air brush Mods

[shadow2462]

Ok I know a lot of more experienced A/B'ers make little mods like cutting handles down, trimming springs, adding height to the trigger, ect. Well today I was cleaning up my work area and changing some things around for comfort so found out this little diddy and thought it might interest some. I have a new Badger Velocity and the trigger is a little stiffer than is comfortable to me since I haven't been A/Bing long so I remember many people saying that they clip / cut down their spring to give the trigger a lighter touch, well I wasn't sure I was willing to cut my spring at this point so I started looking at one of my cheapie brushes I don't use and low and behold the spring is exactly 1 coil shorter and a tad less stiff so I swapped them and tested and wha-la all the comfort of the mod without sacrificing my spring.

 

[jord001]

Nice one shadow, it's all about being comfortable so if this mod makes it easier to AB then all the better. I have loosened the trigger and installed a softer air spring on my iwata as well as the usual needle polish. That's what works for me.

thanks for the tip.

lee

 

[wmlepage]

Found the same , sort of , with my Iwata HP-CH. Felt the valve spring was way too stiff, swapped in the valve spring from my cheapo starter. Now its smooth a hell.

 

[ad fez]

Wind your needle chuck out about 3mm away from the needle chucking nut also and you geta nice light trigger..... sorry probably teaching you to suck eggs there

 

[ko.]

hey Ad, I worked out with Chuck in the 80's he had a Dojo in hermosa Bch California for a while. That sucker hurt me more than once

 

[wmlepage]

Wind your needle chuck out about 3mm away from the needle chucking nut also and you geta nice light trigger..... sorry probably teaching you to suck eggs there

I got that going already. It just seemed the push down for air was a bit too forceful. So I fixed it.