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Help buying an air compressor
drventure:
If you've got it in your area, put a watch on Craigslist for compressors. There are always shops closing up or moving and putting compressors on sale. I picked up a craftsman vertical tank model (it's tall rather than long, so it takes up less space, about as much as a pancake compressor), but it's the oiled type, and has enough capacity to air up 4 tires without refilling. Something like 80$
You just have to be a little more aware of maintenence and check the oil every now and then.
hyiu:
don't mean to hijack this thread...
but I have always wanted to buy a compressor also. just so far, I don't have a project that really needs it... (I need some excuse to justify the spending. lol...)
after reading all these, I have a few questions:
are the oil compressors more quiet in general ?
in terms of maintainence, is it only we need to like watch some oil level, and that's it ??
I mean, I'm most likely less than a "weekend warrior"...
I don't mind if its just checking oil level before using it every time...
that's manageable...
I was thinking of the porter cable pancake style compressor before...
(thats the oil free one...)
anyone can send me a link to a "recommended" quieter compressor then ?
(oil or maintainence free are both ok...)
let's keep the price reasonable ?? (like around 300-500 max ?!?!)
I do believe in brand names... they might look alike, but brand name tools are actually better most times...
I got a $15 hammer... and I also got a $0.99 hammer...
I was thinking... hammer... is not high tech... it cannot go wrong...
but somehow... its just not right... nails are easily bent and doesn't go in straight when I use the cheap one... so, if possible / can afford, I will go for a brand name better quality tool...
eds1275:
I use my compressor for just about anything that requires glue. Gonna glue it? Blow it off first. Glue it - then tack it in place with some brad nails from the nailer. I figure that my $80 compressor was worth the 80 and has already earned itself a retirement [used it quite extensively the past 2 years or so]. It's still going strong, and when it dies, I will get a better one big enough to spit paint. But this little oilless one is doing just fine.
ids:
My $0.02
What I did was look at the requirements of the tools I thought I would want to power with the compressor. A decent paint sprayer, for example, required something like 6CFM at 90PSI (IIRC). This put most of the small compressors out of the running.
Ended up getting a great deal on a portable unit that fit the bill, but its rated 14A, so it pretty much needs a dedicated circuit.
If you use it to fill tires and things like that - watch the PSI closely, because it goes up fast!
jennifer:
Oiled compressor reefers to piston type delivery, as opposed to an oiless which is a diaphram. They both have oil in the crankcase. Noise levels are irrelevent. (got a job to do- make some noise). Pancake style compressors will not get you much more then shooting some nails, any airflow that requires painting would start at 2 horse/20 gallons (for small jobs) For larger jobs like painting a cabinet would require twice that amount.
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