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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Andre Blanchard on June 01, 2006, 11:23:49 PM

Title: Compressor
Post by: Andre Blanchard on June 01, 2006, 11:23:49 PM

Here is a little compressor I picked up.  After a cleanup and a valve job and check out the rings it will be belted to the Listeroid.
http://listerengine.com/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=74&pos=1

Bore and stroke is 3" by 3.5", RPM is stated as at least 300.  Patent date is 1915 so it should fit right in with a Lister type engine.

Title: Re: Compressor
Post by: sid on June 01, 2006, 11:48:13 PM

I saw one almost the same last sat in chattonogga ten. that was made in to a beautiful hit and miss engine/had brass fly ball governors..it ran so slow you could watch all of the moving parts// sid

Title: Re: Compressor
Post by: listeroidsusa on June 02, 2006, 03:21:53 AM

There is a small two stage horizontal flat belt driven air compressor on Ebay. IIRC the sellers ID is Xtrucker99.

Mike

Title: Re: Compressor
Post by: Halfnuts on June 02, 2006, 05:37:28 PM

Looks just like a pre-war Devilbiss a friend gave me mounted on a tank.  He used it for 60 years, then gave it to me and I'm continuing to run it.  Thing's really built well.  It runs at 800 rpm and makes a great pop-pop-pop sound.  The equally old electric motor that came with it can run for a half hour or so and not even be warm to the touch.

Halfnuts