Maybe I'm getting too old ...

[SV Bacchus]

Originally Posted by a64pilot

I have an inexpensive silent air compressor.
No really silent, but it's not as loud as a sewing machine

https://youtu.be/UDUXPyjz6UI

Dang, that is quiet! I want one!!

[SV Bacchus]

Originally Posted by El Pinguino

No rope cutter on the shaft... don't know if it would have helped with this... the rope was pretty heavy and in a loosely made up coil.

Showing my ignorance here but would a rope cutter have worked in reverse?

[a64pilot]

Originally Posted by SV Bacchus

Dang, that is quiet! I want one!!

It is quiet enough that I leave it down below and it doesn't bother anyone, it's literally not any louder than a sewing machine.
I left one tied to the mast one trip we went off shore and got into some weather, when I went to use it, it was seized solid as a rock.
So it is not salt water proof not even a little

[hsi88]

Picked up a 19 CU FT pony bottle setup with a balanced regulator and other accessories for less than $300. Plan to pick up a 80 CU FT tank for the main purpose of filling up the pony bottle as well. Great for checking out the boat, getting anchors unstuck and recreational snorkeling (20-30' max).

[a64pilot]

If you are going to buy a tank look real hard at a steel HP 80. Much smaller than an aluminum tank, much lighter and you don't have to carry nearly as much lead. Not as common though as it cost a little more. You should be able to buy as many al 80s in hydro as you want for $100

[Terra Nova]

One caution--not all air compressors will be capable of filling the high pressure tanks. I'd stick with standard 72 cu ft.

[a64pilot]

72s haven't been made in a coons age, not since maybe the 70's? But underfilling a tank is no problem just lose a little capacity is all.
72s do make good deco bottles though

https://www.divegearexpress.com/tanks

[a64pilot]

Read the note at the bottom of the page here. Worth noting a HP Steel 100 is the same size as an aluminum 80 and hold the same at low pressure but when a HP fill is available you get 20% more gas and usually do not have to carry a weight belt

https://www.divegearexpress.com/tanks

[fatherchronica]

This thread reminded me of the time Professor Fate's mustache snapped off while he was sailing an ice floe from the Americas to Asia.

[senormechanico]

Thanks for reviving an old thread I didn't know existed.
I'm getting one of those "silent" air compressors for my business !!!

[a64pilot]

Originally Posted by senormechanico

Thanks for reviving an old thread I didn't know existed.
I'm getting one of those "silent" air compressors for my business !!!

Just note it’s output, it’s not much. Won’t run much of any kind of air tool

[senormechanico]

Noted.
Enough to fill a tire, blow out and vacuum a sewing machine etc is all I need.
I just want to retire that pancake monstrosity I now have.