Just picked up a 2 hp 4 gallon pancake compressor. Couldn't pass it up @ $49 :laugh: I was wondering if anyone has run air tools with a small one like this? I will be running a 1/4" hose. The compressor is rated @ 4.2 cfm 90psi. Thaks, Kevin
You could probably run most air tools on it as long as you weren't running them continuously. Painting is a different story. Your limitation is your CFM capacity. Most air operated equipment is also rated at a CFM usage which is what you need to pay attention to when choosing equipment to be used with the compressor. Sounds like a pretty good deal for $49.00. Good luck! :grin: :grin:
Won't run a sander or grinder, well not for more than a few seconds... but it'll work great for impace guns, air hammers, die grinders etc...
I got one for free. The motor is an old Westinghouse that's made here in the USA (like everything was back then) And a big Speedaire tank. The compressor is from a big old store refridgeration unit. It runs slow but it's quiet. No need for a "compressor shed". (a little ldoghouse looking thing attatched to the garage that houses the compressor, or a closet housing it too keep the sound level down) I knew the owner, and he was moving far far away. You could hook both of those little compressors in tandem if you want to run anything for a long time.:Brow: good deal yiou got there.
Here is what I wrote in a thread a couple of years ago: Back in the day (about 1980 and still in high school) me and the buddy across the street rigged up a junk refrigerator compressor to an empty freon tank. We'd turn it on, wait about a half hour watching cartoons, use the die grinder on the 440 cylinder heads for about 5 minutes until the tank was empty, and then go back to cartoon watching until the tank filled up again. Talk about your cheap air compressors! Warning: don't try this at home kids.
i'm 18. I'm not a kid (not a wise old man either, I tell you), so how'd you rig up a refridgerator compressor up? How big is it? i'll get a pic of my compressor if I remember. **alzheimers!ou: ** what kind of oil is used in an air compressor? 20w50?
