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\nHere is my solution to the Kobayashi Maru no-win plumber’s nightmare scenario… I used brass plumbing fittings available from my local Ace hardware store, and some of the supplied Lindsay pneumatic tubing. \u00a0Since I couldn’t find small enough fittings locally to fit the pneumatic tubing, I had a small stroke of brilliance and used a drill bit to drill out the inner diameter of the tubing to fit. \u00a0Since my compressor can’t make more than 90 psi, this should be fine. \u00a0A little hardwood and a Forstner drill bit, and, Eureka! \u00a0It works. \u00a0Palm Control on the left, Nitro on the right, both immediately available\u00a0and downstream of the coalescing oil filter.<\/p>\nNow to get back to work.<\/p>\n
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I’ve been gone for the past month for family reasons, so had to suspend my work until now. \u00a0Just before I left, I received my new Lindsay Nitro G20 AirGraver, and had just enough time to play with for a … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-pO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1609,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1609","url_meta":{"origin":1600,"position":0},"title":"Experimenting with Titanium","date":"April 19, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I have been curious about engraving 6ALV4 Titanium. \u00a0A lot of high end knives are available using this titanium alloy for the handle scales. \u00a0It has a bad reputation among engravers, so I thought I would experiment with some and see how bad it really is. I sliced off a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Ti_6ALV4_Moth_7.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1818,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1818","url_meta":{"origin":1600,"position":1},"title":"Ants Miseretto part 19","date":"July 13, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Carving the bark today, before I get too far on the centipede. 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<\/a>Of course, that means another set of gauges and controls to be added to my Lindsay Classic Palm Control AirGraver setup. \u00a0Above, you can see the major pieces involved in this plumber’s dilemma, along with my Lindsay Classic Palm Control (lower left) and the new Nitro G20 (lower right). \u00a0The G20 has a foot control, and I’m happy to see that. \u00a0I find stippling and sculpting with punches a pain (literally) with the Palm Control, since I have to hold it in an uncomfortable manner in order to activate it in sculpting mode. \u00a0The foot control on the Nitro looks like it will eliminate that problem.<\/p>\n