Shopdog wrote:
Ok, here's the poop from someone who learned the hard way! I bought a
Craftsman Vertical for 329.00 (don't remember the model#) I had it for two
days believing that this would work for a home shop. Well I was wrong, I had
enough power to inflate things like tires and balls and such. I was able to
run a die grinder, but not for long, the compressor would cycle so many
times and this thing was super noisy, THere is no way that you could have
this in the same space and you are working. I tried using a DA sander there
was not enough air to complete the job I would have to wait for the
compressor to build pressure before I could continue sanding a table. Well,
I got fed up with it because it was more frustrating then it was good. I
took the compressor back. Now, this part of the story will most likely NOT
happen to you. I just happened to be in the right place at the VERY right
time. Walking around a local Tractor supply I saw an Ingersol Rand
compressor sitting on a pallet with a tag on it that said trash! I thought I
had better ask about this, I called for the manager and was told that indeed
it was marked for destruction and to be put in the steel recycle bin. I
asked if he could sell it, he told me that It had a hole in the tank. I said
how much? he told me 40.00 DONE AND DONE!!!!! I took it home plug it in and
found the hole a small pin hole in the factory weld. I touched my MIG to it
and BAM I had an 850.00 compressor for 40 bucks and low and behold the
warranty was still available for it. Anyway, I used this compressor for
about 10 min and realized what I had been missing. It can run my die grinder
and my impact gun at the same time. It is well worth getting a better
compressor then dealing with the frustration of a cheapy. I can even have
this in my work area without being botherd by the noise it produces, which
is not as much as the Sears.


Searcher


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