Air Compressor

[thewoodlands]

I'm thinking about picking up a new small air compressor and I'm looking at these two, which one is better. We would just use it for tires,cleaning out the groove on the chainsaw bar.

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[SPED]

I don't have any experience with the husky compressors, but I have an older model of the porter cable pancake. I bought mine about 10 years ago, and for 9 of those it was my only compressor. I've run nailers, die grinders(sloooowly), impact tools, filled tires, etc and mine has never once missed a beat. It's great for portability and to do small jobs. I only recently bought a 60 gallon one to permanently mount in the garage, so I don't use it as much anymore, but if I had to buy again, i'd buy the porter cable.

 

[Joey]

I just picked up a compressor for the same thing. A few household chores,,tires, cleaning,,,etc...I went with the H Freight pancake. Its a bit cheaper and i'm sure it wont last as long as the Porter Cable...not lookin for longevity. H Freight had a ton of compressors in the store...and they also had a 35 percent off coupon in their monthly flyer..!

 

[thinkxingu]

If using for compressed air, look for volume. 6 is better than 4. BUT, I would look online--There are 3 25-gallon Craftsman compressors near me for $150 or less, and they're pretty bullet-proof. Always worth looking bigger (unless you're using it for finish work).

S

 

[Thrash44047]

Buddy of mine has the Porter it a real nice lil compressor.

 

[thewoodlands]

Picked up the Porter Cable tonight, thanks for the input. Next inside job is building a work table in this same area that these pictures were taken.

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[thewoodlands]

Buddy of mine has the Porter it a real nice lil compressor.

After listening to a hockey game on the net Jr. A Kingston, I took the bar off the 310 and removed the chain then blew out the groove on the bar, glad I bought the new air compressor did a great job.

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[Skier76]

I just picked up a compressor for the same thing. A few household chores,,tires, cleaning,,,etc...I went with the H Freight pancake. Its a bit cheaper and i'm sure it wont last as long as the Porter Cable...not lookin for longevity. H Freight had a ton of compressors in the store...and they also had a 35 percent off coupon in their monthly flyer..!

That's what I plan on doing. I have a Porter-Cable unit that I use for my automotive air tools. It's on wheels, so I can easily move it around the garage. I brought it up to VT a few weeks ago so I could use my brad nailer. That thing was a bear to get in the back of our Grand Cherokee...I had to use ramps. And it was a bit tippy during a few hard braking manuvers on the highway during rush hour.

So I'll pick up an el cheapo HF pancake/small compressor. I'll use it up in VT to finish off some other projects that require the brad nailer. I'll also use it for cleaning up the yard equipment and filling the ATV tires.

 

[SPED]

Zap,

Looks good, dials are a lil different than mine but pretty similar overall, nice looking machine. A couple things I would recommend are:

Add an inline moisture filter, especially if the compressor will see low temps, better to get the water out before it gets blown into your tools.

Use the drain on the bottom periodically to let the water out of the tank. This will help keep it from sitting in there and rusting it out.

Now for the fun part, buying a bunch of air tools to use with the compressor.

 

[thewoodlands]

Sped I will hold off on the tools, I'm thinking of a plow for the Rhino for the winter. Skier76 I almost bought a bigger one on wheels but this is all we need for what we will use it for.


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[thewoodlands]

Sped,Joey,Thinkxingu,Thrash44047 and Skier76 I took the air compressor to the air filters on the 310 and 390 tonight, I usually brush the filters off but what a difference.

Since the air filters are cleaner how will this affect the way the 310 and 390 run other than cooler

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[thinkxingu]

Probably more efficient and cooler. Not to mention less chance o' stuff gettin' in.

Q for others: does it matter which way the filter's blown out. I'm always thinking it should be blown out in reverse, so the dust particles aren't pushed through into the engine.

S

 

[thewoodlands]

Probably more efficient and cooler. Not to mention less chance o' stuff gettin' in.

Q for others: does it matter which way the filter's blown out. I'm always thinking it should be blown out in reverse, so the dust particles aren't pushed through into the engine.

S

I always take it off when cleaning the air filter, then I take the compressor to both sides then the inside of the filter and try to make sure I get has many dust particles has possible.


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[Skier76]

That's what I do...shoot the air from the inside out. If it's a pleated filter, I somtimes open the pleats from the outside and shoot air across them.

 

[polaris]

I'm not a big fan of oil-less compressors. I like having 1/2-1 qt. of non detergent oil keeping things slick(and it can be changed once a year or so). If only used occasionally I'm sure it would be OK but it does effect longevity with regular/heavy use. I had a husky(oil-less) that went south after a couple of years while I have an 8 gallon harbor freight oiled one that gets used twice as much and has been going strong for almost a decade. But who knows.
Joe