Bob Heine
Oldtimer
Based on advise given on this site I bought a diaphragm-style air regulator to manage the pressure at the gun. Problem is the regulator is big and bulky and I want to use it with my new Iwata LPH80 gun. I bought the gun so I can paint in confined areas so I can't have a lot of stuff attached to the gun. If I put it on the gun with the usual plugs and connectors and attaching it all to the hose reel, I have a detail gun that has a brass baton attached.
I use a BreatheCool supplied fresh-air system that has a long hose that attaches to a clip on a belt and a quick coupler on a short hose to the full face mask. I want the spray gun hose to hook up in a similar way. Unfortunately the small diaphragm style regulator has no handy mounting points so I decided to make a holder from some scrap 1/8” aluminum plate. I abandoned a telephone jack cover plate project and the piece looked just right for my regulator belt clip.
This is a perfect job for the Grizzly vise-brake I bought a few months ago (http://www.grizzly.com/products/4-Vise-Brake/H3243?utm_campaign=zPage).
A couple of bends on the big piece of aluminum.
A couple of holes using a step-drill bit (hole for the female side is a little bigger.
Bent the leftover piece of aluminum, drilled three 1/8" holes: two holes in the long side and one hole on the short side (drilled the short side last). Used a couple of #6 nuts for spacers and pop riveted the piece to the back. I had originally planned to use a tape measure belt clip but it just didn’t look sturdy enough. I had also planned to rivet both ends of the clip to form a belt loop but decided I needed to be able to remove the regulator without undoing a belt.
Made the final bend with the vise to capture the two threaded ends. A quick connect coupler on the top side and a plug on the other and it was done.
I have a four-foot 1/2" Flexzilla snubber (whip?) screwed directly to the gun (no quick connect) and a V-Series plug to the quick connect on the regulator on my belt. It keeps the hose out of my way and keeps a lot of weight off my hand.
It took me about an hour to make but I think it’s going to work well, especially when I’m lying on my back and spraying the frame overhead (frame is sitting on jackstands with the car body raised six inches with allthread). The tiny gun should be able to reach inside the tighter spaces.
I use a BreatheCool supplied fresh-air system that has a long hose that attaches to a clip on a belt and a quick coupler on a short hose to the full face mask. I want the spray gun hose to hook up in a similar way. Unfortunately the small diaphragm style regulator has no handy mounting points so I decided to make a holder from some scrap 1/8” aluminum plate. I abandoned a telephone jack cover plate project and the piece looked just right for my regulator belt clip.
This is a perfect job for the Grizzly vise-brake I bought a few months ago (http://www.grizzly.com/products/4-Vise-Brake/H3243?utm_campaign=zPage).
A couple of bends on the big piece of aluminum.
A couple of holes using a step-drill bit (hole for the female side is a little bigger.
Bent the leftover piece of aluminum, drilled three 1/8" holes: two holes in the long side and one hole on the short side (drilled the short side last). Used a couple of #6 nuts for spacers and pop riveted the piece to the back. I had originally planned to use a tape measure belt clip but it just didn’t look sturdy enough. I had also planned to rivet both ends of the clip to form a belt loop but decided I needed to be able to remove the regulator without undoing a belt.
Made the final bend with the vise to capture the two threaded ends. A quick connect coupler on the top side and a plug on the other and it was done.
I have a four-foot 1/2" Flexzilla snubber (whip?) screwed directly to the gun (no quick connect) and a V-Series plug to the quick connect on the regulator on my belt. It keeps the hose out of my way and keeps a lot of weight off my hand.
It took me about an hour to make but I think it’s going to work well, especially when I’m lying on my back and spraying the frame overhead (frame is sitting on jackstands with the car body raised six inches with allthread). The tiny gun should be able to reach inside the tighter spaces.