Thank you. I spent many hours and took many trips to get what I needed to complete this project. I had about 180 or more clips to edit and piece together. I have the tag and it is pretty beat up. I'll not throw it out. I will try what you say and salvage it. Otherwise I have found a photo of another one on google images I could have reproduced. Another commenter left the name of a person that does these things. This is how I know using motor oil was okay vs using compressor oil.
When making the new base is the time to weld a couple 1/4-28 nuts to the bottom by the motor mount slots closest to the compressor, to make micrometer belt tension adjusters with some 1/4-28 x 2'' bolts (e.g. pushing against the flats of the 2 motor mounting nuts on that side of the motor... that'd help hold alignment between the 2 pulleys, also, which can be simply checked with a metal rule held against all 4 edges of the 2 pulleys).
I am 65 years old and worn my hands out working. I still want to use them, but they resist. In a strange way, I am comforted watching your hands work. You do very good work. Peace and Blessings upon you and everyone you love.
12:15 An air compressor bringing an air compressor back to life! It's beautiful to see a younger tool helping out an aged tool! Great video, great skills!
as time goes on your skill of restoration will slowly be lost... happy to see you keep bringing relics from the past into the present :) wonderful job! Skilled!!
Amazing job! Almost 91 year and you made it wake up again. This kind of restorations shows us the old tools were created to work forever XD. Great video!
Oh I just found out I showed my dad & he just about fell over he said that's the same air pump my Grampa had at his gas station where of course my dad worked. Now that I know I would love to find one for him I've never seen my dad cry & he's getting pretty old lol but he saw this and started to cry so I know it means more to him than just a air compresser please if any one knows of one around even if I can't get it working I can still redo it the way he remembers & put a nice big smile on his face again so again my friend thank you for posting this you made my dad so happy it made me cry thanks
well, I can sympathize with your dad. when I saw this, I nearly fell out of my chair because this is the exact thing that's been sitting out in a junk pile on my grandparent's farm for longer than I've been alive.
@@tiny180 well, I think our one is a bit rusty. It's probably worse than the one in this video before the restoration! but I do sincerely hope you find one for your dad!
Aloha, I'm 2600 mi from my home in Nevada & now missing my own Spray-It: Bought it at an antique yard sale & refurbished her in Conn about 1968. Mine came painted. a pale green and bronze base. The Timken bottom end roller bearings matched the outer wheel bearings from a '63 Plymouth Valiant & the plain bearing rod was still being stocked by Sears-Roebuck. With an inline air filter & surplus WWII USAAF B-17 oxygen bottle to build up an air reserve, I, patiently, painted several cars and flathead Indians over the years... & uncounted tires. Still have her waiting for work sitting up in Silver City. Kid Silver SCVFD
@@mikilroy556 WOW! Awesome! He helped keep the fly boys in the air. What some call "anal" I call "absolutely necessary". One cannot cut corners when it comes to human lives.
Nice compressor, I have the exact same one that was my Father's. When I was a kid I remember him using it to spray paint his projects and to inflate his auto tires. Mine is a beige color, I like the colors you painted yours. I also use it for my projects. Sam, N E U.S.A.
I am watching this today, 4-29-2020. 91 years after this was built. Nothing made now is equal to the craftsmanship we lost. Not suprised at all that you got it working again. Beautiful job.
That was one hell-of-a find. So Art Deco. I's love to buy it just to turn it into a sculpture. the down side to that wish is it would be about 20 years before I could get it done behind all the other "projects" I have.
If you are here in the US you are on the West Coast. They shut down Sinclair oil here on the east coast decades ago. I remember them though. Mont. is full of Sinclair gas stations. You done a good job.
Yes! I was shocked! But this (old) man seems to have a different approach. Efficacity first and not to spend more time that's necessary,. My mechanics has a different philosophy, and treats objects as if they had a soul.
I cringed at many techniques used here... Heat and patience would have gotten it apart without so much destruction. He's never used a grinder in an actual professional job, the painting techniques are way off, the use of bondo... why? And why wasn't electrolysis used to remove the original rust??? I would have done most of this way differently but, then again I'm a federally licensed aircraft mechanic fixing 20 to 30 million dollar corporate jets so I guess I'm expected to achieve a different level of repairs. I still gave a thumbs up - it's still a nice job, I would just do some stuff differently I guess.
A bit of advice when tapping on important parts and that would be to use a brass hammer. You can easily make one from a piece of brass round stock and a wooden handle.
20:10 when you made your own gaskets! 😍 This is so satisfying coming from auto body shops. So impressed to see you feathered, primed and “blocked”. Lol. The level of dedication to your craft is admirable. Outstanding work 🙏🏽 thank you for posting!
i have one off these complete and working i save from the junk yard a couple years back but mine has a lil cage it sits in with wheels and has a 2 gallon torpedo air tank that sits above the compressor. I believe it was sold as a paint sprayer and sold both by sears and Montgomery wards. the light teal blue as in this video is the same color a mine and is the wards version. i believe the sears version came in red. excellent job restoring such a cool compressor.
I was waiting for "I make new one" the entire time only to realize that you're not "My Mechanic" when the video was over. It was very nice but I feel empty.
You knew it wasn't My Mechanic the second that grinder left a mark on the bottom plate. Time 0:48 M/M doesn't damage old parts except in very rare situations where it's going to be replaced with ‘I make new one.’
Paul Turner Check out Raymond Loewy or Henry Dreyfuss.........they were serious cool! Actually, this compressor looks like it’s got Loewy written all over it.
I absolutely enjoy your restorations, amongst other reasons. You get in there, not worrying if your hands get dirty... I'm a mechanic, so that's how I do things...lol
Everything from the gaskets inward seemed to only be a few years old they were so well preserved. Those gaskets worked great at not only keeping everything in but also everything out.
As always, well done. Impressive to see how the original build kept moisture out and preserved those inner parts. Nice use of the gear hose clamp as a ring compressor.
This mechanic know everything about air compressor 1929 long time ago 21 century technical this guy has experience in the field equipment paint job new bless you friend keep up the good work
@@grantw.whitwam9948 Right, but all you need is around 40 PSI for most uses. The new tankless compressors make 150-250 PSI, but put out very little air because of their thimble-sized pistons. If you run them more than 20 minutes, they melt down. The old one is far superior.
Technically it's not tankless, the other half of the cylinder is actually a small integral tank. Looks like maybe 1/2gal capacity or less, but it is a tank nonetheless.
Looks like it but, all it would be is a very permeable sponge and I guess that finding one with the exact shape would be hard. Either that or, he just decided that it's not essential for the restoration, the dude said in the title that he wasn't expecting it to work. I don't know, all we can do is speculate either way but!, the important this is that it works.
That's what I was thinking, but I'm on the fence a little. I'm waiting to see the final product. Everything looks a little shady to me. That sanding and filing and the bondo doesn't looked mixed and it's not sticking (I don't Bondo is the best product.) That acetone should have been more thorough. I like the Citrus paint remover though. I'll let you know what I think. So far, I'm not overly impressed. Okay, finished. Looks like shit to me. Runs like shit too. No sub.
Casting flash is the icon of low effort mass production though.. theres a cathartic feeling to cleaning up the lines on something like that. Doubly so when its something with flowing curves.
@@stoffers6419 One mans character is another mans imperfection. Those "character" features you talk about are just the signs of either poor casting methods or poor material choice. (or both) Not to mention the 1920's was never about horrible porus castings, it was about smooth features that aerodynamic look that overtook pop culture.
Me: *Sees my check engine light come on* Well, it's the beginning of the end. This guy: *Sees a rusted out lawnmower from 1850 infested with a family of rats sitting in the treeline* I bet can fix it.
The end result has a lot of paint missing where the parts meet. I guess it came off when you removed the masking tape. You could avoid that by leaving some of the contact area exposed while spraying. Just scrape off the overspray with a blade afterwards.
Beautiful restoration. The compressor is actually a Sprayit. Brand compressor from the 1940's. These are wonderful little compressors. Great job on the restoration.
At the same time, that paint has lead in it and you don't want to be breathing in paint dust full of lead from sandblasting. The solution used to clean the paint off, needs disposed of properly.
Thought the same! Those are just like modern taper bearings. He fact they had no rust on them also threw me. Either this machine has been in use, or stored very carefully
Next time you want to make your own gasket(s),, put some light oil on the surface and then press down, you'll have a perfect image of the surface. And you use it as a pattern to make a perfect copy! Nice work.
NEWMOON54 Cannone As total ignoramus myself I really like it when I see advisory rather than critical comments. Thank you, I’ve learnt something today.
I love these types of videos. These people are artists. Also, goes to show that a quality built product can be brought back to life, even after decades of use/neglect. Try this in 90 years with a Home Depot compressor... LOL.
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Thank you. I spent many hours and took many trips to get what I needed to complete this project. I had about 180 or more clips to edit and piece together.
I have the tag and it is pretty beat up. I'll not throw it out. I will try what you say and salvage it. Otherwise I have found a photo of another one on google images I could have reproduced. Another commenter left the name of a person that does these things. This is how I know using motor oil was okay vs using compressor oil.
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Very nice restoration and yes, I smiled.
I love to see old machinery come back to life once again. great job, looks like new!
When making the new base is the time to weld a couple 1/4-28 nuts to the bottom by the motor mount slots closest to the compressor, to make micrometer belt tension adjusters with some 1/4-28 x 2'' bolts (e.g. pushing against the flats of the 2 motor mounting nuts on that side of the motor... that'd help hold alignment between the 2 pulleys, also, which can be simply checked with a metal rule held against all 4 edges of the 2 pulleys).
I am 65 years old and worn my hands out working. I still want to use them, but they resist. In a strange way, I am comforted watching your hands work. You do very good work. Peace and Blessings upon you and everyone you love.
The dude making this video looks about as old as you probably are.
Nah he is like late 40s or early 50s
The great magician, he can 61 to 16 . Godbless
Same here on my hands just work slower, I’ve had four surgeries on mine this year a bit painful yet not numb now.
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Anyone who can take something apart, put it back together, and make it work has my respect. Thanks for sharing.
It’s oddly comforting to see someone else destroy a part or two while trying to fix something. I am not alone in the universe.
Gosh, I love that "streamlined" style of that time period! Beautiful!
12:15 An air compressor bringing an air compressor back to life! It's beautiful to see a younger tool helping out an aged tool!
Great video, great skills!
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as time goes on your skill of restoration will slowly be lost... happy to see you keep bringing relics from the past into the present :) wonderful job! Skilled!!
I have a really old air compressor....everything was so much cooler back when they were built with style AND functionality.
Even a simple air compressor looks elegant in Art Déco.
You said it.
I’m 62 and not quite that skilled. Hands still work mostly but always a pleasure to watch a skilled craftsman at work. Another type of art.
Amazing job! Almost 91 year and you made it wake up again. This kind of restorations shows us the old tools were created to work forever XD. Great video!
Idk if it’s just me but watching him disassemble everything and clean every part up is legit the most satisfying thing ever
Amazing restoration to better than new. All of these restorations don’t take the items to like new they take them to better than new which is amazing
Oh I just found out I showed my dad & he just about fell over he said that's the same air pump my Grampa had at his gas station where of course my dad worked. Now that I know I would love to find one for him I've never seen my dad cry & he's getting pretty old lol but he saw this and started to cry so I know it means more to him than just a air compresser please if any one knows of one around even if I can't get it working I can still redo it the way he remembers & put a nice big smile on his face again so again my friend thank you for posting this you made my dad so happy it made me cry thanks
I have one in good shape May need a little work on the air valves. sim559@gmail.com can send pictures
well, I can sympathize with your dad. when I saw this, I nearly fell out of my chair because this is the exact thing that's been sitting out in a junk pile on my grandparent's farm for longer than I've been alive.
@@nybergsgarage oh wow that's cool ya I'd love to find one for him
@@tiny180 well, I think our one is a bit rusty. It's probably worse than the one in this video before the restoration! but I do sincerely hope you find one for your dad!
@@nybergsgarage thanks I'm trying grad but not easy that's for sure the ones I found were way beyond my ability to restore lol
Deco-Streamline futurism is the best... always looking like it's in motion, even when standing still.
🔵 I 💗 Art Deco!
Aloha, I'm 2600 mi from my home in Nevada & now missing my own Spray-It: Bought it at an antique yard sale & refurbished her in Conn about 1968. Mine came painted. a pale green and bronze base. The Timken bottom end roller bearings matched the outer wheel bearings from a '63 Plymouth Valiant & the plain bearing rod was still being stocked by Sears-Roebuck. With an inline air filter & surplus WWII USAAF B-17 oxygen bottle to build up an air reserve, I, patiently, painted several cars and flathead Indians over the years... & uncounted tires. Still have her waiting for work sitting up in Silver City. Kid Silver SCVFD
Such a cool compressor !Man they had style back in the day.
Now everything is cheap crap from china!
The inside was in remarkable condition.
Nice profile pic. That was actually my family. Well... James J Kilroy (the guy who started it) was in my family.
@@mikilroy556 WOW! Awesome! He helped keep the fly boys in the air. What some call "anal" I call "absolutely necessary". One cannot cut corners when it comes to human lives.
I thought the same thing, John. I was like "that piston is pristine!" And I looked at the title and said "1929?! Wow".
It's not combustion engine there is no fuel gases or explosion hence no carbon deposit...that's why it's clean...
Indeed. I worked on much newer equipment in the US Navy that was in much worse shape than the internals of this.
It is great to see that American people don't throw away old things,they restore heritage and I love it,i stay in South Africa
Looks like something Flash Gordon would have had onboard his spaceship, only it would be a killer ray-gun!
Ray Gun/ Compressor ?
This is the ray gun that goes with it. Made by same company. www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/art-deco-sprayit-paint-gun-str-47a-1981187372
Nice compressor, I have the exact same one that was my Father's. When I was a kid I remember him using it to spray paint his projects and to inflate his auto tires. Mine is a beige color, I like the colors you painted yours. I also use it for my projects.
Sam, N E U.S.A.
I am watching this today, 4-29-2020. 91 years after this was built. Nothing made now is equal to the craftsmanship we lost. Not suprised at all that you got it working again. Beautiful job.
1929 with a hint of art deco... Amazing.
I love that futurist look from that time, heading into art-deco. Just cool seeing something like that looking brand new.
Back then everything got the futuristic treatment😀 beautiful save👍
That was one hell-of-a find. So Art Deco. I's love to buy it just to turn it into a sculpture. the down side to that wish is it would be about 20 years before I could get it done behind all the other "projects" I have.
Is it just me or is like 60% of this video just slightly out of focus?
nah, it's just the cataracts
shaggyego yepp, i couldnt watch whole but you are right.
@@SekTauBand ahh that's alright then... was worried it was something serious... like my phone screen going bad lol
@@shaggyego you were worried about your phone screen, not your eye's?? gold help us dude :-)
It is just you, actually 61% of this video is just slightly out of focus =)
If you are here in the US you are on the West Coast. They shut down Sinclair oil here on the east coast decades ago. I remember them though. Mont. is full of Sinclair gas stations. You done a good job.
I'm in Idaho. I believe the Sinclair Oil owners are from Sun Valley, Idaho. Thanks for the good words.
A truly blessed person with rare capabilities to revive old stuff, keep going !!!!
NICE work! Most people do not realize just how many hours of work it takes to do this.
Your hands do magic... well I know is hard work very well done, you are amazing .
You forgot the other plate, the one that goes on the main tray that holds everything!
just think the man who put that together is long gone by now.
There is something warm and fuzzy about restoring high quality old things. Thanks
My dad's got that exact same air pump sitting in pieces in the garage!
Nice to see what it could look like.
Who makes the air compressor?
After watching my mechanics this guy comes off as a savage in his repair methods haha
Yes, not soft at all.
Yes! I was shocked! But this (old) man seems to have a different approach. Efficacity first and not to spend more time that's necessary,. My mechanics has a different philosophy, and treats objects as if they had a soul.
Dude just gets to work and gets er done lol
I cringed at many techniques used here... Heat and patience would have gotten it apart without so much destruction. He's never used a grinder in an actual professional job, the painting techniques are way off, the use of bondo... why? And why wasn't electrolysis used to remove the original rust??? I would have done most of this way differently but, then again I'm a federally licensed aircraft mechanic fixing 20 to 30 million dollar corporate jets so I guess I'm expected to achieve a different level of repairs. I still gave a thumbs up - it's still a nice job, I would just do some stuff differently I guess.
lol
Man what a difference. Great work
Nice to see what it looked like 90 years ago.
Your comment made me think and now my head hurts. I am 70 years old and time was making a joke on me. This thing is only 20 years older than me!
Would have looked better without the filler and when you can see the casting imperfections he ground away.
Lots of style, even something as simple as a air compressor had style
TIP, fold the sandpaper in thirds and it will prevent it from slipping..
The end product is a piece of art, you can display it in your living-room for everyone to admire. Absolutely beautiful.
Wow, simply amazing! I'm a huge fan of Art Deco and streamline design, clearly my favorite period! Nice restoration!
I learned something new with the using of a hose clamp to seat piston rings. Thank you Sir and excellent workmanship.
Looks great also i go watch second part.
And finger up for guy who repair that thing in his age.
A bit of advice when tapping on important parts and that would be to use a brass hammer. You can easily make one from a piece of brass round stock and a wooden handle.
We can find your videos where?
I have the exact same compressor, never knew how old it was, still runs! Great Job, the colors sure make it pop!
How makes the air compressor?
@@ryanfaraudo2652 Sprayit
Very cool! That is gorgeous! You do awesome work. Thank you for sharing.
he did a great job , i hope he remembered to put in the air filter material
marion cobaretti oh thats what that was! I had no clue 😂
That's a pretty slick method for outlining new gaskets.
I learned that watching "the good of the land" restoration videos.
What a beautiful machine. Very cool, and very old, almost 100 years old. I really like the colors too.
20:10 when you made your own gaskets! 😍 This is so satisfying coming from auto body shops. So impressed to see you feathered, primed and “blocked”. Lol. The level of dedication to your craft is admirable. Outstanding work 🙏🏽 thank you for posting!
"stomping out" your old gaskets is at least as old as this compressor...
I like this guy, he's so intelligent I just love ppl that have the talent to do this kind of stuff. Good for him 👏👏
Nice video and impressive talent that I wish I had. I have no complaints with video quality.
20:00 Nice job making a gasket that probably hasn't been in the FelPro inventory since WWII!
Nice job you are very clever God bless you
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@@z_remium2102 you first.
All Natural & without any irritating artificial background music : Superb
I’m always impressed as hell when they put the things back together and they actually work.
The compressor company also owned a snap ring manufacturer.
I'm surprised you didn't say boat motors. that casting sure looks the part.
Early thru mid-20th century products weren't just built to last, they had style.
this is clearly an erly 50's design, the dating is off
i have one off these complete and working i save from the junk yard a couple years back but mine has a lil cage it sits in with wheels and has a 2 gallon torpedo air tank that sits above the compressor. I believe it was sold as a paint sprayer and sold both by sears and Montgomery wards. the light teal blue as in this video is the same color a mine and is the wards version. i believe the sears version came in red. excellent job restoring such a cool compressor.
I was waiting for "I make new one" the entire time only to realize that you're not "My Mechanic" when the video was over. It was very nice but I feel empty.
You knew it wasn't My Mechanic the second that grinder left a mark on the bottom plate. Time 0:48
M/M doesn't damage old parts except in very rare situations where it's going to be replaced with ‘I make new one.’
I make a new one.
I thought the same thing, for a while. Not a fan of the sped-up video, and I'd like to have known how/where he found/made the new base and pulley.
fenderstratguy he screws up parts all the time. Especially when he makes new ones. He should restore more old pieces using old tricks but he doesn’t.
I hate you My Mechanic, you ruin every restoration video.
You were lucky, the bearings and internals were in mint condition.
i was saying this exact thing to myself lol especially the piston. looked really good still
Awesome job
Keep in museums for next generation
Weldon
When looking cool was a major part of design
I wonder what the designers were thinking about back then? Was cool even a concept? Was industrial design a thing in the 1930's?
Paul Turner Check out Raymond Loewy or Henry Dreyfuss.........they were serious cool! Actually, this compressor looks like it’s got Loewy written all over it.
I love how you show that this process can be done without spending a fortune on tools. Great work!
How is it possible that he doesn’t have over at least 500,000 subs I’ve been watching this channel for a while and it’s crazy how talented he is
Why throw away the original base??? They were together for so long....
Nice Art Deco design ...
Buck Rodgers helmet!
I absolutely enjoy your restorations, amongst other reasons. You get in there, not worrying if your hands get dirty... I'm a mechanic, so that's how I do things...lol
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Hard to believe Piston is still shiny after 100 years
Everything from the gaskets inward seemed to only be a few years old they were so well preserved. Those gaskets worked great at not only keeping everything in but also everything out.
As always, well done. Impressive to see how the original build kept moisture out and preserved those inner parts. Nice use of the gear hose clamp as a ring compressor.
I can’t believe that those bearings were in such good shape.
Great restoration job!
I'm being it was overhauled in the seventies.
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Amazing! Just amazing! Beautiful work, sir!
I can watch this kind of stuff all day & night!
Thank you!
This mechanic know everything about air compressor 1929 long time ago 21 century technical this guy has experience in the field equipment paint job new bless you friend keep up the good work
Very cool "streamline" design.
Interesting, tankless with a huge piston. We could use one like that today.
I don't think those were meant to build any kind of pressure, just enough for a low pressure spray gun.
@@grantw.whitwam9948 Right, but all you need is around 40 PSI for most uses. The new tankless compressors make 150-250 PSI, but put out very little air because of their thimble-sized pistons. If you run them more than 20 minutes, they melt down. The old one is far superior.
Technically it's not tankless, the other half of the cylinder is actually a small integral tank. Looks like maybe 1/2gal capacity or less, but it is a tank nonetheless.
Old school safety standards. An unguarded belt drive, no problem! love it!
07:07 i think that Stuff is for filtering the incoming Air?!
Either that or a very small mouse nest.
Looks like it but, all it would be is a very permeable sponge and I guess that finding one with the exact shape would be hard. Either that or, he just decided that it's not essential for the restoration, the dude said in the title that he wasn't expecting it to work. I don't know, all we can do is speculate either way but!, the important this is that it works.
It acts as a muffler, and incoming air filter.
@@bbgly2 Muffler? for what?
@@strangetimes3511 The noise, lmao.
I remember being 15 and my dad having me "rebuild" one of these on a Summer off. I had forgotten about it! Nice job.
When I was about eighteen, I came across a portable compressor that I took for junk. I wish I had not! Oh well...
Do u remember the colour? The original colours?
@@peter-fuppe-fuchs - that was 44 years ago or so. All I remember was a deep red on the cylinder head cover.
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I would have left the casting marks, it adds character to leave it how it came from the factory
That's what I was thinking, but I'm on the fence a little. I'm waiting to see the final product. Everything looks a little shady to me. That sanding and filing and the bondo doesn't looked mixed and it's not sticking (I don't Bondo is the best product.) That acetone should have been more thorough. I like the Citrus paint remover though. I'll let you know what I think. So far, I'm not overly impressed.
Okay, finished. Looks like shit to me. Runs like shit too. No sub.
@@alext9067😂 Talk is cheap my friend.
Casting flash is the icon of low effort mass production though.. theres a cathartic feeling to cleaning up the lines on something like that. Doubly so when its something with flowing curves.
@@20110102 Cast iron is iconic of post industrial revolution economic boom. Its peak Americana. Those pits are character.
@@stoffers6419 One mans character is another mans imperfection. Those "character" features you talk about are just the signs of either poor casting methods or poor material choice. (or both) Not to mention the 1920's was never about horrible porus castings, it was about smooth features that aerodynamic look that overtook pop culture.
Me: *Sees my check engine light come on* Well, it's the beginning of the end.
This guy: *Sees a rusted out lawnmower from 1850 infested with a family of rats sitting in the treeline* I bet can fix it.
Those check engine lights can be easily fixed, with a small piece of black electrical tape.
@@zeropoint546 yep, and if you hear any strange sounds coming from the engine, just turn the music up.
That was an excellent restoration on this compressor. This is something that should taken to car shows and antique farm machine shows
The end result has a lot of paint missing where the parts meet. I guess it came off when you removed the masking tape. You could avoid that by leaving some of the contact area exposed while spraying. Just scrape off the overspray with a blade afterwards.
There is a trick to get this spot on, and yes clearly not seen in this video.
Nice! To bad the small brass(?) plate on the base couldn’t be saved. 👍🏼
My dad is 99 and has one just like this one. It's in very good condition but just needs a little tlc which I'm going to do. Great video
We used to have one just like this one back in the 1960s. I think ours was a sears unit.
This compressor inspired Alien's design. Magnificent restoration
Agreed!
Great observation
Now a beautiful museum piece.
I'm pretty sure Grandma mixed batter with something like that.
Yes, that's the color choice
Beautiful restoration. The compressor is actually a Sprayit. Brand compressor from the 1940's. These are wonderful little compressors. Great job on the restoration.
Yeah the 1929 date was suspect just looking at the motor.
It was a repair... not restoration. He changed more than a few components of it and discarded the originals.
@Hohokam Footprints ok
@Hohokam Footprints You are the troll, throwing insults.
@@AnonymousYouTubR No, ignore the insults. You had an interesting point that doesn't take away from the excellent work. I was thinking the same thing.
very good job and restoration.good luck an good heath
i would have pressure washed it before taking it apart.
markam campbell I would have just sandblasted it. Pass on all the cleaning and scrubbing... but it turned out beautiful
Xris Daniels that won’t work because all the rubbish and gunk will clog up the sandblaster so u have to wash it prior to sandblasting.
markam campbell nobody cares
At the same time, that paint has lead in it and you don't want to be breathing in paint dust full of lead from sandblasting. The solution used to clean the paint off, needs disposed of properly.
Me to
I'm a little surprised by the internal bearings. I guess I underestimated the level of machined parts found in a 1929 commercial product.
Thought the same! Those are just like modern taper bearings. He fact they had no rust on them also threw me. Either this machine has been in use, or stored very carefully
Agreed! I thought the Allen keys to remove the head was kinda odd as well
@@mooch6666 Apparently Allen filed his patent for his hex socket screws 1910, so it could at least be that these are still the original screws...
@@MrAmorti So long as the seals are intact, not much would get inside.
me too, they looked just like modern roller bearings. I expected something similar to a crude
bicycle bearing
You sir are a true craftsman.
Next time you want to make your own gasket(s),, put some light oil on the surface and then press down, you'll have a perfect image of the surface. And you use it as a pattern to make a perfect copy! Nice work.
NEWMOON54 Cannone Good point. I did the exact same thing when I used to rebuild Refrigeration compressors
NEWMOON54 Cannone As total ignoramus myself I really like it when I see advisory rather than critical comments. Thank you, I’ve learnt something today.
Really cool! Love how EVERYTHING back then was designed and styled.
VICTORY!!! You're a cool dude....dude. Lived that. The guys that made it would be so proud.
Still have my dads compressor that looks like this one...Sears...dont know year..maybe I could restore it like this one...great job on this one.
This cracked me up
Really nice job! Boy, it was in amazingly good shape on the inside, wasnt it?
I love these types of videos. These people are artists. Also, goes to show that a quality built product can be brought back to life, even after decades of use/neglect. Try this in 90 years with a Home Depot compressor... LOL.