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It's a Rand 4000 oilless 3.3 horsepower 20 gallon 100 PSI unit.
Got it for free from a buddy, it was used heavily in the paint industry. As a result, it was absolutely covered in paint spatter of every color and the air filter was a brick of coagulated paint dust, but otherwise it's was in good condition.
I pulled the compressor apart to clean the valves and inspect the piston. Both of which were caked with paint dust. Cleaned it all up, sanded the entire tank, primed, painted, installed two new tires from Harbor Freight (3.99/ea) (It had two small solid plastic tires you'd find on a lawn mower), and installed a new 16 foot power cable.
I'm pleased, considering the unit was free. There's a recall that was issued on them because they have a tendancy to uh, explode... But eh, it'll work.
Edit - The unit info decal was my doing.
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Why stop there? With a few sound and body modifications you could have an R2-D2. Throw in a remote control and you now have an R2-D2 that can explode in someone's face on command, (ideally, not yours).
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Haha, very nice work
Careful with it!
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nice job sir!
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pretty slick and it blows up too?
nice.
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LadyMetropolis posted:
Why stop there? With a few sound and body modifications you could have an R2-D2. Throw in a remote control and you now have an R2-D2 that can explode in someone's face on command, (ideally, not yours).
This idea is brilliant.
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so with labor and parts what are you in to it for?
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http://cosprings.craigslist.org/tls/2916042883.html
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combat_mage_sc posted:
http://cosprings.craigslist.org/tls/2916042883.html
lol for that price you can buy a new higher psi compressor.
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Tipztoe posted:
so with labor and parts what are you in to it for?
Parts: Nothing. I had a store credit to harbor freight which paid for everything.
Labor: 10 hours
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combat_mage_sc posted:
http://cosprings.craigslist.org/tls/2916042883.html
Awesome. I could sell mine for double that 
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I'll stick with my 3 gallon compressor, it's way more portable.
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