On 9/2/2015 7:22 AM, Since You Axed wrote:
However, what a larger hose will do is to allow the gun to come back to
the ultimate static pressure in the system faster. So theoretically, one
could use more cycles per minute from the gun with a 3/8" hose and
connectors than one could with a 1/4" hose.

This might matter if you're nailing down T&G flooring, but generally
doesn't matter in a furniture shop.

There are other air-powered tools where the flowrate is critical to the
tool's performance - among them, spray guns and power sanders and grinders.

I didn't look at the name plates, but the two compressors
being used this week were possibly six gal tanks. Some how,
the men were able to bang nails in at a rapid rate, and the
compressors kept up.

My 3 gal oilless compressor did not have enough to power
a pistol style impact wrench. I tried.

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