Need replacment small compressor
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toyotadriver
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Buy a vertical 20 gallon. It'll open up more space and still give you enough capacity to do what most homeowners would need to do.
Kaizen
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I picked up a husky a month back for 150. Ten gallons maybe? Actually has oil. Kept up with me laying in 60 3 inch nails consecutively without missing a beat. Like 3.8 cfm. As loud as normal.
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Nail guns do not use as much air as the tools he wants to run, I can run my nail guns off a little pancake compressor and would not try to do that with a
cut off saw or impact gun.
Knowing my luck, if I switched to a smaller compressor, I'd probably be regretting it after about 6 months.
Instead of downsizing, have you checked out similar sized vertical units to take up less of a foot print ? I would think a newer one would be quieter, lighter if you had to move it and use less electric when it's running.
....probably not what you want to hear though.
Instead of downsizing, have you checked out similar sized vertical units to take up less of a foot print ? I would think a newer one would be quieter, lighter if you had to move it and use less electric when it's running.
....probably not what you want to hear though.
Kaizen
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He didn't say the body saw in his first post. my 13cfm single pumper can't even keep up with my body tools. For an impact my little one will work. No way other air tools will on it though
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Kaizen
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well besides the 220 issue which is really just a pain to plug in when you need it....is that one still working? can't stick that under a bench? will be a lot more stable on the floor. you can add some doors to reduce the noise. with my "new" fancy cambell hausfield body saw I couldn't cut the length of a quarter panel without waiting for my compressor to catch up 2 times. huge air hogs. decision time my friend. space or air. you think about putting it outside in a closet?
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You already own a compressor and you say it does what you need. As mentioned, bolt it to the floor, build a box around it and keep-on-truckin.
Most 115v compressors don't have a big pump, so hard to keep up with air tools. Look at the CFM numbers and compare to your tools. Also consider that a 115 running near constantly will start making 'hot' air pretty quickly (which is less dense than cold air) and tool efficiency drops...then the little motor gets hot and kicks out.
Most 115v compressors don't have a big pump, so hard to keep up with air tools. Look at the CFM numbers and compare to your tools. Also consider that a 115 running near constantly will start making 'hot' air pretty quickly (which is less dense than cold air) and tool efficiency drops...then the little motor gets hot and kicks out.
Kaizen
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It works OK, just getting a little tired and actually it's very stable in it's present location. The wall standards are industrial grade and the compressor is bolted down through rubber isolation donuts, 1.5" of glued and screwed MDO into HD Industrial brackets. It doesn't move. It's about 3" too tall to put under the bench, that was my first approach before putting it where it is now. I'm not a fan of enclosing a compressor, it needs air to work and stay cool. As far as putting it outside, We have Township Regulations against this as houses are too close together. It's OK inside with insulated walls although I wear hearing protection. I'll let you know where I end up.....
Motoretro[/QUOTe
right. its not an air sealed box. its a baffled box. just like a muffler quiets the sound vs straight exhaust pipes. you might find some ideas looking at portable generator enclosure design.
