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Jgrden

Jgrden

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My air compressor went Ka-Put. Blew a head gasket, or as Sears calls it "seal". It was a 15 gallon 8.6 CFM. The schematic leads me to believe I should not try to repair it. Those chincy parts might fly apart with the wrong torque setting.
So this begs me to ask what you would recommend? Dry, Oil, portable, gallon size?
 
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when it comes to compressors, I usually figure the bigger, the better.
You never know when you might need to jack up a car or inflate a
32 foot Santa.

What will you be using it for? Are you looking for pressure or volume?
Or both?
 
I want to fill the pressure pot (same one everyone uses) by running the compressor up to 60 lbs. once. I like to fill the car tires. I like to use a grinder to make holes in bullet casings. Also, we make our own art frames from a hard wood. It needs to drive a staple gun. If I had my preference, I'd like a much quieter one than this Craftsman.
 
Ah.. For the pressure pot you don't really need volume, so a small one would
do fine. Same with the car tires. But for a grinder you need to move a lot of
air, don't you? For the frames, are you running an underpinner? Or just a staple
gun?
Oil units are quieter, but you need to watch the filter. Make sure that whatever
you use can tolerate oil, as it can get into the lines. Probably OK for most tools,
but when I used compressors in the photo lab, we had to run an oil less unit. Oil
sprayed onto film isn't good. It was such a loud unit that we had to run air lines
to a closet where we kept the compressor (little pancake type) and even then we
had to insulate the door and walls to keep the sound manageable. Non-oil units
can be unbearably loud.. Staple gun might be fine with an oil type, but what
about whatever you're stapling? That might not tolerate oil being sprayed on it.
You might be able to add an extra filter to help control that, but I don't know.
 
So to keep from oil contamination, go dry. We staple the back of the canvas and I don't think oil would hurt it. Mary is pretty touchy about that stuff so maybe we'd better stick with dry, self contained, self lubricating. Yes, the grinder moves allot of air. It drains the tank fast. I am thinking about a different way to gouge the bullets.
 
Belt driven compressors are quieter than direct drive. I would recommend one that runs at least 125 PSI. It takes more pressure to drive a staple than a brad nail. I like my Dewalt 200 PSI portable it's oilless and belt drive and will fill the 6 gal. tank in 85 seconds but it is a $400 compressor. It would keep up with the grinder without a problem.
 
Displaced Canadian said:
Belt driven compressors are quieter than direct drive. I would recommend one that runs at least 125 PSI. It takes more pressure to drive a staple than a brad nail. I like my Dewalt 200 PSI portable it's oilless and belt drive and will fill the 6 gal. tank in 85 seconds but it is a $400 compressor. It would keep up with the grinder without a problem.
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Is there a model number that I could use. Maybe I can find a sale somewhere. Yours sounds just right.
 
I prefer the oil filled with a moisture trap they are quieter and a bit less than the oiless of the same volume....Lowes has a nice choice of compressors..Look at lowes online first sometimes the prices are cheaper than the store...brig a copy of the cheaper price to the store they will honor it. I work there part time just for the deals!!!
 
HARBOR FREIGHT!!! thats where i bought my utility trailer, great deal by the way, had to assemble it myself though, well my dad helped me! but anyways, i forget but we had a problem and harbor freight handled it very badly, if your not spending 500 dollars like we where you should be fine, just make sure you are fully sure you want to be from them, they should be fine. I think it was just the specific store we were in, harbor freight bakersfield, good luck!
 
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