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Re: air tools
[Re: sthemi]
#142029
10/27/08 04:19 PM
10/27/08 04:19 PM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 616
Sacramento, CA
Kirk_Ingram
super street
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super street
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 616
Sacramento, CA
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For a long time my compressor was a 2 hp 110 v. Sears. it worked OK but had a lot of down time waiting for the tank to fill.
The extra tank is a great way to cheat. Just plumb the outlet of our existing unit into the other tank and put an outlet in that line.
There are new ones, but a good source is someone with a dead compressor head giving away the tank,
Keep you eye on craiglist or local ads. 
That's the way to go. Find a shop with a dead/blown compressor, "useless" piece of equipment. Who cares about the pump, you just need the tank part of it. Plumb the outlet of your existing INTO the new "storage" tank, and use that outlet as the new outlet. Effectively, your running your tools off of the storage tank and the storage tank is filled from your compressor.
Like sthemi said, it's a great cheat 
Most any auto shop, wood shop will probably have a "dead" compressor laying around. Should be able to grab it for cheap; they may GIVE it to you just to "haul away". Just don't buy/grab one with a hole in the tank itself, or stripped fittings!!
Death or Glory...it's just another story.
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Re: air tools
[Re: cornet684me]
#142031
10/27/08 05:18 PM
10/27/08 05:18 PM
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Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 1,568
Omaha, Nebraska
Scott Carl
pro stock
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pro stock
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 1,568
Omaha, Nebraska
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where do you buy the just the air tank?
I shopped around for a replacement air tank for a long time. New ones are 3/4 the cost of a new compressor most of the time. You can get a new 100# propane tank for around $80 here in Omaha at Menards. Thats about 30 or 40 gallons I think. You could go the used worn out compressor tank route but be very careful. Worn out compressors have put a lot of stress on the tank before they wore out. Specially if they didn't drained it as often as they should have. Could be rusted out on the inside. I don't mean to be a gloomy gus but a bad air tank its a time bomb. When it blows its bad news. Just no spectacular flames. Every air vessel has a finite lifetime. Eventually they do wear out. Hopefully they begin to leak a little first.
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Re: air tools
[Re: dOrk !]
#142033
10/27/08 09:23 PM
10/27/08 09:23 PM
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Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 28,312
Cincinnati, Ohio
Challenger 1
Too Many Posts
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Too Many Posts
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 28,312
Cincinnati, Ohio
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Consider adding a large tank to your unit. UNLESS you are going to use those tools many hours a day ... that should work for you.
Nope, that won't work.
You need a much bigger compressor,220 volt to do body work. And you will wind up replacing most of those tools you bought from HF. You won't need the inline sander, so don't replace it. Long boards do the same job but better.
You can add tanks to your compressor till the cows come home, but you will never run a DA or any other air sander off of a 1HP single stage compressor,never. Sorry.
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