Portable air compresser - video

**Jon** · Feb 16, 2021, 04:27 PM

Portable air compresser. By Make it Extreme. 14:00 video:

Previously:

Tire vulcanizing machine - video
Pressure sprayer from chainsaw - video
Spindle sander - video

**nova_robotics** · Feb 16, 2021, 06:51 PM

Neat. But I'd be making a bracket and strapping those two tanks together rather than welding them.

**jdurand** · Feb 17, 2021, 05:29 PM

Something I've seen that's handy is an adapter for paintball CO2 tanks. You hang the tank from your belt and the adapter has a regulator and standard pneumatic hose fitting. So pop on your nailer or whatever with a short hose and go off nailing without dragging a hose.

**nova_robotics** · Feb 18, 2021, 06:56 AM

Originally Posted by jdurand

Something I've seen that's handy is an adapter for paintball CO2 tanks. You hang the tank from your belt and the adapter has a regulator and standard pneumatic hose fitting. So pop on your nailer or whatever with a short hose and go off nailing without dragging a hose.

That's a neat idea, but how much mileage do you get out of a little paintball tank at 100 PSI?

**jdurand** · Feb 18, 2021, 09:57 AM

Originally Posted by nova_robotics

That's a neat idea, but how much mileage do you get out of a little paintball tank at 100 PSI?

The tank is filled with liquid CO2, the regulator drops it to the 100psi for your tool.

When my wife did architectural steel, when in the field they'd run their pneumatic tools off the CO2 tank for the welder. Who needs to buy and haul a compressor around?