I love the case! when I opened it I noticed it didnt actually fit in its cutout and the were no cutouts for the other needle and tip. So i extended the hole near the tail end and also at the air fitting to accomodate putting it in there with the adapter on it since It will likely always be on there.
Then I check to see If my metal cap from my Harbor Freight brush would fit..... Nope. But after measuring I found i just needed a small thin tube to stuff in there to make it fit. What do you know the tube that held the extra regulator and tip was just right. and the .22 regulator didnt fit in that tube anyhow.
So I cut down that tube, glued one piece In the HF cap and used the rest to hold the tip. While the regulator now occupies the tube with the black cap. Now i can easily get it out when I need it and my unused tip and regulator are in two seperate containers so they wont be rattling against one another.
I still need to make the cutouts for the needle and tip holders.
First thing I noticed was how long and heavy this thing Is, Which Is fine with me.
Next thing I notice was that the external finish quality Is actually quite poor.
I was expecting a beautiful jeweled finish like an S&K wrench or a Starrette Micrometer Or at least like any halfway decent streetbike brake lever..... The tail isnt finished a whole lot better than a dollar store ratchet. With very clear tooling marks and even some gouges near the cup that were obviously made before the chrome plating took place. Also an obviously poorly prepped Braze area on the cup to body joint. It's not terrible but by comparison the finish on my HF brush is nearly flawless so by that standard (yikes). I hoped this wasn't Indicative of the rest of the quality.
Now anyone who's done a lot of mechanic work or machining can tell you that a few minutes ( or seconds ) with something metal in their hand can basically give them a very good Idea of how quality the metal is...... ( I can't explain how but it's true).
I will say It's made with a good grade of materials and I'm betting it can last forever even with a fair amount of abuse.
The finish must be about the end of the cost cutting, because the performance is spectacular. Tons of control. Even a noob like myself was able to pull this line!
Yes that thing next to it is actually a human hair!
It happily runs at half the PSI I was used to having to run.
Though this means I'm going to have to put a tank on my little airbrush compressor to use it when im not at the shop because the compressor cant give stable air at that low of a pressure.
So thats as far as I've got with it. It's made very happy and I don't really care that much about the finish because well It works beautifully and it was $90.