has anybody used the small senco compres
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I’m getting started with my own bussiness making custom built ins, furniture etc. I will be renting bench space from a well equiped shop(martin shaper,planer,jointer,pahnhans slider saw, etc) but I need to get myself some nail guns. The guy that owns the shop has a little portable senco compresor that he says is great for finish guns, which is all I am planning on needing for awhile. Do you think I will regreat not having more cappacity down the road. Or should I save some $ and my back and get the little guy?
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I bought a little Husky compressor from the Home Depot a few weeks back. It was like $89.00. Light & very quiet. Hope it holds up. Still have 2 emglow twin tanks , but this little one is great for small jobs,about 25lbs. Will post a model # latter when I get to work.
Our interior finish crew uses the little Senco. It's a production circumstance, so it's rolled out and used everyday, all day, with 2 guns attached. They say they love it.
Also, we have one in the shop which is used for assembling the exterior column halves on a daily basis.
Both, have performed flawlessly.
rol-aire makes a damn fine compressor as does thomas. The only thing you might consider is if you ever do any HVLP finishing that compressor wont handle the CFMs Rol-aires and thomas dont pull excessive AMPs that might trip a breaker whereas some cheaper units can have a tendancy to pull excessive amps @ startup which might trip breakers.
Oil lubes last longer and are quieter, but more expensive.
IMO id go with a rol-aire oil lube if its used for a business. Rol air makes some great small compressors, in both pan cake style and hot dog. I believe you can even get them with built in carts to help roll them around.
The Husky compresser is #Fp2045 @ $89.00 Great for trim ,don't think it could run a framer . Its only a 2 gal tank.
It should work fine for what you want. I have used them in the tool store and it was quiet and had plenty of power for brads and such. Ive heard others say ngood things about it. Try the one the owner has and see how you like it, weight is a big factor if you are moving around a lot. Sounds like most of your work will be in short spurts rather than running trim all day so it should work fine.
I recently won a senco 18ga brad gun and their little compressor kit. the little compressor takes a while to charge up and just can't seem to drive brads very well. it seems to "ladder" just before it cycles. the cheap regulator is crap. I haven't had the greatest luck with senco so far. I bought a 15ga gun a year ago or so only to find out from the factory the reason it couldn't set nails too well was they had a bunch go out the door with drivers that were too short. the new foam grips they have on most of their guns are garbage and won't last a good day on the job site. on the other hand my original guns that I let the crew use and abuse daily are PC and they have held up just great. well built and alot less problems than my senco guns. maybe you'll have different luck. who knows.
Steve
S.J.MERRETTE Carpentry & Construction • Robesonia, PA
Nothing is impossible...It just hasn't been done yet.
Guy working for me bought the small Senco finish kit(that real small compressor, pretty quiet), was not impressed with it at all. We work mostly in oak when doing finish installs and it took alot of messing around to get the compressor working right. I could have hand-nailed the install just as quickly as it was taking with this compressor, I wouldn't recommend it for any serious work personally. Seemed a bit underpowered as well. I found the Paslode cordless finish nailer to work better than this unit though I don't like the whole gas-packs thing, thinking of getting the Porter cable nailer that runs off of a 12v cordless battery and off of a compressor or the Senco cordless nailer.
-Ray