[Shotimes] OT (sort of): Air Tools

[John Phillis]

I bought a cheap craftsman 5 gal rotary pump one time. (rotary is the noisy 
one that will destroy your hearing) I used it to do body work and general 
restoration in my garage at home. it lasted me 9 months, then had the rotary 
pump replaced under warranty, then I got another year or so out of it, then 
it went into the trash. so I guess it all depend on what you are going to be 
using it for. when shopping pay attention to the SCFM rating of the 
compressor. and the duty cycle. when they say 100% duty cycle, make sure 
they don't mean 100% duty cycle at 5 psi. otherwise it'll di eout very 
quickly and you'll spend more time waiting for it to catch up than you will 
actually working. the one I have now I bought used, it is an ingersol rand 2 
cylinder piston type pump runs off 240 volt. very nice compressor, but 
orignal cost was around $1800 or so. of course, I run a sandblasting 
cabinet, and air grinders, and a HVLP spray gun system. for that amount of 
draw I put on the compressor, I had to buy a $450 oil separator, air drying 
system. to keep oil and water out of the hoses and off of the cars I work 
on. nothign is more frustrating than putting down $650 for base clear paint, 
only to have a $300 compressor spit water all over it.

SHO Content: I put a yamaha badge and 24V fender badge on my air compressor 
out of boredom

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christian Andretta" <passport@optonline.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 10:23 AM
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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