I'll never forget when my wife said, "let's go get you an air compressor
for your birthday"! Boy, was I excited....
I'd been thinking of getting one for the past few months after putting
up our new 2k sq ft shop/garage. She wanted to go with me to get
her present for me. So we took a trip to Grainger's local store and
I selected (I'd already had it scoped out) a 6' tall, two stage (last of
the cast iron cylinder version) 5hp 220V air compressor.
What was funny was that she thought it was an air compressor like
she'd seen in the box stores, as she put it..."like the size of a
bread box". I smiled all the way home and she then understood why
we took the truck to pick up her present for me<VBG>.
First thing I did was fit an automatic water drain to drain the tank
daily. Hope you find the one you need, like most men's tools, they
never can be too big.
Steve Hammatt
Mount Vernon WA USA
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Scarbrough
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 7:26 AM
To: shop-talk at autox.team.net
Subject: [Shop-talk] Air Compressor
Corrosion Acres was originally named for the acres of rusting British
cars...now I can add air compressors to the list...
I always wondered how long my 40-year-old Craftsman air compressor
tank would last, and how destructively catastrophic would the failure
be? Turns out to be 40 years, and not very.
I went out to the shop this morning to inflate the bicycle
tires...flipped on the compressor and after it shut off, I heard a
loud hissing. Wondering which of my poor fittings came loose, I
crawled under the bench and discovered a pool of rusty water directly
under the tank.
So, I need a new compressor. I'd like to get a two-stage, with
enough CFM to run a sandblaster intermittently. Any brand/model
suggestions?
Jeff Scarbrough
Corrosion Acres, Ga. - Now with extra corrosion!
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