[s-cars] Re: Air compressors

[Kirby Smith]

Suggest a two-stage to get both flow and pressure.  I have a Dayton I
bought at a garage auction many years ago.  Garage auctions can be a
good source of quality tooling.  By "garage" here I am referring to gas
stations or body shops going out of business.

kirby


Marc Swanson wrote:
> 
> > A while back there was a thread about suitability of various air
> > compressors and recommendations of which might be considered appropriate
> > for specific uses.
> >
> > I would like to have a compressor to permit easily inflating tires (mainly
> > on my tractor and other equipment) and occasional light duty wrenching with
> > a variety of light duty tools.  Well, maybe somewhat heavier duty tools
> > being used for light duty wrenching.  Also desirable would be a reasonably
> > low price.  Any recommendations?
> 
> Your needs sound pretty simple.  I've owned a Devilbiss 5hp compressor
> that I bought on sale from Harbor Freight for around $300:
> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=35371
> 
> My personal preference is for "oil lube" compressors as opposed to
> "maintenance free".. the difference being that you can never change the
> oil on the "maintenance free" compressors, which is just asking for
> trouble IMO.  I'm about at the stage where I'd like to upgrade mine. It
> works great for my impact wrench and various other moderate air
> consumption devices.. but when it comes to things like my die grinder
> and sandblaster, it really struggles to keep up.
> 
> I'd avoid compressors below 5hp.  Usually Campbell Hausfeld stuff can be
> had for relatively low $$ from retailers like wall-mart.  Here's one
> from harbor freight for $249.99 on sale (off from $279.99):
> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=54463
> 
> looks like one of those maintenance free deals, but for occasional use I
> bet it will be just fine.
> 
> Happy tool shopping ;)
> 
> --
> -Marc
> 87' 4ktq
> 88' 90q
> www.mswanson.com/audi
> 
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