I'm an employee only not trying to promote business at all. Do enough of that 8.30-5.30, I have a fair knowledge across the board and if it can helpful to anyone then i can give a little back to the forum. The last thing I want to do is to cross any boundaries and offend anyone, any input on what is permissible would be appreciated.
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There aren't many boundaries here.
A lot of people on here like the Milwaukee.
We just can't get away with electric guns at work. They are just too slow. Lots of torque but when you have hundreds of bolts to tighten you need to let go of the trigger and be straight on to the next bolt. Electric guns take too long to stop rotating and too long to tighten + they are too long to get into tight spots.
I'd still have one at home if they weren't so expensive
A lot of people on here like the Milwaukee.
We just can't get away with electric guns at work. They are just too slow. Lots of torque but when you have hundreds of bolts to tighten you need to let go of the trigger and be straight on to the next bolt. Electric guns take too long to stop rotating and too long to tighten + they are too long to get into tight spots.
I'd still have one at home if they weren't so expensive
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It's a 50L tank
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The tank size will effect how long the gun will perform before the pressure drops, but is only a compensator for a compressor that does not provide enough flow usually measured in cfm.
An Ingersoll 231 will eat around 25 cubic feet per minute of air at 90psi. If your compressor can supply that, 50 litre is enough
An Ingersoll 231 will eat around 25 cubic feet per minute of air at 90psi. If your compressor can supply that, 50 litre is enough
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id have said it was the other way round in my experience of snap-on guns
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The bulk of what we do is m16 to 60/80nm on metric course. pneumatic vs electric is like petrol vs diesel i suppose. We need the bhp more than the torque
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Too thin, WD40 would just help to reduce moisture buildup (if no air filter/drier in use) and give it very basic lubrication. You get air tool oil which is a fairly thin oil. A few drops of motor oil will do a better job and help to seal it up and give more power.
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Only do this if you will never use your airline for painting, or something you don't want oil getting into!
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Not a couple of drops. It gets carried through and back out the gun eventually anyway.use proper air tool oil. engine oil will gum up your air tools. Don't be a tool
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Well i shouldn't do that then!
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Use a different air line for painting.
The Milwaukee is a decent gun but theres a few new ones out on the market that leave it for dust, if you can call to your local dewalt dealer and check out Dewalt dcf899 its a beast of a machine and not that expensive.
I would say thats the problem, even a 50lt 3h twin cylinder would struggle with a nut gun. Unless you have a need and room for 150/200lt 3h then consider a battery version. The upside to battery is no hoses to trail about and freedom to bring it anywhere you go.
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that seems like it may be the case, but the box says 50l is enough, then again it say 345nm......
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Depends how intensively you want to run the tool. I've only got a 50 litre air tank, but it's not a problem because there's only me, and whatever I'm doing I need to stop and change position, get the next item lined up, change tools and so on, so the motor can usually keep up with me. Plus I can lift the 3HP 50 litre compressor single handed and sling it in the back of the Land Rover for work away from home. If you're doing repeated assembly work in a commercial workshop you'd probably spend a lot of time waiting for the motor to get you back up to pressure.
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good post ,plus you can add extra capacity with an old gas bottle and y connector
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It's a good point, i don't tend to use it all the time, so actually as you say a 50l would probably do me just fine
