I've been sort of looking for an air compressor for over a year now, and just this past week my trusty old, 10 gal air tank has shown strong signs of a bad leak. Filled Oh well- paid 20 buck$ way back, got 20 yrs use, guess that's OK $ worth out of it.
I kept missing every decent deal that came along on a used air compressor- most recently a Craftsman that sold by 8 am the first morning the ad ran- and finally bought a new one today.
Just a Harbor Freight, direct drive, oil-lubed electric compressor with an 8-gal tank. Pretty small, but it'll be plenty to air up tires, use a blow gun, & will probably power a 1/2" drive impact well enough, though not continuously. Normally $130-$140, on sale now for $100, plus used a 20% off coupon to get the bare naked compressor down to $80. Added a "starter kit" to that(25' coiled plastic hose, plenty of fittings for now, air chuck, blow gun, etc) for $15, & a couple pints compressor oil for a total of back to $100. It'll be good enough for now, may add a small impact later.(yeah, I coulda bought a qt of non-det SAE 30 for a little less, but time was running short for other errands & it was Right There!
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I still have a couple of gallons of old formula Lube Control. Any reason not to add a little to the compressor oil? Say, one ounce to the 20-22 oz fill.
I kept missing every decent deal that came along on a used air compressor- most recently a Craftsman that sold by 8 am the first morning the ad ran- and finally bought a new one today.
Just a Harbor Freight, direct drive, oil-lubed electric compressor with an 8-gal tank. Pretty small, but it'll be plenty to air up tires, use a blow gun, & will probably power a 1/2" drive impact well enough, though not continuously. Normally $130-$140, on sale now for $100, plus used a 20% off coupon to get the bare naked compressor down to $80. Added a "starter kit" to that(25' coiled plastic hose, plenty of fittings for now, air chuck, blow gun, etc) for $15, & a couple pints compressor oil for a total of back to $100. It'll be good enough for now, may add a small impact later.(yeah, I coulda bought a qt of non-det SAE 30 for a little less, but time was running short for other errands & it was Right There!
I still have a couple of gallons of old formula Lube Control. Any reason not to add a little to the compressor oil? Say, one ounce to the 20-22 oz fill.
