[Shop-talk] Small compressors

[Arvid]

I have the 2-gallon version. Is great for staplers, filling tires, nail gun, etc. Will actually run a small cutoff wheel for about 30 seconds. Don't laugh. It only took 26 seconds to make the steel rod shorter!!! And it seems to have reasonable recovery time.

Between me being a little hard of hearing, the radio being on and how quiet it is I never know when it is running. Very light and easy to carry. 20% off coupon and $160 out the door.

I think the 1-gallon is too small and the 4-gallon was heavier than I wanted for a portable compressor. I have an 80 gallon 5hp if I need to do anything serious but I can't remember the last time I bothered to get the hose and find the nearest fitting. Easier to just carry the little one over and plug it in.

On 3/17/20 2:13 PM, Bill Rabel via Shop-talk wrote:
> I bought one of those Harbor Freight 4-gallon compressors after hearing how quiet it is. Don’t dismiss it before you check it out.
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>> On Mar 17, 2020, at 8:37 AM, Mark Andy via Shop-talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net> wrote:
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>> Howdy,
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>> I haven't ever actually used one, but the first thing I'd check out would be the inexpensive quiet compressors.  Stuff like this, though there are obviously others...
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>> https://www.harborfreight.com/air-tools-compressors/air-compressors-tanks/2-gallon-135-psi-ultra-quiet-hand-carry-jobsite-air-compressor-64596.html
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>> Mark
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>> On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 9:53 AM Jim Franklin via Shop-talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net <mailto:shop-talk at autox.team.net>> wrote:
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>>     My Porter Cable pancake has a pinhole in the tank. I have abused it for 10+ years and it doesn't owe me anything at this point. What do people like for small, wheeled, quiet, inexpensive? I don't see myself staying in this house much longer so I won't be installing lines and a nice stand up unit, but I do need to fill car tires, run a framing nail gun.
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