Thread: Small workshop compressor - any non-petrol options?

you just have to keep an eye out.

I have came across a few machinery/equipment with surprisingly low asking price. If I like it, have room to store it I often buys it and then onsale it to make a profit - you dont need to know if you have a buyer or not. someone will take your machinery/equipment

Obviously these machinery/equipment wont be advertised or advertised with incorrect equipment name, you just gotta talk to people.

As a bit of a "guide" as to what size compressor to suit your needs....if you are wanting to spray paint the minimum size tank would be 10 cubic feet (sorry for the non-metric figure). This will give you reasonable amount of air to serve the gun. Nail guns will be very happy with this amount of storage. I have a pin nailer, a finish nailer and a 100mm framing gun. I also have a 10 litre cheapy that stores on the floor behind the passenger front door of my Landcruiser. It can deliver 2 shots for the framing gun before it has to recharge but it will run the other 2 guns reasonably. Many a time I have taken it to a job for maybe only a couple of shots due to the difficulty of hand nailing something. It will not serve a spray gun

Originally Posted by chambezio

As a bit of a "guide" as to what size compressor to suit your needs....if you are wanting to spray paint the minimum size tank would be 10 cubic feet (sorry for the non-metric figure). This will give you reasonable amount of air to serve the gun.

There is 28.3 litres per cubic foot, so that would made a 283 litre tank, far larger than most of us have room for. Did you mean 10 cfm free air delivery? That is roughly what a 3hp single stage compressor will supply, and requires a 15A circuit.

Yeh 10 cuft delivery. The actual tank would be 800 long X 300 diameter with the single piston pump on top. Its a Pilot Pump and a Betts 1.5Hp motor. I can lift it to put into the trailer but it is heavy. The shed has nylon lines delivering air to spots in the shed. I have placed the compressor out towards the front of the shed to keep the noise at a comfortable level but I do plan to make a sound dampening cover to reduce the noise some more