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ChadTower:

So, just arranged to pick up an air compressor via Freecycle.  The person on the end doesn't know a ton about it as her husband left it behind... from questions, I believe it is likely to be this one.  She says it does work.

I assume that's enough to power a paint sprayer... is it enough for a finish nailer?  Probably not a stud nailer, yes?

crashwg:
You've got it backwards.  A compressor like that would work fine for just about any nailer as long as you're not planning on shooting 50 nails a minute as they use a small volume of air.  A paint sprayer on the other hand uses a lot of air and the motor will be running constantly trying to keep up.  Not saying that it won't work but it's probable that it won't.  It'd be great for an airbrushing setup though...

ChadTower:

That makes sense.  The woman told me her husband used to use it for painting... mabye she meant detail painting.  When using it for nailing I wouldn't be shooting many but would be shooting some into concrete.

I don't think I'd need it for painting anything big as I am fine with rollers... but painting cabs, whole cabs as well as stencils, that I'd like to do.

shardian:
This is a very small compressor. The reason you have to have a big TANK compressor for paint guns, framing nailers,and grinders is that these tools use alot of air IN A VERY SHORT BURST. The caps part is the catch. This small compressor cannot generate enough high pressure air to power the tool. I have a small badger air compressor for air-brushing that is probably similar to this. It runs constantly as there really is no tank.

I have a 2 gallon tank air compressor and even it isn't recommended for anything bigger than a brad nailer.

ChadTower:

Hrm.  So, beyond air brushing, probably not going to be useful?  At least I'm not paying anything for it.  :)

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