craftsman 3 gallon compressor light air tool useage

[bubinga]

I was looking at a little 3 Gal. compressor at sears,
is this good enough for airing up tires, and light air tool usage,
Like a tire rotation?
Even if I had to take off two tires and wait for the compressor,
or is it more like take off one wheel wait for compressor?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LON12K4/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[Ryanbabz71]

It should be fine, I have a smaller one for light duty and I used it to power an air nailer recently when I was done I aired up our tires didn't even have To plug it in




Ryan

 

[Hootbro]

I have this compressor. I would not use it for impact use for tire rotation unless you want to wait for it to come back up for each lug nut.

Fine for small tire inflation for passenger cars but is taxed when I try to inflate my 3/4 ton truck tires. Also runs a air nailer fine for light use only.

90% of what I use it for is with a air nozzle for dust removal.

 

[goforride57]

Uh that's good for air nailers. Does ok for blowing up a tire if you don't mind waiting. I don't think any rotary tools would work at all. Save your money and get something a little bigger.

It's more like you break the lug nuts loose with a breaker bar first. Then use your impact to take 1 lug nut off and wait. And I'm not even being sarcastic.

I don't have that brand, but I do have a similar hot dog compressor. They are essentially a pancake compressor. Good for finish carpentry. I used mine for molding, trim, and flooring at my camp and inflating tires. (Will do it, just horribly)

 

[Todd.Brock]

I have same compressor. I bought it for finishing a basement. It ran a framing nailer, but kicked on every 10-15 Th nail. Great for a 18 ga Brad nailer, sort of ****** on a car tire that is really low- it will cycle on while airing up. Impact? Never tried it but suspect one bolt at a time. It's so damn noisy and vibrates around. It's good for a nailer set up and blowing air- just not very long! HF has a 21 gallon compressor for 159 bucks. My buddy bought one today. The one you reference is not really suitable as a primary compressor.l
Mine has been to hell and back though. I dropped it about 6 ft and the shroud is broken so I have to be careful not to get zapped on the capacitor pretty study for the price. 75 bucks on Black Friday in 2008

 

[vartz04]

Anything less than a 10 gal with at least a 5.0 CFM will be worthless for an impact. Even with that you'll have to do one tire then wait for it to air up.

I have a 2 gallon compressor and it'll only shoot 6-7 nails in my framing nailer before it kicks in.


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[Danglerb]

For small I would go really small and really cheap like the pancake HF has on sale from time to time less than $50. Use it right away to make sure its not DOA.

I air up my tires with the Craftsman C3 inflator, C3 impact for the lug nuts, no need to fuss with a hose, the noise of the compressor, etc.

BTW other than the noise the small ones seem fine for air nailers.

 

[taumac]

Can it do it? Probably! Would you drive yourself crazy hearing that little compressor running all day to get lugs of. Most definitely. My father had the 4 gal 125 psi craftsman and was useless using a impact. Now I have used my 6 gal 150 psi Porter Cable pancake and my 8 gal 135 psi CH with some success. I still think a nice 30 gal is great size the a garage using impacts but IMO a 135 to 150 psi 8 gal is about smallest you would want to go to use a impact.

 

[jallyn]

I have a 6-gallon Porter Cable, 150-psi compressor. Using my 1/2" impact I can remove one wheel's worth of lug nuts before the compressor runs again. So it only slows me down a minute or two per side of removing wheels for a tire rotation. Any slower and it would be annoying.

 

[bubinga]

OK Thanks Guys, Looks like I;ll go for maybe 2nd hand, but a larger unit.

 

[Richard Cranium]

I have a larger unit and a small one, I like the small one being it is so portable. Just don't get into a rush with the smaller unit

 

[dumper]

I have a 6gal pancake compressor (PC). For lug nuts I use a Milwaukee electric impact bought from craigslist. Works great.

 

[taumac]

I have a larger unit and a small one, I like the small one being it is so portable. Just don't get into a rush with the smaller unit

I agree and have same setup. A have a 30 gal 150 psi and a PC 6 gal 150psi pancake. It's really nice to carry the pancake anywhere you need.

 

[drink]

I was looking at a little 3 Gal. compressor at sears,
is this good enough for airing up tires, and light air tool usage,
Like a tire rotation?
Even if I had to take off two tires and wait for the compressor,
or is it more like take off one wheel wait for compressor?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LON12K4/?tag=atomicindus08-20

Have you tried asking Sears what it is good for? Sears usually has a chart telling what type of use a compressor is designed to do. The product description tells some of the things it can do.

http://www.sears.com/craftsman-3-ga...p-00915362000P?prdNo=4&blockNo=4&blockType=G4

 

[mjoekingz28]

Anything less than a 10 gal with at least a 5.0 CFM will be worthless for an impact. Even with that you'll have to do one tire then wait for it to air up.

I have a 2 gallon compressor and it'll only shoot 6-7 nails in my framing nailer before it kicks in.


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So what does a good 1/2" impact need to loosen 22mm lugs torqued to 140lb-ft....ballpark?


Say top notch hoses and fittings........does it need high pressure and high flow?

Like, what range? 80-125psi and 5+cfm?

 

[bubinga]

I ended up getting this little Campfeld Hausefeld compressor from the guy I got the old craftsman lower chest from.
Got the chest and compressor for $40.00
But then when I got it home, it was hissing out of the unloader valve constantly, and would not restart at all until the tank was bled off to "0" PSI.
Took the check valve off, and it was passing air in both directions.
Took the check valve apart and the spring was broken.
I was able to replace the spring with something I had laying around, and put a new internal retaining ring in the valve.
so all is working fine now, and it is restarting with air still in the tank.
do have a little leak around where the check valve screws into the tank, will need a little Teflon tape around it. I might let it go too, as it is only slight.

 

[bubinga]

oh its is oil'less, but for the little use it will see, it will be OK.
Oh I have a question, the air filter is missing, Can I make one, or get a cheap one that will work OK?
looks like 1/2" pipe thread.