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General => Craftsmen's Corner => Topic started by: 5outta6 on November 28, 2017, 07:08:59 AM

Title: Air Compressor
Post by: 5outta6 on November 28, 2017, 07:08:59 AM
My 29 year old air compressor has about had it.  Pressure switch is shot and I can't find the exact replacement.  To add topping to the cake, I have found out it was recalled about 20 years ago.......Ingersol-Rand Rand 4000.
So I've decided to retire it.

What's a good air compressor for home use with a 20 gallon tank?    It seems even the bedrock brands are made offshore now (china) so its hard to tell a good one from a bad one; unless you go industrial.

Any opinions?
Title: Re: Air Compressor
Post by: poulton on November 28, 2017, 07:18:23 AM
What is the CFM requirment. Cubic Feet per minute needed to run your tools?
Tank size doesent mean anything.
Some newer model pancakes are just great but need to know CFM of your tools
Title: Re: Air Compressor
Post by: 5outta6 on November 28, 2017, 07:49:11 AM
What is the CFM requirment. Cubic Feet per minute needed to run your tools?
Tank size doesent mean anything.
Some newer model pancakes are just great but need to know CFM of your tools

I think an 1/2 inch impact gun takes atleast 5 cfm...
Title: Re: Air Compressor
Post by: Mojo Jojo on November 28, 2017, 10:10:26 AM
I have had a cheap harbor freight portable one for over 18 years that I have been PRAYING blows up so I can get a new one, haven’t changed the oil in 5 years but TLW won’t let me upgrade till this one craps out  :smt044
Title: Re: Air Compressor
Post by: crash on November 28, 2017, 10:31:13 AM
I have had a cheap harbor freight portable one for over 18 years that I have been PRAYING blows up so I can get a new one, haven’t changed the oil in 5 years but TLW won’t let me upgrade till this one craps out  :smt044

Drop it off a cliff or somehting.  Just don't be near it when it blows up, because it can detonate in your hands.  Seen it before at a used car dealership.  That onetook 18 years to blow up.
Title: Re: Air Compressor
Post by: SlackedTide on November 28, 2017, 12:34:38 PM
Wish Honda would make one as quiet as their generators that would be awesome!!!!!
Title: Re: Air Compressor
Post by: Tote on November 28, 2017, 05:08:24 PM
I have a Craftsman 27 gallon tank for 20 years now. The only thing I do to it is turn it on and off. Haven't used it since yesterday.