Fixing a cheap external mix knockoff airbrush (0.05 in the DaveG scale)

[tatocorvette]

Hello,

I recently got a "box of junk" from eBay. Among the items, there was this nice braided hose that looked funny at the end. Sure enough, it had part of a valve assembly. I also found in the box this cheap external mix knockoff of the Badger 350 with... of course, a missing valve assembly.

This is probably the most common cheap airbrush out there. There are millions of them like a plague everywhere. I don't use them, yet I have like 4 of these
Just because I don't want to spend money buying a valve spring, doesn't mean I can't have some fun with it.
So I made my own steel wire spring.
The level of difficulty of this project is about a 0.05 DaveG
He is my reference standard.

It was trimmed a bit more after some test fitting.

Everything was cleaned and put back together.




And of course, it was tested. If I ever need to use 4 of these at the same time, I'll be covered.

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Your comments are always appreciated.

Thanks,
Ismael

 

[Kingpin]

Nice job Ismael, that cleaned up really well

 

[JuanRi]

The level of difficulty of this project is about a 0.05 DaveG

. Nice job, it looks new Ismael

 

[TruggyDriver69]

Nice work.

 

[JB]

And now we are rating our work on the DaveG scale.......cool.
Have you seen his airbrush paintings? Whoa doggies, nice stuff.

Great job regardless of where it fits on the scale, Bro.

 

[palk]

There is a satisfaction from making something whole again
And, that can be worth more than its value
Nice one