Compressor

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Nate
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Re: Compressor

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i bought one of those last time they had them in. not played with it yet. near enuf everyone in the queue was buying one. only went in for a loaf of bread :blush:


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Re: Compressor

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trust me nate theyre good for the money, only thing i would so is see if you can expand the capacity with another cylinder accumilater that way you will have more air to play with before the compressor has to start back up. high consumption tools like impact gun is usuable in short bursts but i found i was waiting for the compressor to catch up when undoing stubbon bolts so i got an empty calour gas bottle and retro fitted an air line to it and hooked it up to one of the two outlets on the compressor which worked very well. however im not reccomending this unless you are sure you have an empty calour gas bottle. i unscrewed the top on mine and left it to stand in the garden for a week before going near it to make sure NO GAS is left inside it.
come to think of it pure gas mixed with compressed air and a spark = :focus:


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Re: Compressor

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for future reference, to empty them, take the valve out and stand it upside down for a few days (gas heavier than air) then turn them the right way up and fill with water, empty and repeat. i made a log burner for the patio out of one. cut the side out with a gas axe with no problem doing it like that


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Re: Compressor

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Last month i took delivery of my wolf 2.5 hp 24ltr 9cfm compressor £120ish from amazon. I have used it to prime parts of car and worked awsome but i will link it to an accumaltor i have laying around for full respray. So far seems like a good purchase. :hugegrin:


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