. This device was a hand-held (and later foot-controlled) flexible bag that produced a concentrated blast of air ideal for achieving higher temperature fires. Years later in 1762, professional engineer John Smeaton designed a water wheel-driven blowing cylinder that slowly replaced the bellows.
Though Smeaton’s device was efficient, it was replaced in turn by the blasting machine invented by John Wilkinson in 1776; Wilkinson’s blasting machine became the archetype for later mechanical air compressors.
Air compressors were used for more than just metalworking in those days; they were also used for mining and fabricating metals and providing ventilation to underground areas. During the 1857 construction of the Italy-France rail system, compressors were often used to move large air volumes into the 8-mile construction tunnel. Soon after, people conceptualized more ways to utilize the technology.
By 1800, people began using air compressors to transmit energy. Austrian engineer Viktor Popp created the first compressor plant in Paris in 1888; in just three years, Popp’s 1,500 kW compressor plant grew to 18,000 kW. More innovations in air compression kept improving upon the process and soon began incorporating electricity and pneumatic energy.

[@fluturascosmin5760]

Rotation is wrong direction

[@soulbrothers7789]

Awesome restoration without voice or crappy music !

[@user-jp2ji4lh8r]

Shouldn't you be pushing on the outer rings of the bearings and not the inner?

[@andymiller1803]

If the Daleks had a prehistoric ancestor, I think this is it. 🤪

[@johnwooldridge9994]

Nice little restoration my good man. Would definitely like to see your approach on restoring the Briggs and Stratton next.

[@philliphall5198]

Funny looking wash pan and fluid level Lololo

[@jamesfield5346]

What on God's green earth was that...???

[@johnkoury1116]

Did you zinc plate the items that you pickled?

[@ronwalsh]

Make new gaskets. They are like .01 cent to make.

[@tk429]

Use a brake cylinder hone.

[@yeagerxp]

Well done 👍👍👍Thank you for sharing. Take care of yourself, be safe, and healthy 🇨🇦

[@gerardohumbertocastano8240]

Que exelente tutorial paso a paso así si se aprende felicitaciones👍

[@MarkMeadows90]

Another good restoration sir. I laughed at the part where you raised the manually operated press machine back up. Squeaky noises! The dolphin sounds coming from the air compressor were funny as well.

[@lordsofsw1085]

Great video ! especially for eng students.

[@hilyeli]

Loved seeing you use the oil can that you also restored

[@stephenpaul9165]

Beautifuly done!

[@Antonio_Pereira]

Muito bom trabalho 👍

[@raimundopacheco64]

Buen trabajo gracias por enseñar a hacerlo

[@oneshotme]

It looks great and you did a wonderful job restoring it as well!!!!

[@tedschmaltz4346]

Nicely done.