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Re: Air Compressor Tank
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lugnet.technic
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Sun, 8 Jun 2008 19:47:55 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
> In lugnet.technic, Ian Power wrote:
> > Does anyone know where this air compressor tank came from and/or what it is?
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> > Is it a custom-made thing? If not, where can you get them?
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> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=321573
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> It is custom made, and it has been sold on ebay.
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> Janey "Red Brick"
Respectfully, I believe this is not custom, it's the fischertechnik pneumatic
tank. It is larger than the LEGO tank, and has 4 ports instead of two. They
run about USD $6-7 retail, but you're required to buy them in lots of 10, so
they can be expensive to get ahold of one-by-one. fischertechnik's system is
nice in that they also sell hose connectors for their pneumatics system, so you
can friction-fit plastic-to-plastic, rather than rubber to nipple; which makes
moving connections around a bit easier. Those parts (which are optional)
currently run about USD $0.18 each. If you don't want or need to use all 4
ports, you can either run a tube from one to another, giving you a 2 port tank,
or fischertechnik also supplies plugs (in much the same shape as the hose
connectors) for the same purpose. I'm not sure whether those plugs are included
with the tank or have to be bought separately (likely the latter).
-- joshua
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