On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:32:23 -0500, Wayne
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Wayne wrote:


jw wrote:

On Apr 20, 7:09 am, Ignoramus32638 ignoramus32...@NOSPAM.
32638.invalid wrote:
On 2009-04-20, Jim Wilkins wrote:

On Apr 20, 1:28?am, Carla Fong wrote:
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This is an old (1965) Wayne compressor - I googled and could not find
parts for them, so it may be not as great a deal as I thought.
Carla
I'd ask local repair shops, they might have dusty old parts for it on
a back shelf. I found an old set of rings for my Kellogg-American
compressor that way.
The price to pay for such a compressor, if it truly needs work beyond
the trivial stuff like copper tubing or regulators, should be
approximately zero.

i

A vertical tank is worth something even if the compressor is shot. At
least around here. I can find decent sized horizontal units (5hp) any
day of the week for $100(most are old dairy system compressors). But
I have yet to find a vertical for less than $200, even with a blown
compressor.

I would like to find a good vertical tank, but at this point I have
given up the floor space for my horizontal so it doesn't really matter
anymore.

JW


We decided against purchasing this compressor - amounted to too much $$$
for a 40+ year old machine with limited parts availability.

Any thoughts on new compressors, like the ones from Harbor Freight or
Eaton Compressor?

Carla
Energizer Bunny arrested - charged with battery.

Unless I missed it, the first question that the group usually asks
is what are your needs in an air compressor. Just filling tires,
sandblasting, or air tools? Future needs?

I have one large compressor that 90% of the time is an overkill.
But it only has to run once in a while, so I consider it quiet.

I also have a very small portable one that doesn't get used much.
It's used on rare occasions need to fill a tire or blow off a part.
Storage size and portability for that one was more important.

Wayne D.


As to our actual needs:

Most of the time our existing 35+ year old Sears (Speedaire) 2HP with a
20-gallon tank is adequate. Filling tires, supplying the FogBuster mister on
the milling machine and blowing dust out of stuff...

A couple of times a year we need more air for air tools, particularly the die
grinder, which goes through a remarkable amount of air for as teensy as it
is. A needle scaler also is an air hog.

We also do a small amount of sandblasting that runs us out of air very
quickly.

Also, this would be a good time/excuse to move the compressor out of the shop
and under the lean-to and give us some additional under-counter storage
space. The Speedaire with its 3450 RPM motor is pretty noisy, too ... The
move would be a good reason to finish the air piping in the shop so we're not
trailing hoses everywhere.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Carla
Hey, I had a similiar story. Some day I might run the piping also...

If you are residential with single phase service, than a 5hp
single phase Quincy (or equivalant) would be your best choice.

I think your old Sears would run circles around any of the new "5hp"
models sold in most places.

Try to go with a more industrial model. All the comments of those on
the group who did so seem very happy with theirs, me included.

Wayne D

Purchase as large a tank as you can hide away somewhere, and plumb it
parallel with the existing tank.

You can often find 200 gallon tanks for $50.

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