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I spent most of my last two weekends working on this refurbishing project. It started with a Westinghouse Type G 2 compressor that was given me by my neighbor and good friend, Jim 2 or 3 years ago. A nice gift, but a little rough. The picture here shows it just after my Dad (union electrician for 40 plus years) wired it for 220.
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I started by taking it apart and sanding and priming everything.
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Then I painted everything the same color as my Bridgeport (so I had to brush paint everything), polished up all the brass and copper pieces and re-assembled.
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Then I shortened (I made it too tall) the mounting assembly I made for the Harbor Freight hose spool, painted and bolted it up. The inner spool was painted a bright yellow, so I took it all apart and repainted it. I turned a couple 5/8ths brass bushings for the new wheels and bolted everything up today. I had already made a bracket and added the swivel caster in front so I don't have to lift it to drag it around.
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The badge on the tank says it's a 1978. For an almost 40 year old compressor, it runs great and looks pretty good!
View media item 94842
I started by taking it apart and sanding and priming everything.
View media item 94844
Then I painted everything the same color as my Bridgeport (so I had to brush paint everything), polished up all the brass and copper pieces and re-assembled.
View media item 94845
Then I shortened (I made it too tall) the mounting assembly I made for the Harbor Freight hose spool, painted and bolted it up. The inner spool was painted a bright yellow, so I took it all apart and repainted it. I turned a couple 5/8ths brass bushings for the new wheels and bolted everything up today. I had already made a bracket and added the swivel caster in front so I don't have to lift it to drag it around.
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The badge on the tank says it's a 1978. For an almost 40 year old compressor, it runs great and looks pretty good!