another daft question............

[essential]

lidl have some small portable compressers in at the moment , look like just what your after.

[Tim Stobart Tree Surgery]

Small gas bottle (many sizes out there, just look on the verge) cut the head of and weld a normal 1/2" thread on it, then you can just fit whatever connections, valve, hoses etc you want on it. I doubt you'd be able to break it with a normal compressor and it'll hold plenty of air to blow some saws down.

 

Having said that, I wouldn't go through the trouble and just clean my machines when I'm back home as and when needed.

 

If you do this, fill it with water first to ensure that all the gas is out of it before you 'cut the head of(f)', otherwise......................................:angryfire:

[Al Cormack]

Would this not work?

 

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I've got one of these, and with the airbed or football inflator adaptor on, blows the saws out fine.

[jomoco]

You Brits never heard of a CO2 bottle?

 

Kept my saws clean n fit for bout 30 years now!

 

[Joe Newton]

I can't imagine why you'd need a compressor during the day to clean a saw out. We use ours all day long without a clean and blow em out back at the yard. I suppose you could brush off the filter during the day, but I'd still call that a waste of time.

 

 

 

 

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[jomoco]

Why compressed air each time you refuel?

 

Ask how many saws of yours have 10 years plus on their original top ends?

 

CO2 bottles pay for themselves by increasing the lifespans of your saws, across the board.

 

Tax deductible too!

 

Jomoco

[Joe Newton]

You go back to the van to refuel? We refuel on the spot, I'll bet the man hours add substantially with going back to the van to refuel then blowing out your saws, over ten years. I don't think the difference between blowing out your saws after each fuel, and doing it at the end of every day would greatly affect the life span of your saws.

 

Just me, mind

 

 

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[treequip]

Why compressed air each time you refuel?

 

Ask how many saws of yours have 10 years plus on their original top ends?

 

CO2 bottles pay for themselves by increasing the lifespans of your saws, across the board.

 

Tax deductible too!

 

Jomoco

 

You keep your saws for a decade?

 

Unless its a model I am particularly fond of they are replaced with new and sold off as soon as they are off the books.

 

Most used saws bring at least half the cost of a new one back, getting rid sooner makes financial sense.

[jomoco]

The 365's really are Special, as are the 394 XP's!

 

Or didn't you blokes know that?

 

Jomoco:001_smile:

[jomoco]

You go back to the van to refuel? We refuel on the spot, I'll bet the man hours add substantially with going back to the van to refuel then blowing out your saws, over ten years. I don't think the difference between blowing out your saws after each fuel, and doing it at the end of every day would greatly affect the life span of your saws.

 

Just me, mind

 

 

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So your groundies caint carry a CO2 bottle or somethin Joe?

 

You know, lightweight, portable?

 

Jomoco:001_smile: