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In my expirience, there's no discernable difference in detail ability between a CM-B and the CM-SB. I prefer the SB for a few reasons. One being no color cup to bang my finger into. Having a full view of the work is nice, too. Aztek makes a few different sized cups that fit the SB, too, so you have the option of using a bigger or smaller paint cup, based on what you want to do. The Iwata cups are nicer, but also a lot more expensive. Even if you break as Aztek cup, you're only out a few bucks. You'd think with them being plastic that they'd break after a while, but I've had a few I've been using for years that I haven't managed to break.
Cleaning, to me, seems to be about equal with a side or gravity feed. Time-wise, I don't really notice much difference. Not that I've put a stopwatch to it or anything, though.
airbrushingferret- if you're looking for ridiculous detail ability, Dru Blair is now selling the softer air valve springs through his web shop. They come from Eddy, and are the some ones used with the "supermicron" project. You wouldn't think changing the air valve spring would help that much, but it does make a difference, especially in comfort.
Also, Eddy wrote an article on airbrush tuning years ago that uses the micron. If you can find it, get your hands on it!!!! It's hard to find, though, and because of copyright issues, Eddy can't distribute the article. I was lucky enough to find Dru's copy while I was down there. Then Dru got mad that someone left it out in the library. . Apparently, he usually keeps that issue at home. I couldn't get the scanner to work so I could make copies, either.
But, you might be able to find it somewhere on the net, or possibly run across it on Ebay. It was in Airbrush Digest, if I remember right (whatever it's in, they don't publish it any more).
Or, if all else fails, just email Eddy or friend him on facebook. He's an unbelievably friendly guy, and LOVES to talk about airbrushes and airbrush tuning. Although getting news about the Supermicron out of him can be like pulling teeth. .
Also, if you look up Dr. Zsolt, he has the results of a bunch of expiriments done on microns on his page. He was working with/for Eddy for a while. There collaberation seems to have run it's course, though. At least last I heard.
Micron tuning certainly isn't for the faint of heart, or wallet, though. But you'd truely be amazed at how much better one can work, considering how well they work out of the box.
I posted a "how-to" on nozzle polishing and a few other tuning tweaks. It's either at airbrush-info.tech, or kustomkulturelounge.com, I think. It's under the screen name "draggin" or "draggin81". I'll give the old forums a look and see if I can figure out where I posted it at ;-)
Cleaning, to me, seems to be about equal with a side or gravity feed. Time-wise, I don't really notice much difference. Not that I've put a stopwatch to it or anything, though.
airbrushingferret- if you're looking for ridiculous detail ability, Dru Blair is now selling the softer air valve springs through his web shop. They come from Eddy, and are the some ones used with the "supermicron" project. You wouldn't think changing the air valve spring would help that much, but it does make a difference, especially in comfort.
Also, Eddy wrote an article on airbrush tuning years ago that uses the micron. If you can find it, get your hands on it!!!! It's hard to find, though, and because of copyright issues, Eddy can't distribute the article. I was lucky enough to find Dru's copy while I was down there. Then Dru got mad that someone left it out in the library. . Apparently, he usually keeps that issue at home. I couldn't get the scanner to work so I could make copies, either.
But, you might be able to find it somewhere on the net, or possibly run across it on Ebay. It was in Airbrush Digest, if I remember right (whatever it's in, they don't publish it any more).
Or, if all else fails, just email Eddy or friend him on facebook. He's an unbelievably friendly guy, and LOVES to talk about airbrushes and airbrush tuning. Although getting news about the Supermicron out of him can be like pulling teeth. .
Also, if you look up Dr. Zsolt, he has the results of a bunch of expiriments done on microns on his page. He was working with/for Eddy for a while. There collaberation seems to have run it's course, though. At least last I heard.
Micron tuning certainly isn't for the faint of heart, or wallet, though. But you'd truely be amazed at how much better one can work, considering how well they work out of the box.
I posted a "how-to" on nozzle polishing and a few other tuning tweaks. It's either at airbrush-info.tech, or kustomkulturelounge.com, I think. It's under the screen name "draggin" or "draggin81". I'll give the old forums a look and see if I can figure out where I posted it at ;-)