I have one of these from Tractor Supply. It's 5hp, 60 gals. 18.1 cfm at 90 psi. And it's on sale for $849 I've had it for about 4 years now and it works great for what I do. I'm a hobbyist. I just painted my 66 mercury (a large car) using HVLP guns and spent a lot of hours running air sanders...
I have the cheap HF ones and they worked great. I think the most important question is how smooth is your flooring. I had a new, perfectly level concrete floor. But if you have anything less than that, the cheap ones may not work for you.
I would only drywall and paint to make it cleaner and a better work environment. I'm not one for decorating garages.
Unless you count tools as decoration. ;)
They look nice and the fine gears would be very nice. But I need the reversible type.
Just this past Black Friday I was helping a friend pull a transmission at a pick and pull (they had a black Friday 50% off sale). We were using his Snap-on racheting set and I backed myself right into a...