[Shotimes] OT (sort of): Air Tools

[Lori or Marc]

Ha,
I have a borrowed redneck compressor - 70's vintage Ford twin cylinder
compressor, large tank and farm grade 1 HP motor. Runs forever. On at
60psi/off at 120.
Marc/Atl

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Phillis" <jphillis68@hotmail.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT (sort of): Air Tools


> 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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