Comments on: Home-Use Air Compressor on a Budget http://toolmonger.com/2006/05/31/home-use-air-compressor-on-a-budget/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:43:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: mak http://toolmonger.com/2006/05/31/home-use-air-compressor-on-a-budget/#comment-1022575 mak Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:01:40 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/05/31/home-use-air-compressor-on-a-budget/#comment-1022575 the compressor pictured use i use exactly the same thing for maintaining motorbikes spray painting ect comes in handy specially that i have to climb several flights of stairs with it each time i use it. the compressor pictured use i use exactly the same thing for maintaining motorbikes spray painting ect comes in handy specially that i have to climb several flights of stairs with it each time i use it.

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]]> By: Dillion http://toolmonger.com/2006/05/31/home-use-air-compressor-on-a-budget/#comment-879687 Dillion Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:52:58 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/05/31/home-use-air-compressor-on-a-budget/#comment-879687 I have a few sites I go to, but the quality is always the best here! I have a few sites I go to, but the quality is always the best here!

]]> By: PATRICK MILLER http://toolmonger.com/2006/05/31/home-use-air-compressor-on-a-budget/#comment-295964 PATRICK MILLER Thu, 01 May 2008 01:00:11 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/05/31/home-use-air-compressor-on-a-budget/#comment-295964 Hello. My name is patrick miller and am Located in IL and i will like to Order some( Air Compressors) Hope to know if you have it in stock so that you can help me Puchase some ..Well i will also like to know the type of payment you do accept so that i can Go ahead and make payment to you as soon as the order is been Processed and Done ..Hope to hear from you ... Thank you warm reguards patrick miller Hello.
My name is patrick miller and am Located in IL and i will like to Order some( Air Compressors) Hope to know if you have it in stock so that you can help me Puchase some ..Well i will also like to know the type of payment you do accept so that i can Go ahead and make payment to you as soon as the order is been Processed and Done ..Hope to hear from you …
Thank you
warm reguards
patrick miller

]]> By: Frank http://toolmonger.com/2006/05/31/home-use-air-compressor-on-a-budget/#comment-211085 Frank Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:55:25 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/05/31/home-use-air-compressor-on-a-budget/#comment-211085 I would like some prices to that thing sure would come in handy ! I would like some prices to that thing sure would come in handy !

]]> By: Kenny Miller http://toolmonger.com/2006/05/31/home-use-air-compressor-on-a-budget/#comment-126634 Kenny Miller Sat, 06 Oct 2007 11:42:43 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/05/31/home-use-air-compressor-on-a-budget/#comment-126634 Hello,Am Kenny in Wisconsin ,I will like to know if you do carry Air Compressors instock for sale and i will like you to email me with the types and the price as well as the method of payment...Hope to hear from you soon.Thank you. Best Rrgards Kenny Miller. Hello,Am Kenny in Wisconsin ,I will like to know if you do carry Air Compressors instock for sale and i will like you to email me with the types and the price as well as the method of payment…Hope to hear from you soon.Thank you.

Best Rrgards
Kenny Miller.

]]> By: Paul http://toolmonger.com/2006/05/31/home-use-air-compressor-on-a-budget/#comment-23674 Paul Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:46:05 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/05/31/home-use-air-compressor-on-a-budget/#comment-23674 Ha! good call on the safety glasses when blowing stuff out. Once a guy I knew asked me what my most dangerious air tool was. I have lots of saws, and grinders, and drills, and this and that. So I thought for a moment and replied, my blowgun. He was like what? Your blowgun? Another guy that was there, and got what I meant was like that's just the point, the most dangerious tool is the one that you respect the least. I like my compressed air and if there is one thing that I've found out about compressed air is that no matter how many CFM you have you always seem to want more! Jobs like spray painting, or running a DA sander, or sandblasting can really eat up a volume of air quickly, and steadly too. What I have done to satisfy my air cravings is make up a fitting out of a tee pipe connector, and a few air fittings, so I can gang two air compressors up. This method also works very well to extend the useful range of your air power too. You see just plugging in two 3/8" hoses to get you 100 feet out you lose an awful lot of power, but if you put a tank inbetween those two lines, it acts like a capacitor in a circuit, storing the charge closer for you. Effectively eliminating your extension hose air restriction, and giving you the same power as you would get off one length of hose. As far as oiling air tools goes, that oil daily crap cast into the tools is BS. I have actually destroyed air tools by being too religious about oiling them! It can gum them up ruining the vane motors. And yes, I use air tool lube oil. So when you oil your air tools a couple of drops goes a longer way than really giving them a good shot I suppose. Oh, and Mathew, I use my air compressor to blow up pool toys all the time. I guess you just don't understand about higher pressure and how that expands into volume, or something. Ha! good call on the safety glasses when blowing stuff out. Once a guy I knew asked me what my most dangerious air tool was. I have lots of saws, and grinders, and drills, and this and that. So I thought for a moment and replied, my blowgun. He was like what? Your blowgun? Another guy that was there, and got what I meant was like that’s just the point, the most dangerious tool is the one that you respect the least.

I like my compressed air and if there is one thing that I’ve found out about compressed air is that no matter how many CFM you have you always seem to want more! Jobs like spray painting, or running a DA sander, or sandblasting can really eat up a volume of air quickly, and steadly too.

What I have done to satisfy my air cravings is make up a fitting out of a tee pipe connector, and a few air fittings, so I can gang two air compressors up. This method also works very well to extend the useful range of your air power too. You see just plugging in two 3/8″ hoses to get you 100 feet out you lose an awful lot of power, but if you put a tank inbetween those two lines, it acts like a capacitor in a circuit, storing the charge closer for you. Effectively eliminating your extension hose air restriction, and giving you the same power as you would get off one length of hose.

As far as oiling air tools goes, that oil daily crap cast into the tools is BS. I have actually destroyed air tools by being too religious about oiling them! It can gum them up ruining the vane motors. And yes, I use air tool lube oil. So when you oil your air tools a couple of drops goes a longer way than really giving them a good shot I suppose.

Oh, and Mathew, I use my air compressor to blow up pool toys all the time. I guess you just don’t understand about higher pressure and how that expands into volume, or something.

]]> By: Myself http://toolmonger.com/2006/05/31/home-use-air-compressor-on-a-budget/#comment-1180 Myself Sat, 16 Sep 2006 12:28:42 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/05/31/home-use-air-compressor-on-a-budget/#comment-1180 There's no reason a little compressor can't run big air tools, if you're happy with a low duty cycle. Sometimes a 5-second attack from the air wrench is all it takes to free that stuck lugnut, so who cares if it takes the compressor 30 seconds to recover? Add a Y-connector with some quick-connects, and leave your portable air tank plumbed into the system via a double-ended hose for reserve capacity during such endeavours. Remember to oil your air tools, especially if using an oil-free compressor. You should be oiling anyway, but sometimes the sparse mist from the compressor is enough to allow some neglect in that regard. With an oil-free air supply, manual oiling is essential. There’s no reason a little compressor can’t run big air tools, if you’re happy with a low duty cycle. Sometimes a 5-second attack from the air wrench is all it takes to free that stuck lugnut, so who cares if it takes the compressor 30 seconds to recover? Add a Y-connector with some quick-connects, and leave your portable air tank plumbed into the system via a double-ended hose for reserve capacity during such endeavours.

Remember to oil your air tools, especially if using an oil-free compressor. You should be oiling anyway, but sometimes the sparse mist from the compressor is enough to allow some neglect in that regard. With an oil-free air supply, manual oiling is essential.

]]> By: Matthew http://toolmonger.com/2006/05/31/home-use-air-compressor-on-a-budget/#comment-114 Matthew Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:57:50 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/05/31/home-use-air-compressor-on-a-budget/#comment-114 You do not want to use a piston based compressor for blowing up thin wall inflatable stuff, like beds in your example. First off, there is way to little air flow (CFM), it will take it a long time to fill the inflatable up, and second, the presure the compressor can attain is way too high. Most inflatables only want a few PSI, not ~100. You do much better with a dedicated high volume low pressure compressor, or just stick the hose in the vent end of your shop van and use that for inflatable beds and such. That being said, the small compressors are nice for tires, blowing the crud out of things, and unless you are a real fast carpenter, they doo a good job with nail and brad guns too. Just don't expect to be happy with an impact wrench or an inline sander. You do not want to use a piston based compressor for blowing up thin wall inflatable stuff, like beds in your example. First off, there is way to little air flow (CFM), it will take it a long time to fill the inflatable up, and second, the presure the compressor can attain is way too high. Most inflatables only want a few PSI, not ~100. You do much better with a dedicated high volume low pressure compressor, or just stick the hose in the vent end of your shop van and use that for inflatable beds and such.

That being said, the small compressors are nice for tires, blowing the crud out of things, and unless you are a real fast carpenter, they doo a good job with nail and brad guns too. Just don’t expect to be happy with an impact wrench or an inline sander.

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