Hey! I have a couple questions about Air Flow and Equipment

CrossFire ®
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Thanks! Even though those are older pics.

Here’s how it sits now.

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I would still recommend adding another 220V, even if you’re not able to add that newer, larger air compressor yet.

The only reason why I only have a single 220V outlet is because I wired it myself. I never intended to get into CNC plasma as it just sort of happened by accident. I did however wire that 110V on its own dedicated circuit which I had planned to hook up to a bandsaw or other large current device.

I do wish I did but really it hasn’t bothered me much now.

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My Quincy “claims” to put out ~7 cfm @ 100 psi

I have never actually measured it, but it does “ok”

If I had it to “do over”, I would have gone to a 220V and bigger tank, but at the time thats all the “finance committee” would approve. YMMV

This is the “newer model” of the one I have.

https://www.acmetools.com/quincy-electric-air-compressor-2hp-24-gallon-vertical-7-cfm-q12124vpq/791326101556.html

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It is no fix but you could add another tank or two after the compressor. This will give you an initial volume that will sustain a longer cut while you are waiting for the pressure to recovery, the compressor will need to run for a considerable longer time. You can program pauses in your gcode to give the compressor the time it needs.

Where there is a will, there is a way. But when money is tight, you do what you need to do. Understood. Good luck.

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