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Date:         Wed, 18 Jun 1997 22:42:36 +0000
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         vwbus@netbiz.net
Subject:      Some neat new tools

Bought a couple of things lately I'd figure I'll review.

First from Harbor Freight (actually used and ordered off their www page)

Their advance timing light $50. This gets you your typical chrome metal body timing light that Sears wants $60 for WITH the advance pot on the back which is a real plus on the Vanagon or a T1 without a scale or degreed pulley. On the T4 still nice but not so necessary. I basically bought this thing cause my old one was a 70's era spark powered climb under a blanket to see it throwback that I could not use on electronic ignition. Now I can finally time the wasserboxers course they are both nuts on anyway, nice to check. Good deal, far better than blowing $40 on the cheap one at WALMART even. I figure it is an $80 light localally.

Second from the same source, an air punch/panel flanger. This neat little thing is a pneumatic/hydraulic gizmo that punches a 3/16" hole for plug welds and more importantly slams a nice offset flange about 1" wide by 3/4" deep into sheet metal so you can flange the edge for a nice level weld without having to but weld two panels. This is REAL nice will come in a handy. Was $45, Eastwood sells what I bet to be the exact same one for $85. Nice tool idea, we'll see how the Taiwanese stuff lasts.

The last thing is the best. TIP (of sandblaster fame in my prior posts) sells what they call theur coalescing air filter. For anybody whose ever painted they know how hard it is to get moisture out of the damn air. Problem is that even a good micron filter can't remove water aerosol/vapor which on a humid day can immediately condense upon leaving your spray gun as it expands and cools below the dew point. The answer here is something that dries the air. Typical is a dessicant filter (filled with silica gel or whatever) but what TIP sells is simply the old Motor Gaurd toilet paper oil filter modified a bit for air line use. Sucked for pressure drop as an oil filter on air it seems generally incredible. You use a special toilet paper roll with plastic tube (costs $5, you dry them out and re-use). The filter is $70, less than I paid for my good Sharpe filter and this one seems to actually work as intended. I'm using a Milton micro-filter in front of the regulator in front of this into my spray gun. Flat out of a blow gun on a very humid day with a high DP no condensation out, something I have never before achieved. Of course then dad brings home two damn dessicant filters scrap from work the next weekend I'm home, thanks dad, see if I finish painting the '90 I sold him.

Anyway now to actualy start the body work on the '78.

John vwbus@netbiz.net


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