First tool gloat? (compressor)

I picked up an 8 gal. oil-less compressor made by Campbell Hausefield
(sp?) at Lowes about 8 months ago. They had about 10 of them on
clearance for $97. I think the regular price was around $200. Went
back the next week and they were back up to regular price. Figure that
one out......




Monica wrote:
>
>
> Mike Reed wrote:
>
>> I just picked up a used Crapsman 15 gallon, "3.5hp", belt-drive,
>> oil-lubed compressor for $60. It's around 10 years old, but it filled
>> the tank in short order and quietly.
>>
>> It's old, and it's Craftsman, and it's not really 3.5 HP, but still,
>> $60? Do I qualify with this gloat?
>>
>> This purchase was a target of opportunity for me. Now for some air
>> tools :)
>>
>>
>> -Mike
>
>
> You will be able to use nailers, staplers, and maybe air
> ratchetwrenches, and a touch up spray gun. Buy stuff at Harbor Freight,
> because it is cheap and if it doesn't perform, you bring the tool back.
>

Harbor freight is a great place to get fittings and hoses etc. However
for nailers, I just browsed ebay for about a month and found a PC 16
guage and a PC 18 guage nailers, and paid $60 for one and $75 for the
other. Not as cheap as a $20 chinese made Harbor Freight item, but then
again, it's not as cheaply made as a HF item either. You get what you
pay for, just try to pay less than all the other suckers.


Mike Reed wrote:
> Cool, good to hear from you and Monica regarding the HF stuff. I'm
> first going to get fittings, hoses, blow gun, inflators, etc.
>
> Then I think I'm going to try to find some used PC Nailers (finish
> first, framing second)
>

Mike, go to a Sam"s store and look in the tool dept. They have a nice case
full of all the air tools you will ever need except for a nail gun. Cost
$54.00 if I remember right. I got one for Xmas and love it.

Congratulations on getting that AC for only 60 bucks you done well.
Muff


"Mike Reed" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I just picked up a used Crapsman 15 gallon, "3.5hp", belt-drive,
> oil-lubed compressor for $60. It's around 10 years old, but it filled
> the tank in short order and quietly.
>
> It's old, and it's Craftsman, and it's not really 3.5 HP, but still,
> $60? Do I qualify with this gloat?
>
> This purchase was a target of opportunity for me. Now for some air
> tools :)
>
>
> -Mike

"Muff" <fmillen(nospam)@rapidsys.com> wrote in message
news:Y%[email protected]...
: Mike, go to a Sam"s store and look in the tool dept. They have a nice case
: full of all the air tools you will ever need except for a nail gun. Cost
: $54.00 if I remember right. I got one for Xmas and love it.
<snip>

You should look VERY closely at the air flow requirements of the "tools" in
that $54 play set from Sam's Club!!

Find your receipt and return those *toys* before it's too late!

BTW, I learned that the "hard way" about a year and a half ago.
I bought a Coleman compressor and that "bargain" tool set at Sam's, got it
home and immediately discovered that I should have left the whole kit and
caboodle in the truck.

The compressor could only produce 5.4 CFM at 90PSI -- the impact wrench in
that toy set required 11.5 CFM at 90PSI to produce a measly 200 ft lbs of
reverse torque!

Well, DuH!
Small wonder it wouldn't turn a loose nut!
The other tools in that set were just as worthless!!
Really crappy work ratings at enormous CFM requirements!!!

I ended up with a PC oiler compressor that delivers 6.8 CFM at 90PSI and a
Ingersol Rand impact wrench that only needs 4.8CFM to produce 600 ft lbs of
reverse torque. (The IR wrench cost darn near as much as the original
Coleman compressor I returned.) Yes, I spent a lot more than I originally
planned, but I "got it back" by avoiding repair shop labor by the time I
finished the brake jobs on cars #1 and #2.

My other air tools now are almost all (carefully selected) from Harbor
Freight's "professional" line. They work.
--
Steve
www.ApacheTrail.com/ww/
Mesa, AZ
Penury Is the Mother of Invention