The reason why most artists work without the handle is so that they have quick access to the needle to flush the tip and nozzle. I can not work without a handle. The moving of the needle and nut irritates me. I like the smoothness of the handle. At the Russian airbrush schools they teach you to work super smooth with one hand without touching the surface.
Interesting Rob mate but I think not for me maybe if I had more than one 270 I have used brushes with the handle off for flushing purposes but to be honest feeling the chuck sliding back and fourth irritates me some what. Mind you I'll have a crack at greasing up the spring to see how I get on with that.
Sweet :) That process of grinding the back of the needle down seems like a painful extra that hopefully would be unnecessary if the other custom parts could be machined to accommodate the full needle size. I heavily lubed the spring of my ps270 with glycerin, and that helped a lot...probably similar result as with lithium grease. Thanks for sharing these tweaks
Thanks Rob, interesting point you make about the weight of the body as i find it a bit light, i would prefer if it was a bit heavier, in my hands it feels top heavy. i also can't get used to the needle retaining screw thingy rubbing against my finger so i keep the body on. what i would like though is some sort of chequering or texture on the main body around the trigger area as the chrome is so slippery or even better, a man size ps270 for those with oars as hands, 😅
Another great video Dredfx ! ... my question is ... as a newbie to the airbrush - what would be the best setting for "The spring tension " to start out with ? (for example - turn all the way in and back of a couple turns ?) ...Thank U
😅😅😅😅😅 thought you were billy no mates you have got friends out there ???? Great hack to interchange those parts and to see the results you're bound to get head hunted you've got to patent that
