Using Portable Air Compressor as Air Dusting Gun

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  Muzeeb on 19/05/2021 - 23:43

  Bunnings link doesn't work for me

  Edit: yes it does now

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  PerthSV on 20/05/2021 - 02:59

  Did you want something like this? Sells for $39 and uses the PXC battery infrastructure.

  https://www.bunnings.com.au/ozito-pxc-18v-workshop-blower-an…

  I have one and it inflates a 2 man Kayak in a minute, double air mattresses are a breeze (pun intended), as a mini blower for the workshop it is brilliant. Batteries last ages.

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    dmbminaret on 20/05/2021 - 05:14

    No. He's talking about compressed air.

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  dmbminaret on 20/05/2021 - 05:19

  What are the connections on the compressor? I would be looking closer at trying to adapt the fittings rather than trying to find a blower to fit.

  We use these ones at work and you'll notice it has a slip on fitting, not thread. Might be able to get an adapter on ebay?

  https://www.tradetools.com/renegade-industrial-short-nozzle-…

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  apsilon on 20/05/2021 - 06:54

  +4

  I don't think that compressor will achieve what you want. It's for inflating beach balls, air mattresses, bicycle tyres etc, not for releasing high pressure bursts of air. I've never seen an air duster that can connect to a tyre valve. If you really wan to try it by the duster you linked to then head to a local hose and hydraulics place and tell them what you're after and they'll make something up. It'll cost more than the compressor and duster though and be a waste of money.

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  RubenM on 20/05/2021 - 07:53

  These can't be made to work with Ozito batteries easily, can they?

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  djones145 on 20/05/2021 - 08:06

  if the machine continues to blow but you have a nozzle to stop and start it
  wont it crap out when u have the nozzle on close too long? air has no where to go

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    RubenM on 20/05/2021 - 08:08

    The counterintuitive thing is that energy consumption is much lower if you're pumping/blowing against a closed valve.

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    SF3 on 20/05/2021 - 08:56

    +1

    Maybe OP should use a balloon and attach a valve.

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    dufflover on 20/05/2021 - 22:14

    My original description wasn't very good and I've had a bit more of a play.
    So on this unit you dial in the PSI, hook it up to the thing (ball, tyre), then press start. It inflates the it up to roughly the setting then stops.

    But yeah since found it assumes you inflate something as a once off and doesn't start up again unless you push the start button again.

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  pegaxs on 20/05/2021 - 10:12

  Not really lol. Your compressor won’t have the cfm lol. You would need some kind of reservoir lol. You might be able to use the bulk low pressure high volume setting though lol.

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    dufflover on 20/05/2021 - 22:22

    That's what I'm trying to learn about. I figured from various (unrelated) YouTube videos of people in their 'shop would use their air compressors and one or two of the hosts would explain how it charged up the big tank.
    Wondering if it was possible on a smaller scale with some kind of mini bottle or tank with a trigger nozzle.

    Another analogy; I tried using an empty garden sprayer bottle instead of the hand rocket blower. My thinking was the bottle was so much bigger than the size of the rocket blower it would need less pumping. The first second or so worked but it quickly ran out of gas. But imagine if a compressor could pump it up rather than me having to prime it with the plunger.

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  Euphemistic on 20/05/2021 - 15:21

  It will blow air. Question is, will it blow enough air for what you want it to do? It won’t be as good as a compressor with a tank and won’t be high volume but it’ll be better than blowing through a straw.

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  [Deactivated] on 20/05/2021 - 17:39

  +1

  you could get a tank and try using that but honestly you'd be better getting an actual compressor.

  example of tank

  https://www.sparesbox.com.au/part/aeroflow-af77-3010-5-gal-p…

  although it sounds like what you want is an "air duster"

  https://www.ozbargain.com.au/tag/air-duster