Which Air Compressor?

Am thinking of investing in an air compressor for the workshop as have a few air tools hanging about - impact gun, ratchet, tyre inflator etc.

Problem is, have no idea which one I would need! Would like to be able to use the windy-gun and also spray gun as required.

Any help would be handy

Ta

JohnM70 said:

Am thinking of investing in an air compressor for the workshop as have a few air tools hanging about - impact gun, ratchet, tyre inflator etc.

Problem is, have no idea which one I would need! Would like to be able to use the windy-gun and also spray gun as required.

Any help would be handy

Ta

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the biggest and best quality you can afford,look at the machine mart web site for idea's.

Buy the biggest you can afford. I only have a little one for my rivit guns and tyre pressures. Takes some time to blow the tyres up.

mike

Really? As easy as that??

I was expecting to be told that I needed 100L air tank, 135.7BHP Air-flow reverse thrust and left-hand screwage for speed!!

JohnM70 said:

Really? As easy as that??

I was expecting to be told that I needed 100L air tank, 135.7BHP Air-flow reverse thrust and left-hand screwage for speed!!

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the bigger the tank,the more air you will have to use the tools you have.dont go below 100ltrs though.

Really you need to know the air consumption of your tools.
Personally I would recommend at least a 100 lt tank and around 3hp 14+ cfm.
Something like this one


Airmaster Tiger 14/100 3HP Portable V Twin Air Compressor - Machine Mart

I asked a similar question the other day about whether it was worthwhile getting a cheap compressor and this is what folks said:
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f37/compressors-226882.html
I've upped my budget a bit and ordered one which should come this week so I'll let you know.

I think it boils down how you are going to use it.

I have a 100 litre one and it works great for everything except spray painting and running my air powered orbital sander. These work but you have to start and stop while the compressor catches up. I don't mind so much but it would be nicer if I had a bigger tank.

I bought a 25l job from Lidl for £90, it's not powerful enough to run a windy gun but seems fine with a spraygun/tyre inflator. For it's size, the motor is pretty powerful - 3.5hp/9cfm.

I'm planning to get a 2nd one, connect them both to a 47kg propane can so they both run together and use the gas can for additional air storage - for under £200 it should be ok

If you would rather just buy a complete one, you can't go too far wrong with machine mart. Just make sure you get one with a high enough output to cope with tools you may buy in the future.