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From: clare at snyder dot ontario dot canada

Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:48:44 -0400

Local: Fri, Jul 25 2008 7:48 am

Subject: Re: Source of compresed air

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On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:01:02 GMT, gwh...@alum.mit.edu (Doug White)
wrote:

>In article <dOWdnfryCIkOrBTVnZ2dnUVZ_t_in...@posted.uniservecommunications>, "Michael Koblic" <mkob...@uniserve.com> wrote:
>>I find the need for a small jet of compressed air to blow out chips etc from
>>time to time. I am thus looking for a source of compressed air to which some
>>sort of air gun can be attached. It has to satisfy three requirements:
>>1) It has to be cheap,
>>2) It has to take up little or no space,
>>3) It has to be cheap,

>>I heard some people simply use a spare car tire. I asked at Summit tools
>>(who carry all kinds of air stuff) if it is feasible to attach a hose and an
>>air gun to a tire, they did not think so. I really do not want/need a
>>full-sized compressor. A compresed air bottle seems a bit of an overkill.

>The long term costs will mount, but I got along for years buying aerosol
>"duster" cans. I bet you could get them cheap off of eBay, and a tiny
>can goes a long way. Do a search on "duster can", and you'll get lots of
>options. I'd stick with at least 10 oz cans (preferably larger).

>Doug White

A big spare tire and the hose that comes with a Pontiac TransSport
with air assist shocks (to blow up tires with the suspension
compressor) would work fine. Blow the tire up to 50PSI at the service
station every couple of days, or get the kid busy with the foot pump.

I've even USED the foot pump to blow chips on occaision.
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