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Hi all! I bought an old Craftsman compressor to have something I can throw in the truck bed (using the word throw loosely here, it takes two people or ramps) and take with me if I need air away from the house. Paid $60, can't complain too much. I tore it down to hydro the tank and found the...

Needed an arbor press, this popped up cheapish ($150) 5 minutes from my house. Any easy way to distinguish between 1/2/3 ton units (arbor size?) The arbor is about an inch and a half square. It needs a new anvil or whatever the little round part that sits on the base is called. Any good...

Hi all, I bought a 7.5 hp air compressor and intend to install it, along with a subpanel, in my detached garage. I plan to run it with a 15hp Fuji Frenic Mini VFD. I'm worried the garage needs some significant TLC before the inspector will okay a panel in there. The walls and upper structure...

Hi all, Starting a fresh thread for this. I brought this home for $250 today. The owner brought it home from work but realized he was in over his head with 3 phase power etc. Time will tell if I did good or flushed two and a half big ones down the toilet. These compressors have been hard to...

I'm looking at a used QR series compressor (350 model) for my home shop. If I get it, I'm undecided whether to put a VFD on the existing 10 horse motor or for now get a 5 or 7.5 horse single phase and let it chug chug chug at a nice low RPM, and use the 10hp motor it comes with as a base for an...

Looking to grab a decent first compressor. This popped up locally. Has a 5hp 3 phase motor on it (Newman, made in the UK) so I'm wondering if the compressor unit itself is half decent based on what appears to be a quality motor unit. Can anyone recognize the pump? I've been focusing on...

I picked this up on the way to dinner with the better three quarters and some friends yesterday evening. Feels extremely solid and the make seems to get some praise in these parts. Well used but free moving and looks like it'll clean up really well. Any suggestions for...

Hi all, first thread here. Hope I'm in the right section. Just picked up an old Delta drill press that popped on Facebook marketplace. Did some reading here and elsewhere and it matches this one feature wise exactly: http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/detail.aspx?id=33942 Based on the...