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Mac-Valve Maestro!
Hello,
February 22, 2018: I emailed this note to a friend with the following picture: "Every time I use the airbrush, I ceremoniously disassemble it, clean it and put it back together. Even in between color coats. Last night(2/21), after a color coat, while cleaning, somehow and inexplicably it slipped from my hand and fell on the floor. The needle was in but the nozzle/tip were out. The result was this: OUCH!"
Been that this airbrush is a "cheap" knockoff sold by Harbor Freight tools, there have never been spare parts available. And this airbrush was already 25 years old at the time of the accident. Since I had another identical unit that a friend gave me years earlier(thou very beaten up) I was able to complete the project.
But I had to try to save this needle. I don't have any special tools. Just hand tools like pliers, small brass hammer, etc. But boatloads of stubborn-ness. The more people told me it was a lost cause the more I worked on it. Took me a few weeks, but at the end, it was back in service, and it is to this day.
Present day picture (April 2023)
You can see it is not absolutely perfect, but good enough to work not only properly, but beautifully so.
30 years of service and counting...
The handle is been "serviced". Stay tuned for that one later.
So that's the story of my "airbrush accident".
Thanks,
Ismael
February 22, 2018: I emailed this note to a friend with the following picture: "Every time I use the airbrush, I ceremoniously disassemble it, clean it and put it back together. Even in between color coats. Last night(2/21), after a color coat, while cleaning, somehow and inexplicably it slipped from my hand and fell on the floor. The needle was in but the nozzle/tip were out. The result was this: OUCH!"
Been that this airbrush is a "cheap" knockoff sold by Harbor Freight tools, there have never been spare parts available. And this airbrush was already 25 years old at the time of the accident. Since I had another identical unit that a friend gave me years earlier(thou very beaten up) I was able to complete the project.
But I had to try to save this needle. I don't have any special tools. Just hand tools like pliers, small brass hammer, etc. But boatloads of stubborn-ness. The more people told me it was a lost cause the more I worked on it. Took me a few weeks, but at the end, it was back in service, and it is to this day.
Present day picture (April 2023)
You can see it is not absolutely perfect, but good enough to work not only properly, but beautifully so.
30 years of service and counting...
The handle is been "serviced". Stay tuned for that one later.
So that's the story of my "airbrush accident".
Thanks,
Ismael