[Shop-talk] Air Compressor
Jeff Scarbrough
fishplate at gmail.com
Sun May 22 08:26:35 MDT 2011
Corrosion Acres was originally named for the acres of rusting British
cars...now I can add air compressors to the list...
I always wondered how long my 40-year-old Craftsman air compressor
tank would last, and how destructively catastrophic would the failure
be? Turns out to be 40 years, and not very.
I went out to the shop this morning to inflate the bicycle
tires...flipped on the compressor and after it shut off, I heard a
loud hissing. Wondering which of my poor fittings came loose, I
crawled under the bench and discovered a pool of rusty water directly
under the tank.
So, I need a new compressor. I'd like to get a two-stage, with
enough CFM to run a sandblaster intermittently. Any brand/model
suggestions?
Jeff Scarbrough
Corrosion Acres, Ga. - Now with extra corrosion!
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