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I have a 25litre Aldi/Lidl one and it's fine for 90% of things. If I'm using a nut gun or something similar I have a larger bore hose connection off the max pressure take off (the one without the pressure regulator) which works fine. ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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Painting uses a lot of air too. You might want to consider oil free if you're going to be doing a lot of painting.
My wee clark ranger runs air tools sufficiently well for the hobbyist. Runs out of puff quite quickly though. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
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I just bought one of these rm SGS, not belt drive, but twin piston, quieter than the 25litre Aldi special I had before, but it's identical except paint and logos to my mates Clarke one which was £100 more at machine mart, free next day delivery too, it has the Euro connectors but easy and cheap enough to change the ones on your tools if they have the older imperial quick connectors My mate has used his with a media blasting cabinet and it performed well.
https://www.sgs-engineering.com/air-compressors/semi-pro-diy/sc100v-100-litre-high-flow-air-compressor |
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I bought one of these last year as part of a MachineMart VAT free day.It worked out nicely as the one that I had previously was smaller in storage capability but could manage a 1/2" rattle gun with a short bursts and 3/8" air ratchet with longer blasts,as well as a grit blast cabinet.Unfortunately,parts wore out and broke and the spare parts were going to be as expensive as buying a new bigger one.
With this new one I can easily use the grit blaster cabinet on one of the outlets and an air gun on the other.It is a tool that I find most useful when changing tyres
https://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv23/WiNot_Rhencullen/Workshop/20161106_142853_zpszbfmsfku.jpg#original ____________________ Just talk bikes.What else is there?
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Appreciate all of your replies
That SGS 100litre 3hp compressor looks like the best bang for buck, should run all of the tools I'm considering and even some that I haven't thought of yet I'm sure. I'll keep looking but will most likely pick one of these up |
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What a lovely workshop you've got! |
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Mine was cheap, about £75 from B&Q.
https://www.scheppach.com/product-details/Kompressor-HC25o-scheppach----230V-50Hz-1100W---24L.aspx
Wide bore hose helps with rattle guns, but as it's only 24l, it refills after a few seconds. Having only 1.5hp means it takes a couple of minutes to get from 0-8 bar.
It's been more than adequate though, must have run for 10+ motor hrs, and has painted over 100 square meters of fences, makes changing bike tyres a doddle (primary reason for purchase), and can easily be carried.
However, I'd like a 100l 3hp just so I could do sustained work without having to wait for it to get back up to working pressure. ____________________
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kramdra wrote: | What are you using it for? Tools are generally better to have cordless lipo. You pay a bit more for the tool and batteries.
I use mine mostly used for tires. I would much prefer the smaller 6L/9L tank portable version as you can buy a portable 25L tank cheap enough if you need more storage. The issue is the smaller ones only have a 1.5hp motor, which might be inadequate for tools. They also make vertical mounted tanks, seems a much better idea to me however they have a smaller motor.
As such, I would only buy a large compressor for grit blasting or spraying. As I dont have a air fed mask or access to proper, 2k paints, spraying is somewhat pointless. I used it once to spray a fence.
Mine is a 25l from SGS on ebay. Same as all the other chinese ones of that size. It came with very little, dirty coloured oil. Buy new oil. Its a heavy beast and I do not have anywhere sensible to store it - this means it goes in the corner, behind a tool trolley in the lathe shed. To use it I need to lift it out, round a corner. |
Currently I have no air tools, but I would like to be able to run an impact driver, die grinder, a basic air line gun for cleaning parts, running a tyre inflator, perhaps some paint/shot blast later on, same with changing my own tyres etc.
So an assortment of intended uses, I doubt it would get used more than a couple of times a week on average, but I'd like it to work well when I do so. |
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For your use I'd buy a small compressor a battery impact wrench and a 240v die grinder.
Air powered die grinders are noisy as hell and use a lot of air, the compressor will be running all the time and you'll still have to wait. The mains powered ones are a lot more powerful and you only use the power you need, not constantly running a 2hp motor to maintain a poor-efficiency device.
Battery-powered impact wrenches are superb nowadays plus they are super-portable. ____________________ a.k.a 'Geri'
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 5 years, 297 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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