I have the small compressor that Senco sells with their brad FP18 brad gun.
Its perfectly matched. The compressor hardly makes any noise at all. Its
sounds more like a mad butterfly. In fact, I could run out in the open in
my driveway and the neighbors still would not notice.

Now if you buy a much bigger direct drive oil-less compressor, those things
will rattle your teeth. I understand you can do an effective job enlosing
one to knock the sound down.

If I were you, I'd spend the dollars on the little Senco compressor rather
than an air tank. Their brad nailer is top notch.

Bob

"Jay Chan" wrote in message
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Because my garage workshop is near the property line, I want to keep
the noise down when I am doing woodworking. One of the thing that I
want to purchase is a brad gun. But my understanding is that those
cheap/small air compressor (oil-less and direct-drive) are very noisy,
and the relatively quiet air compressor (oil-lubed and belt-driven)
are expensive and big. I want to be able to (1) keep the noise down in
the workshop, (2) limit the space requirement, (3) reduce cost.