I’m in the market for a small compressor that I would use every once in a while since I have a stationary 60 gal. upright in the garage. I’d like to use the small one mainly for my nailers. I saw a Craftsman 2 and 3 gal. hotdog style and was wondering if something that small would do the job. I’m not a big fan of Craftsman but they’re both under $100. Those 2 compressors are the oil fill type, would that be better than the oiless pancake type. Would the oiless run cleaner? Thanks for any advice. -Ed
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If you do the search funtion on a couple of these forums, you will find people have favorites or at least have had good luck with a bunch of small compressors. I don't remember anybody particularly big on craftsman. Craftsman is considered HO quality. IIRC those expressing an opion like rolair and thomas.
Oil bath is generally preffered to oiless bcuz of durability and quieter.
Some people have the cheapies and they work for occaisonal use with one gun. If you want a good compressor $100 is not enough cash.
i gave away one of those oilless compressor because it made some much noise, it drove you out of the shop. I will only use those with a motor, pump, belt type.
What brand was it? Pancake or hotdog?
Anybody bought a Dewalt 55155? There $320 at HD something like 4.6CFM @ 100 psi and 65 lbs.Big Macs - 99 cents
You should be able to get a 2HP RolAire D1500HPVS for around $300. It rocks! I have one and have sprayed paint, used die grinders, impact wrench and an air reciprocating saw with it. Obviously, if the tool is an air hog, it's going to slow down, but I see these on job sites all over the place.
"I cut this piece four times and it's still too short."
Measure once and cut till your outa wood.
Topic was covered in depth a few weeks back, See thread http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages?msg=49487.1