Comments on: Finds: DeWalt’s 15 Gallon Wheeled Compressor http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/23/finds-dewalts-15-gallon-wheeled-compressor/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:05:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Toolaremia http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/23/finds-dewalts-15-gallon-wheeled-compressor/#comment-2490 Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:44:37 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/23/finds-dewalts-15-gallon-wheeled-compressor/#comment-2490 Rick, this would not be enough to run an HVLP gun. They take a mountain of air, even if it is at low pressure. Frankly, this compressor would be running constantly to supply enough air even for the disk sander they show in the picture. I think it would be a losing battle. Many air tools, especially from a popular cut-rate nautical importer, are drastically underrated on how much air they require. The use an unrealistic super-low duty-cycle when calculating the "average CFM", so they can sell you a cheap compressor too. I had a 30-gallon CH oilless upright putting out 6-something CFM, and I had to trade-up to a 5-horse (REAL, not "peak") 220-Volt oiled compressor just to keep up with my modest wrenching and banging. There is one truism when it comes to compressors: Horsepower be damned, you can never have enough CFM. Rick, this would not be enough to run an HVLP gun. They take a mountain of air, even if it is at low pressure. Frankly, this compressor would be running constantly to supply enough air even for the disk sander they show in the picture. I think it would be a losing battle.

Many air tools, especially from a popular cut-rate nautical importer, are drastically underrated on how much air they require. The use an unrealistic super-low duty-cycle when calculating the “average CFM”, so they can sell you a cheap compressor too. I had a 30-gallon CH oilless upright putting out 6-something CFM, and I had to trade-up to a 5-horse (REAL, not “peak”) 220-Volt oiled compressor just to keep up with my modest wrenching and banging.

There is one truism when it comes to compressors: Horsepower be damned, you can never have enough CFM.

]]> by: Rick http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/23/finds-dewalts-15-gallon-wheeled-compressor/#comment-2475 Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:57:33 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/23/finds-dewalts-15-gallon-wheeled-compressor/#comment-2475 Wow.. that looks like a decent spec compressor for a relatively decent price. I'm still gonna wait, but I'm hoping to pick up a decent compressor (ideally with wheels like this one, and upright for a smaller footprint).. Any thoughts on if this would be appropriate to run HVLP paint guns? - Rick Wow.. that looks like a decent spec compressor for a relatively decent price. I’m still gonna wait, but I’m hoping to pick up a decent compressor (ideally with wheels like this one, and upright for a smaller footprint)..

Any thoughts on if this would be appropriate to run HVLP paint guns?

- Rick

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