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    Air compressor drainer kits????

    you will always get more moisture out of point of use or inline filters. moisture in the tank, while not uncommon, usually isnt major unless there is something wrong with the pump itself. If you are a responsible compressor user that drains the tank everytime you are finished using it, or...
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    Diagnosing Air Compressor

    it sounds like a motor problem, like its drawing too many amps. you dont have it on an extension cord do you?
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    Quincy Compressors in tandem?

    Yeah you can do what you are looking to do, it would benifit you better to get a duplex unit, that is two pumps two motors, on one tank that can do exactly what you want them to do. its a smaller foot print, and gives you the option of running both pumps at the same time, or intermitently...
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    Air compressor drainer kits????

    if you want something easy get and electric automatic tank drain, they are 115V and can be set to automatically drain off every minute, hour, day, week, etc.... usually around $100.00 any pnuematics store will have them, real pnuematics stores, not HD, lowes, HF.
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    compressor drain valve noise

    DIDO, you can also get an air tool muffler to put onto the ball valve, but they have a filter element that doesnt allways allow the gunk to come out with the moisture.
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    Turning the volume down, compressor

    DIDO, its the best way to get rid of half the noise. it wont work on a direct drive if thats what you have.
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    Milwaukee 12V and Bosch 12V

    the big DIFF is that the Milwaukee is a true 12V, and the bosch is technically a 10.6 or 10.8 i cant remember....
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    CDI vs Snap On Torque Screwdrivers

    CDI makes them for SO, whoever is selling the CDI's is just charging too much, check other sites.
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    Snap On digital torque -angle wrench

    if i were you i wouldnt pay for the snap on. CDI makes it for them and you can find a CDI branded one for way less $
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    Quiet air compressor

    heres a champion advantage (comes with all the bells a whistles) and free shipping. http://www.powertool-box.com/product.php?productid=16285&cat=0&page=1 really if you dont want it to bother your neighbors, but you dont want it to anoy you either, place the compressor in your shop and pipe...
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    Anyone dealt with rapid air systems?

    rapid air is a low pressure system 150 psi or under. nylon tubing should never be used as a distribution system, its just not reliable, and really stiffins up over time. use real pipe.
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    PVC air lines

    Look into Copro, or Probite fittings, they are for standard OD copper, stainless pex. similar to sharkbite fittings, but the copro and probite fittings are removable, reusable, and can be rebuilt it a seal goes bad. i think the website is www.quickfittings.com
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    Air Die Grinder IR - CP - AirCat

    try looking into the Sioux Force 5055A its pretty good for the price.
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    Picked up a new compressor today

    looks like a plain old water separator. if it was a desiccant dryer it would have some type of site glass to show if the desiccant is good or bad. manual drain on the bottom is a dead giveaway, also the inlet on top tells that it is used at point of use and not in line. any way, it was a good...
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    Economy's Effect On Tool Sales?

    We just got an Update from IR last friday, they are starting to bring a lot more air tools in house to become Made in USA products again, the 2135TIMAX, 2115TIMAX, pretty much all of the impacts and ratchets will become US made again. they are also expanding the TImax line to 3/4" and 1" guns...
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    Economy's Effect On Tool Sales?

    I had a job for compressed air piping to go into a plant called MTD products. after some asking around i did about that company i find out that they manufacture all troybuilt, toro, lawnboy.... pretty much everything but honda, and craftsman. its just kind of crazy how many brands are made at...
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    PVC air lines

    Dead Horse conversation, but here you go. it WILL blow up! not today, tomorrow, maybe not even in the next few years but it will blow. if you really want a pipe system use the standards, copper, black, aluminum.
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    Store Li-ION Batteries on the Charger

    Milwaukee claims that the Li-ion platform is not a "memory battery" so it doesnt matter when or how long you leave it on the charger. personally i like to not put it on the charger until its dead. just old habbit. The newer batteries have a computer chip that records absolutely everything in...
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    Economy's Effect On Tool Sales?

    heres some more about milwaukee, the new Craftsman 12V line is made by... you guessed it Milwuakee. the only difference is the battery pack is slightly different so you cannot interchange the two. BS in my opninion. its a subtle way of monopolizing the tool biz. Black and decker has been...
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    Economy's Effect On Tool Sales?

    i do not work for northern tool, fastenal, granger, or any big stores, we are a small area established store with a dis associated store front website. I dont want to say who i work for but we are bassed in PA with multiple locations around the state, and in VA. Yes DeWalt has cut off 3 big...
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