Air compressor ?'s
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
Originally Posted by 68/70Vette
Anyhow... I bought my air compressor from Sears in the early 1970's. I just wish it would break so I could justify buying a bigger more powerful one. !
it did....and i did.....same story as you finally my faithful comnpressor of 20 yrs had been rebuilt so many times it just wasn't up to my demands any more....in walks the the 7HP, 80 gallon upright tank, two stage, 175 PSI 16.9 cfm @175 air compressor.....my wife and kids thought i finally slipped over the edge..... i thought finally something i can run my sand balst cabinet with all day long and never run out of air......
this thing is huge......
i realize this is not what you are looking for check so this one out
http://www.grizzly.com/products/item...emnumber=H4519
Last edited by bobs77vet; Dec 23, 2004 at 12:03 PM.
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Originally Posted by bobs77vet
why not an electric impact hammer and a $90 pancake tank? and remember the impact hammer will ruin the chrome on the lugnuts
on the electric. i work on air compressors for a living so take this advice, it's good advice for what your paying for it. if you plan on taking off lugnuts, you are simply throwing money away with anything smaller than a 20gal. personally, if your going to spend any kind of money at all, i'd recommend a 60 gallon, oil lubed at a minimum. anything smaller will likely be oil free (read garbage) and will run so much and be so loud, you'll have to wear ear plugs in your own garage.
for my home garage, i currently use a dewalt (corded) electric for lugnuts. i just sold my garage compressor so i have to keep my eyes open for another good trade!
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From: Waterloo ontario Canada
Originally Posted by bobs77vet
it did....and i did.....same story as you finally my faithful comnpressor of 20 yrs had been rebuilt so many times it just wasn't up to my demands any more....in walks the the 7HP, 80 gallon upright tank, two stage, 175 PSI 16.9 cfm @175 air compressor.....my wife and kids thought i finally slipped over the edge..... i thought finally something i can run my sand balst cabinet with all day long and never run out of air......
this thing is huge......
i realize this is not what you are looking for check so this one out
http://www.grizzly.com/products/item...emnumber=H4519
this thing is huge......
i realize this is not what you are looking for check so this one out
http://www.grizzly.com/products/item...emnumber=H4519
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
Originally Posted by norvalwilhelm
That looks like decent compressor for the money.
i thought so......but then i lost all reason and supersized.....
