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Human Powered Air Compressor and Energy Storage System (solar.lowtechmagazine.com)

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Andy Lagzdins built and documented a pedal-powered air compressor to run the power tools in his motorcycle workshop.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

@veganpizza69 Awesome. Reminds me of a documentary about the Amish, where this one guy used a windmill to pressurize an used train wagon for oil or liquids (round, airtight) that he had dug in, to run all kinds of air tools without him having to worry about running out of pressure for a week.