[Shop-talk] (yet another) air compressor question
John T. Blair
jblair1948 at cox.net
Wed Oct 1 16:23:08 MDT 2008
At 05:04 PM 10/1/2008, Marcus Pless wrote:
>I recently moved into a new place that actually has enough room for an air
>compressor. I'm looking for something that would be general purpose
in nature
>and relatively inexpensive......
>but I don't want to shoot myself in the foot with a woefully inadequate air
>supply for down the road. My budget is probably in the $300 range.
Marcus,
I'd look for something that is oil lubed, a 30 gal or bigger storage tank, and
220V. I purchased a Craftsman compressor like that back in about '90 for
$380.
You can definately get some small ones for about $100 to inflate tires and run
a nail gun, but that's about it.
If you can forsee doing any type of automotive work, body work, or
even finishing
wood work, metal work - media blasting, I'd go the extra money and get a
compressor like I described or bigger. I'd rather have spent a
little too much
and have more compressor than I need, than not have the ability to do some
thing in the future. (Spelled through away the old one and buy a new one.)
John
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