Don,
If you want to use a sandblaster for anything more than 2-5 minutes
at a time, you will need a two stage compressor. I totally wore out my
Sanborn single stage 5hp 60gal over the course of a year blasting large
items. It was however great for everything else including a DA sander. I
I would look for an oil type compressor, not one of
these new fangled oilless ones...at least 5 HP with a 60 gallon
tank.
For home, it will do most anything you will ask it
to. For that size, you'll need a 220VAC line available. I also try to stay away
from Craftsman compressors whenever I
Here are a couple of discussions aboutair
compressors from the past:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg05623.html
http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg09595.html
Rodney.
71 Chevelle
El Mirage, AZ
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Don
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I WOULD think a 5-horse 60 gallon if you are doing sandblasting with a
smaller blaster, don't get an IMC brand, i and a friend had one, they were
pretty junky, my motor went out, his pump went out
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Take a
look at Sears/Lowes/Home Depot at the kind of air tools you expect to run. They should have an air-usage rating,
like 4.0 SCFM @ 90psi or
something like that. Compressors
have similar ratings that will tell how much air they can supply at a given
pressure. Buy a compressor rated
for
I just picked up one last weekend for pulling my
motor etc.
I got a Porter Cable 30 gallon 5.5hp for
$217.00
strong enough for just about everything but a da
sander
SpidrMan
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Don
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1. Oil lubed or oiless ? What are the advantages/disadvantages?
Oil lubed, the oiless ones are noisy as can be and just seem to not be as
efficient. Checking the oil
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1) I would definately go oil lubed. As someone else mentioned, the
oil-less are NOISY. And it'll seem even louder at 10pm when you're trying
to work on something in the
Steve:
if you are going to use it much don't go oiless. cast iron is the best .how many HP is the 60 gal one? i can rotate the tires on my 1 ton truck with my 60 gal 5 HP and it only runs twice. check the cfm's too. you want one that puts out at least 8 cfm or more if you are using it very much.
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