[Shotimes] OT (sort of): Air Too

[Michael S Wojton]

I have a one just like that.  Don't get an oiless.  They are way too loud.
Mine's a 5 hp I think.  It's fine for running tools, but not really big enough
for painting.  If you were going to paint a whole car, it's not big enough.
For the little stuff that I painted iut was ok, but it ran quite a bit.  I'd go
with a bigger tank if I were to do it over again.  Like at least a 50 gallon.


Mike Wojton
'95 MTX
Toledo, Ohio
shomike@tri-statesho-svt.org

K&N sans silencer cone
SHO Shop Y-pipe

"Avoid the clap." - Jimmy Dugan
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Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 10:23:13 -0500
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
From: Christian.Andretta[passport]@optonline.net
Sender: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
Subject: [Shotimes] OT (sort of): Air Tools

I'm considering buying an air compressor for the garage.  One that I've been
attracted to for a while now is a 30 gallon 6 hp Craftsman model,
particularly the 75th anniversary edition because its silver to match my car
and it has nice pneumatic tires.  It is a single stage oil free design and
was way noisier than the more expensive two stage model.  Can someone offer
suggestions on this compressor or similar style single stage compressors.
One thing that I was curious about with this style is the life expectancy.
I don't want to buy a cheaper consumer grade unit and have it fail
prematurely.

I am of course planning to run a 1/2 impact wrench and various nail guns
that I have off the unit.  Is an air ratchet a valuable investment?  There
are a couple of other tools I might consider purchasing eventually but I
won't use them all that much so I was planning on going the cheap Taiwanese
route.  For the impact wrench I was looking at a couple of Craftsman models
which look like they are made by IR.  I also saw some IR models that were 10
bucks more than the Craftsman and some Chicago Pneumatic that looked pretty
nice.  I assume that impact sockets will be necessary for the impact wrench.
Will they also be need for an air ratchet?  The one thing I noticed about
impact sockets is that they are expensive, even the cheap Taiwanese brands.
Any comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated.

SHO Content:  The compressor I like matches the color of my car and the
tools would be used to fix it.


Chris A
99 SF
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