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Thanks C96. Too much spare time on my hands and too many energy drinks. I saw the small differences while I edited the pics together, but they left three are all Campbell Hausfeld units. The Puma is clearly not even related. Thanks. I like this place -- a bunch of smart, experienced...

Jim, do you have a link to any earlier construction details?

Jim, that's fantastic! Amazing work and great results. I'm going to go back and look at your earlier threads about the lift. Now I'll open up the floor for people to tell you how dangerous it is, how their lifts are better, how you should have done things differently, what you didn't...

Charles, Nice reference and link. I've saved that document. Thanks.

If it's got a 130 or 165 pump, the parts are readily available. The valve plate is about $60 and you need some gaskets if that's the problem. I've got a Sanborn 130 pump. Nice unit and worth the time and money to fix if it suits your needs. I recommend that you check out the tank to make...

You can throw your tantrum about being proven wrong without stooping to the level of insulting a compressor chosen by many Garage Journal users. If you want to insult me and call me names, then go for it. But there's no reason to insult everyone who chose the Puma PK6060V. As to CFM...

Probably prettier than me, too. :lol:

Charles, I agree, but I think they are all C.H. pumps. Motors have some slight differences, too. But I've learned that differences like that are often chalked to to which production run was used for the photo shoot. The pump on the Puma PK6060V shown on the Northern Tool site has an...

Thanks for that info. Nice to see I'm not the only one who researches every purchase to death. :) MAT Industries is what used to be DeVilbiss, which made a lot of the oil-free compressors for Sears. Their products are now sold under the Powermate, Sanborn, PROFORCE, Industrial Air, and...

Those were pluses for me, as were: -Slow pump speed (sticker on mine says 925 and published spec is 980) -All cast iron pump (including cast iron heads) The ball valve pre-installed on the output probably saved me $10-$15 right there. The ball valve drain is a lot nicer than a T-handle or...

I own that one and think it's a great compressor and possibly the best in that price class. But Northern Tools specs are dead wrong (confirmed by Puma). They are about 50% high on compressor pump RPM, for example. Pressure switch is set to 130PSI cut-off. Puma lowered the CFM numbers...

I came to the conclusion that, for me, the $499 was better spent for the Puma PK6060V at Northern Tool. I have not been disappointed. It already had a high-quality ball valve on the output and the drain (as opposed to a cheap knurled or T handle drain valve). The pressure switch is one that's...

Thanks. It took maybe half an hour to find the images, paste them, and scale them using GIMP. That's the advantage of having recently retired; I can stay up half an hour later and just sleep in.

No, the answer is cost and mechanical strength. You can get by with supporting iron pipe in far fewer places. The all steel and masonry construction of the satellite manufacturing facility where I worked wasn't at great risk of burning down. But if they'd had hangers as far apart for copper...

No, you need to start the fan running before fumes build up. It's very hard to explosion-proof a structure (I used to work for a company that sold NIR spectrophotometers for use in grain silos where the dust buildup is an explosion hazard). If your compressor is in the area, it has a pressure...

Scientists believe that mercury exposure causes brain damage. I don't think that the posts in this forum are an effective refutation of that. :lol_hitti

*PSSST* You don't know what you're talking about. As they sang on Sesame Street, "one of these things is not like the other." The one on the right is the Puma PK6060V, which competes in the same $500 price class. The Lowe's and Home Depot compressors are rebranded Campbell Hausfeld units...

I had a fair-sized bottle of it, but it was just an accident waiting to happen. So I gave it to a friend with a carb synchronizer that he needed mercury for.

Many people are doing things more heavy duty than rotating their tires or installing pads and rotors. When you need to remove, or install, a transmission, transfer case, bell housing and clutch, headers and exhaust, etc., you don't want some portable scissor lift with a bunch of **** under...

Oh no! I saw that, too, including the page upon page of Internet concern trolls and self-"taught" engineers saying how dangerous it was (they were wrong).