New Compressed air setup with regulator

[Terry Sumner]

While spraying some paint onto the 60 Ford pickup resto project, I realized just how unhappy I was with my old air setup. So as Tim Taylor was so fond of saying, "I rebuilt it!" I had a twin tank compressor that I had picked up somewhere for cheap. I set up a hose from the compressor to a female quick disconnect. Then put a male quick connect spigot on the air-in side of a small moisture collector I had in the garage from my old air system I used to have there. Then a shutoff valve to a fairly cheap regulator from good old Home Cheapo. Then I stuck another female quick connector on the end of that. With another male end on the airbrush line it's easy to plug the line in or out. The regulator was only $23 at HD. So now I have a regulated air supply (with an inline moisture collector) from a compressor with 2 holding tanks and it holds enough air so that it sprays for a long time before it has to kick on. If you're interested...the regulator is a Husky unit, SKU number 401-877 as I said, from Home Depot.

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Here's the old air compressor. Just a unit that carpenters use to power nail guns.

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