[Shotimes] Re: Air Tools

[Noah South III]

I don't know about their compressors, but I've never liked the Campbell
Hausfield tools.  The ft/lb specs on their tools seem to be awfully high for
what they really are, I bought a impact wrench that was supposed to put out
around 200ft/lbs backing, and it seemed like it only ran at 100ft/lbs.  It
felt REALLY weak for what it was supposed to be.  Not only that, but a
friend of mine had to throw away all his CH tools because the innards
started working their way loose.  He replaced them all with Ingersol Rand
tools, which cost a bit more, but you can tell the workmanship and quality
in them are MUCH better than CH tools.  Now maybe the compressors are a
whole lot better, but I know the tools pretty much suck.

And yes, Craftsman air tools & compressors are over priced.  In retrospect I
really wish I had bought an upright IR compressor and tank.

-Noah South III

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Fanning" <Awfanning@earthlink.net>
To: "SHOtimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 3:11 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] Re: Air Tools


> The specs you have to pay attention to when buying a compressor are the
> amperage draw of the motor and the cfm at psi output.  Horsepower,
> particularly when buying Sears tools, is not believable.  I have a 25 year
> old Sears compressor rated at a whopping 1 hp.  However, the current draw
> and the cfm are pretty darned close to what you get now in a 5hp
compressor.
> So, maybe hp isn't what it used to be?
>
> You also need to look at the tools you're considering buying and what
their
> cfm at psi requirements are.  For the tools you describe, you're paroably
OK
> with what you're proposing to buy. But if you want to add a sand blaster,
or
> body shop type tools, you may be a bit shy. For about $400, you can buy a
> (blue) Campbell Hausfield 5-6hp unit that will run circles around the
Sears
> models.
>
>     Alan
>
> Chris A. wrote:
>
> > 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.
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