[filmscanners] Re: Canned air...

["Arthur Entlich" <artistic-1@shaw.ca>]

Well, even assuming that's true, an inexpensive filter/trap would solve it.

Art

Jack Anderson wrote:

> I would imagine that there is some form of lubrication in these
> compressors and I suspect your might end up spraying your film with a
> fine mist of oil.
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>>For years now, most hardware and auto stores have carried a very
>>inexpensive 12 volt compressor used for filling your tires using your
>>car's cigarette lighter as a power source.  These things sell for as
>>little as $10 CAN with a pressure gauge!  I bought one at Walmart for $6
>>on special after Christmas.
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>>They are a bit noisy, and they aren't designed for long periods of use
>>at a time as they heat up too much, but I was thinking all one would
>>need to do is attach one to a 12 volt DC transformer, with a switch (a
>>foot switch would be a good idea, as someone mentioned) and a hose
>>extension with a nozzle on the end, and you've got a very cheap air
>>compressor which claims to be able to work to something like 150 psi.
>>If you wanted more control over the air, buy a air nozzle gun (I paid
>>something like $5 for metal one with a push button trigger) so you could
>>give the film a "burst" of air.  You could even put the compressor into
>>some type of vented but noise damped box to keep the sound down (it
>>isn't any nosier than most cheap air compressors, and a lot quieter than
>>my large compressor).
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>>Cost would be under $25 total.
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>>Art
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