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guzziguy
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Post by guzziguy »

I am looking to get an air compressor and was curious what everyone else was running?
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Post by crzypete »

what kind of tools do you want to use? what are your cfm requirements?

you do not want an oilless pump, you want a belt driven pump with an oil bath.

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Post by guzziguy »

You see. i do not run any air tools at least hardly ever. i primarily use it to blow off dust. which i do quite often throughout the day. I can't justify a big monster of a compressor and the last one i bought 5 years ago bit the dust. it was an oiless one from a box store.
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Post by dadude »

a bit larger than you think you need is better, producing air also produces a tremendous amout of water which is not good for airtools and finishing, I use a 5hp, two stage with a horizontal tank, maybe 80 gallon coupled with a speedaire dryer and the dryer is the best thing I ever did for my air quality, i do use dynobrade air sanders and do alot of finishing, but still dry air is best, your shop is looking sweet!
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