homemade air compressor
I don't feel like listening to my noisy oil-less compressor any more. I am wondering if anyone has ever converted a briggs into an air pump, how much hp it would take to run it, and how quiet it would be.
I am thinking about either taking the valves out of the engine and putting one way valves on the intake and exhaust, or making a different cam to turn it into an air pump. I have a 2 horse dc brushless motor that I would like to turn it with. I don't remember the size of the briggs off hand but I think its around a 10 horse.
I also thought since I am using a dc motor, that I could make a control that would increase rpm of the motor as the demand for air increased.
Here is a pic of the motor, any thoughts?
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