Aerograph AE

[Kingpin]

Got Myself another AE

Needed a bit of work as the air valve had been replaced by a horrible tube of brass, which luckily had been soldered to the outer part of the body and the thread were clenan and solder free, I had a spare valve body, so I could replace that part

Cleaned up well and sprays lovely

The horrible brass tube soldered to the body!


Cleaned up best I could, also added a leather washer to go between the body and air valve that it is not in the pictures.








And a spray test

 

[JuanRi]

Nice AE brush congratulations Ian, the work on the valve looks fine!

 

[Kingpin]

Thanks Juan, it certainly looks better than it did

 

[DaveG]

nice save!

 

[Kingpin]

nice save!

Thank You Sir

 

[tatocorvette]

Wow! That was some hack job.
Nice save!

 

[Kingpin]

Wow! That was some hack job.
Nice save!

Thanks Bro

 

[Wizard_Theron]

Nice one King. Great job you did setting it right!

 

[Kingpin]

Thanks Wiz

 

[TruggyDriver69]

Nice, nice nice. Great find Kingpin.

 

[Kingpin]

Cheers Truggy

 

[Wizard_Theron]

Got Myself another AE

Needed a bit of work as the air valve had been replaced by a horrible tube of brass, which luckily had been soldered to the outer part of the body and the thread were clenan and solder free, I had a spare valve body, so I could replace that part

Cleaned up well and sprays lovely

The horrible brass tube soldered to the body!
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Cleaned up best I could, also added a leather washer to go between the body and air valve that it is not in the pictures.

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And a spray test

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How did you remove the soldered on brass tube and clean up any left over solder? Just heated that area up and wiped it off with something carefully? You’ll see why I’m asking in a minute.

 

[Kingpin]

How did you remove the soldered on brass tube and clean up any left over solder? Just heated that area up and wiped it off with something carefully? You’ll see why I’m asking in a minute.

Yep, exactly that, then I used some 3000 grit emery paper to polish and remove the rest

 

[Wizard_Theron]

Yep, exactly that, then I used some 3000 grit emery paper to polish and remove the rest

I feel a lot better about trying this following in your footsteps after your success. Mind you, there is still a good chance I will screw it up, probably wreck the brush, burn myself and set fire to my house at the same time.

 

[Dude_Slick]

I just got one of these. It was all crusty and dirty. I cleaned it up and polished the needle ans inside the cup with a dremel. It works great, but I can't figure out how the nozzle comes out. Is it screwed in like an Iwata? If so it is very tight, and I'm afraid of breaking it off if I try to twist. it.

 

[RK Ink and Focus]

I think they are a threaded stump in the head, there, kingpin may have a parts breakdown for an old aerograph on the resources page, i dont think you will get a replacement if you take it out though.

 

[Kingpin]

I honestly cant remember if I took the nozzle out, pretty sure that I didnt on either one of mine!

Do You need to get the nozzle off? If its ok then I would leave it, if You do need to get it off then a long soak in cleaner may help!

 

[Kingpin]

Actually, it looks as though I did remove the nozzle on one of them, so just take it easy and they should come apart

 

[RK Ink and Focus]

https://airbrushforum.org/attachments/20231123_133527-jpg.85736/

This is what i was thinking of but they may not all be removable from the stump, was there talk that some are made of platinum and crimped in the brass stump?

 

[Kingpin]

not sure, So if it doesn't need to come out, leave it be