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Originally Posted by stovens

That certainly could have contributed to the problems in oh so many ways.

The bottle is full and unopened....

Originally Posted by rspears

The bottle is full and unopened....

Roger - I think we MIGHT have believed that statement had the cork not been so conveniently pictured. I'm with Steve > Now about the Fish Eye(s)...........

Originally Posted by IC2

Roger - I think we MIGHT have believed that statement had the cork not been so conveniently pictured. I'm with Steve > Now about the Fish Eye(s)...........

That bottle is unopened
Seriously, I picked up a Finex (by Sharpe) FX3000 gun yesterday (could not justify Sata or Iwata cost) and shot a bunch of cast pieces (brake calipers, caliper mounts, bolt heads and nuts, etc) and axle flanges that I had overlooked - a coat of epoxy primer, a coat of base single stage black and a coat of 50/50 black and clear. Before priming I soaked everything liberally with lacquer thinner from a spray bottle, wiped dry and blew with air. The new gun worked great with a definite difference in atomization. Since these were not "critical" parts I just hung them outside on a 2x4 supported by ladders so I was not in the same environment - did not want to take time to segregate the shop, and not overly concerned with a bit of dust or a bug or two. Also, I put a gun mounted regulator on the new gun, to be sure of the actual pressure at the gun - I may have been losing 5 or 10psi before and not realized it. One of these days I will mount the regulator on the HF "Pro" gun, mix up some primer and try it again on a test panel to see if that was the problem. For now, it is assembly time!!

Originally Posted by stovens

That certainly could have contributed to the problems in oh so many ways.

I'd prefer a nice Port!

That is good news Roger! Glad that you're ready for assembly, (read that as jealous)...

I found that with HVLP, the only way to get a good result was to know the exact pressure, so I had a gun regulatore even on my primer gun (also HVLP). I had to have the regulator. I couldn't remember enough from my college fruids (I had a Chinese prof) class to calculate it.

Originally Posted by Henry Rifle

I found that with HVLP, the only way to get a good result was to know the exact pressure, so I had a gun regulatore even on my primer gun (also HVLP). I had to have the regulator. I couldn't remember enough from my college fruids (I had a Chinese prof) class to calculate it.

You mean carcurate?? I had one too, but in a machine analysis six week summer session - it was a breakthrough when I finally discovered that the parrarraragram raw was simply the parallelegram law

This is what worked for me. This first photo is a fairly good gauge 0-100 rather then the usual 0-160 $5 POS that is usually supplied with a gun regulator. It's also non restrictive.



This second photo is my actual regulator and it's on the air dryer outlet.



These are my dryers. The photos are 'early' in my painting and were taken before I had added the regulator.



My reasoning for these devices is that I can regulate the air to the gun before the hose, then check the PSIG at the gun. I can then remove the gauge, leaving myself at least another foot of floor clearance without that poor ball valve and gauge arrangement (figured with the hose curl and possibly a last chance filter as taking that foot) plus maintaining gun balance

Like I said, it did work just fine for me

Good setup Dave!

OK, this is not one of those scrubbed shop shots, but here's the status as of about 10am this morning. I haven't added fluid to the differential, tranny, engine or master cylinders yet, but everything is buttoned up and tight.

Looks really great rspears! Keep up the good work. don Jr.

NICE! Very Very Nice! Good Job!

Sweet looking! Love the look of the megaphones.....

David

Roger,

Great work. Times like this make you feel like you're making progress, don't they? Looking at this makes me think about how I would do it if I started all over again.

BTW, I'm waiting to see if Kansas charges you more to license it than you paid to build it.

Originally Posted by Henry Rifle

Roger,
BTW, I'm waiting to see if Kansas charges you more to license it than you paid to build it.

Bite your tounge!!!

Scary thought with taxes. I had set aside a couple thousand bucks for NY taxes and fees - all they nailed me for was $119 plus a two year license fee and $10 for the actual plates for a total of $179. Now I have enough left over to pay for the new seats I need for knee to chin clearance(they're coming Friday)

Roger, congratulations, it looks great!! You've come a long way since our first conversations after reading the Street Rod Builder articles.

Mike