A VERY interestin' take on air compressors
The crap you get now at auto stores or big name retailers is just crap and won,t last long.the compressor I have,is a binks 80 gallon tank,with cast iron every thing,top to bottom,and only last year did the electric motor crap out.The thing is about this compressor,It was built in,get this, 1959 on the tag,the compressor it,s self has never been apart,no leaks or problems,change the oil,once a year,that,s it,make sure you drain the water out of the tank,do the math boys and girls,54 years old.When was the last time you saw any thing last 54 years,mrmopartech
I actually have a "Enco Unimat" milling machine/Metal Lathe, factory, NO new parts BUT the drive belts, oiled every other month, I use it all the time, and its manufacture date......1954! its as old as my Dad (if he'd be with us today at 60!)
Sure, its a hobby milling center, BUT.........what HOBBY milling center have you seen to run a 3/4 inch end mill, and not stall out, thats BELT driven? The drive belts to this little machine are about .250 thick, yep a quarter inch! Thing takes a poundin' too.... I used it to do a lot of hobby repairs work on clocks, and old Lionel trains, for YEARS. paid $75 for it at a yard sale, came with EVERYTHING, and.. I still have all the attachments for it.....
Best investment I ever made, the Wife, asked you just needed one more tool, the day I bought it, NOW thats a whole other story, you wouldn't BELIEVE what I've done with this little thing, you know that pipe that crosses from one side of the front of your car to the other with the high and low pressure power steering fluid being transferred? I cut my own pipe barbs for a replacement thick wall pipe. for $14.00! NOT $229 as at the time Ford wanted for the factory part, car steered great till the body fell off it!
This one machine is a metal lathe, Milling machine, Drill press, miniature table saw, miniature wood lathe, miniature threading machine, Miniature sabre Saw.
Machine booklet that came with (just as old as the machine) says its true to .002 of an inch, and I've checked it as it is afterall got a bit of age to it and its still true to around .003 of an inch! And that .001 of an inch could be MY error in checking it!