Volvorsport
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| posted on 1/8/15 at 06:14 PM |
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3 hp compressor
Looking for a 3hp compressor or advice on upgrading a smaller one . Need to do quite a bit of shot blasting.
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
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big_wasa
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| posted on 1/8/15 at 06:19 PM |
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I can tell you a 3 horse is barely enough for blasting.
[Edited on 2/8/15 by big_wasa]
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 1/8/15 at 06:26 PM |
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Well I'm only on mains so I doubt I could use anything bigger
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
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mark chandler
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| posted on 1/8/15 at 06:34 PM |
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You will need a pair of them if you want to sustain more than 20 seconds blasting 
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 1/8/15 at 06:37 PM |
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So tank size and a good cfm rating....
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
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big_wasa
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| posted on 1/8/15 at 06:38 PM |
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Most of us are in the same boat.
You want a good size tank, 100 L +
Belt drive.
The best Fad you can get for your money.
My experience, I have a branded belt drive 3hp comp with a 100 L tank and a fad of around 11 cfm. And it runs flat out on a little bench top blast
cab, crushed glass as the medium.
It's great for brackets and bits but works the compressor hard.
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jossey
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| posted on 1/8/15 at 06:58 PM |
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as above you need 2.
I have a sip 3HP AND a 2hp small compressor (clarke £100) and it lasts 30 mins working.
Thanks
David Johnson
Building my tiger avon slowly but surely.
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 1/8/15 at 07:06 PM |
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So in reality , I need to buy a new 3 hp one to use in parallel ? Not sure I need 30 mins of usage tho.....
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
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gremlin1234
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| posted on 1/8/15 at 07:19 PM |
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quote:
I can tell you a 3 horse is barley enough for blasting.
I thought barley was what you fed the horses
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ianhurley20
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| posted on 2/8/15 at 09:19 AM |
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Or - you can use electrolysis to remove rust etc
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austin man
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| posted on 2/8/15 at 08:47 PM |
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what are you blasting ?? an option may be to consider a good Jet wash and do the water ?sand blast
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 2/8/15 at 08:51 PM |
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Rear axle (live) , subframe , wishbones , quite possibly engine bay and underneath too
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
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austin man
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| posted on 2/8/15 at 09:24 PM |
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have a look at the water blasting there is a kit on Ebay that attaches to a jet was needs to be above specific pressure though keep the dust down
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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