Air Compressor buying help
05-12-2008, 12:16 PM
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Hehehe, no one local to me with a pick. I bit the bullet and paid for delivery. Renting a pick-up would have been $70 plus gas. Sometimes you just have to pay da man..LOL I even told my wife I bought it 
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05-12-2008, 06:38 PM
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I just tossed a Quincy 80gal, horizontal, climate control, screw, 480vac was about 10 years old. Seems like I find one to replace once a year. Kills me when I have to toss a $5k air compressor that only needs $500-1000 to make it work again. If anyone wants these speak up and Ill keep you in mind when I find another one.
05-12-2008, 08:34 PM
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I have a 60 gallon husky single cylinder 220V air compressor. I've had it for about 5 years and haven't had any problems with it.
I sprayed in a truck bed liner with it, run my small blast cabinet, as well as my portable sand blaster that I used to sand blast the entire frame of my pickup with. So I've put it through some pretty good work, and it's still chugging along. It does work pretty hard when I'm using the portable sand blaster (40lb unit from HF). I think it only runs up to 125ish psi though.
I think if this one dies on me I'd get this one
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...+%26+Inflators
I sprayed in a truck bed liner with it, run my small blast cabinet, as well as my portable sand blaster that I used to sand blast the entire frame of my pickup with. So I've put it through some pretty good work, and it's still chugging along. It does work pretty hard when I'm using the portable sand blaster (40lb unit from HF). I think it only runs up to 125ish psi though.
I think if this one dies on me I'd get this one
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...+%26+Inflators
05-13-2008, 12:54 AM
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If it doesn't have a cast iron casing I wouldn't consider it, it won't last. Most craftsman are aluminum.
Quincy is a great compressor as is Curtis, both industrial grade. I have a curtis and it's a work horse. I wish it was bigger now, but it does a killer job. It's been through 1000 throttle bodies and more sand blasting and powdercoating than I care to remember.
This is the one I have....
http://storesonline.com/site/959275/product/7HT8
Quincy is a great compressor as is Curtis, both industrial grade. I have a curtis and it's a work horse. I wish it was bigger now, but it does a killer job. It's been through 1000 throttle bodies and more sand blasting and powdercoating than I care to remember.
This is the one I have....
http://storesonline.com/site/959275/product/7HT8
05-13-2008, 01:29 AM
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If it doesn't have a cast iron casing I wouldn't consider it, it won't last. Most craftsman are aluminum.
Quincy is a great compressor as is Curtis, both industrial grade. I have a curtis and it's a work horse. I wish it was bigger now, but it does a killer job. It's been through 1000 throttle bodies and more sand blasting and powdercoating than I care to remember.
This is the one I have....
http://storesonline.com/site/959275/product/7HT8
Quincy is a great compressor as is Curtis, both industrial grade. I have a curtis and it's a work horse. I wish it was bigger now, but it does a killer job. It's been through 1000 throttle bodies and more sand blasting and powdercoating than I care to remember.
This is the one I have....
http://storesonline.com/site/959275/product/7HT8
Stay away from aluminum compressors and don't even consider a single stage. Dual stage, 175 pound air is the only way to go. 175 pound pressure has about 10 times the energy than 110 pounds.
I have an ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooold cast iron IR that just keeps on pumping.
05-13-2008, 07:49 PM
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Well it arrived today and of course there is no paper work and I'v been on the phne for 20 minutes now on hold... In think I'll let someone know how unhappy I am when they pick up. I shold have know better, Jantzen Beach sucks...Sorry scott no relations ..LOL
05-13-2008, 08:19 PM
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What's the problem? It should be all put together. Use straight 30 wt non detergent oil. You can get it at about any auto parts store or even walmart. It's dirt cheap like $.89 court. Just get 2 so you have extra. You want to get an inline water tramp for that thing too. I used the husky one right off regulator. Then from the filter directly to a female hose end so you can disconnect the hose right there.
05-13-2008, 08:52 PM
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I need to wire it..lol I know it should be straight forward but would be nice to have a few instructions... where do I put all the airlines..LOL Looks like I need to bush down a fitting off the big tank but thre is a place for a fitting on the side of the top of one of the cylinders too.. thats that for?
