Been busy with the welder again.

The Mad Hat Man said:

shoot - time to upgrade my compressor - shoot agin , i only used it 3 times!!

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Or just hire a sand blaster as and when required. I mean how often are you going to use a sandblaster??

good point - well look into that. FOOK NO - not at £100 a day

50 litre compressors aint really very big at all. it depends on what you re using it for. they are ok for general dicking around with an air ratchet, or spraying a panel. compressed air is forced out at one hell of a rate of knots so it soon empites 50l. what you have to remember is that under load the motor needs to be running to replenish the used air and that dunt kick in until its a third empty, that means a 50l will be running at around 30l, which most air tools will eat up in seconds. the only problem with big compressors is the fookin price.

so a second big tank?

the only problem with that is that yours only has a 7cfm 1.5hp motor which will take forever to fill the tanks and then because the little motor is running constantly to fill the tanks, it will go bang after about half an hour, if yer lucky

and don't forget that the motors on small compressors don't have a 100% duty-cycle rating.

noo compressor then

try looking for a diesel driven road compressor, you can sometimes get one on ebay for a couple of ton

lmto - no room fur tha.

The Mad Hat Man said:

lmto - no room fur tha.

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whaddya mean "no room". you could leave it at the bottom of yer drive, then tow the fooker out onto the street when its in the way

hee hee - I think i've just bin handed the divorce papers.

as long as yer dint actually tek em off her then it dunt count as served

What about this Heavy Duty 210 Litre Air Compressor 240V on eBay, also, Air Tools Compressors, Garage Equipment Tools, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 16-Jun-08 22:43:32 BST)

thats a good un, ingersoll rand are the rolls royce of compressors

nice one, Pikey - think i need to think about this. Take a rain check for a day or so. Thanks fur yo help guys. My compressor manuf does an upgrade option - so i mite see wot they say furst.

the upgrde will be a 2hp motor, you are still stuck with a 50l tank and a motor not designed for running at 100%

not only are big compressors expensive but they also take up a lot of room and you can wheel em about like a 50l. to be honest, you need to evaluate whether or not its worth spending the money on.

If yer want a new one this looks nice and reasonably priced as well

NEW SIP 3HP 150 LITRE 230V BELT SE COMPRESSOR - 06699 on eBay, also, Compressors, Industrial Tools, Business, Office Industrial (end time 19-Jun-08 14:32:54 BST)

yer can get a attachment which will fit yer kracher pressure washer what does blasting fer around 50 sheets, int as good as a dry one but much cheaper and smaller. or you could take whatever needs doing to someone what does it