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Wonder if you could put an intermediate pressure air tank after the reg to store a larger quantity of air? Even a portable "air pig" should give you more consistent flow. Treat the scuba cylinder/reg as the 'compressor' - it can catch up in between trigger pulls on the paint gun. Add in another reg+cylinder in parallel to feed the system and you'd get more flow and less chance of freezing anything up.
 
OK back in town and can get you the correct details:

Spray gun
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If you are using smaller 12L tanks or multiple tanks manifolded, just redo the numbers as above to get an approximate run time for your spray gun!
Have fun :D
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let see the bike! Did you finish it?
 
Wonder if you could put an intermediate pressure air tank after the reg to store a larger quantity of air? Even a portable "air pig" should give you more consistent flow. Treat the scuba cylinder/reg as the 'compressor' - it can catch up in between trigger pulls on the paint gun. Add in another reg+cylinder in parallel to feed the system and you'd get more flow and less chance of freezing anything up.
I know someone who does with with an Ingersoll-Rand scroll compressor in his garage - he didn’t want a big 60 gallon tank. He rigged up a 5 gallon tank from Harbor Freight as the surge tank.

Doesn’t sound like a bad idea, actually.
 
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let see the bike! Did you finish it?
Of course :wink:

I wanted a sturdy steel framed bike to do the grocery run during lockdown so ended up using a Racktime classic SnapIt rack for the rear

The SnapIt carrier is available separately to attach to whatever you want to load onto the rack

I used a Tactix 25L collapsible plastic crate which by chance exactly holds two Aldi bags!
I've since added four rubber feet to allow the loaded crate to be lifted off the bike and set down securely without wobbling on the SnapIt carrier frame.

A Pelago alloy Porteur rack for the front for light but bulky items like bread.

Velo Orange Facetted alloy fenders
 

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Of course :wink:

I wanted a sturdy steel framed bike to do the grocery run during lockdown so ended up using a Racktime classic SnapIt rack for the rear

The SnapIt carrier is available separately to attach to whatever you want to load onto the rack

I used a Tactix 25L collapsible plastic crate which by chance exactly holds two Aldi bags!
I've since added four rubber feet to allow the loaded crate to be lifted off the bike and set down without wobbling on the SnapIt carrier frame.

A Pelago alloy Porteur rack for the front for light but bulky items like bread.

Velo Orange Facetted alloy fenders
Where do you keep your quarter???
 
Where do you keep your quarter???
I just use the cooler bags to carry stuff around the store, if it won't fit in the bags I can't carry it home anyway!
No trolley so no quarter needed :D
 

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