Air compressor recommendations

[Phil T]

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Now there is a nice compressor.

 

[Don B.]

Portability to me means it would have to be gas powered

 

[TerryfromSWIowa]

My old Devilbiss 2 stage horizontal is not very loud.

 

[WNYBill]

Wait till Harbor Freight has them on sale. Unless you are commercial. We have a McGraw and only use once or twice a month. Mostly cleaning tractor radiators.

 

[Destroked 450]

I have a 5hp Champion 2 stage air compressor that the motor runs @ 3450 rpm, but the pump only turns @805 rpm. Very good compressor and very quiet.
DWF

I had referred to the 1750 motors as that was the normal motor used on the older larger compressors, one can install a smaller drive pulley on a 3400 rpm motor and drive the compressor at the same speed as it was running with a 1750 motor
The compressor is what makes the noise and the reason todays smaller pumps running at twice the speed are so much loader than the larger slower running compressors

 

[Geo-TH,In]

Yep a very true statement... The take away is you had the power supply and could have done way better and probably for less money than that yeller thing. Yeller is eye candy BTDT. I started out with a used one like this as I moved up I kept it as a poor boys backup. Like old teller I got a lot done but it had its limitations.

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I put a true 2hp motor on it and had a 4" motor pulley made for it, it sings. I think I used up all my spare head gaskets as it would get one every not and again. It was the cost of boing business.

In 2000 I paid $500 for my noisy DeWalt and today they are selling for $700.
Anyone want to buy a slightly used air compressor for $500?
Never buy an oil-less compressor. They don't last and they are very noisy.

 

[buickanddeere]

I have done this backwards.....over the years accumulated some air tools. that is, paint sprayer, air nailer, and 1/2 inch impact wrench. I do not have a good air compresor however. I do beleive the half inch impact wrench would be the tool that would use the most air, which I think is 5 CFM at 90 psi. I would like to get a portable (wheeled ) compressor that would run my tools. Do you have a recommendation? This is for home / small farm use, not commercial or every day use. I think the sweet spot is 8 to 15 gallon, 90-100 PSI, and 5 or 6 CFM.

240V , double the max CFM required and 40lb more pressure than required .
You will find that is barely enough .