[Shop-talk] a question on portable air tanks

[Elton E. (Tony) Clark]

On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 1:52 AM, Mark J Bradakis <mark at bradakis.com> wrote:

> The handiest thing I did with my air tank was to replace the tire chuck
> on the hose with a female quick connect fitting.  So out at the track,
> back when I used to do that sort of thing, I could plug in my air tools
> and such.


*>>>How big a tank does it take to be really useful on air tools?*
**

>  Also I took a ball valve and put a male coupler on each side.
> So I plug one side of the valve into the shop supply line, the other side
> into the fitting on the air tank, turn on the valve and can fill the tank
> without having to hold a tire chuck to it for seemingly endless minutes.
>

>>>*There's a "clip-on" chuck available for this purpose,  walk off and
unplug it later . .4 - 5 bucks.*