On Tue, 12 Jun 2018 22:22:09 GMT, Puckdropper
wrote:
OFWW wrote in
:
At home the pancake on similar to your will do about 7 framing nails
and will not drive any more all the way home until it fills back up.
Finishing nails and staples seem to go enough longer that I have to
change positions anyhow and the compressor can catch up.
If these pressure switches would have and adjustable differential I
could tweak it so that I could drive a few more nail, but the
differential is fixed and to buy a good one costs over half of a cheap
compressor.
It is a source of irritation to be but if you spend a grand on a good
system you can't drag the sucker around. 
You might want to consider battery operated nailers, staplers, etc.
they won't require the waiting cycles. Use the compressor to blow off
the work bench and fill tires etc.
If you go battery operated tool just be sure to get one compatible
with the tools you already have.
If you need just a little more time between cycles, an air tank is pretty
cheap and with a regulator on it you can charge it to 120+ PSI and
regulate it down to what your gun needs.
They're also pretty useful for when you've got a tire away from the
compressor and need something portable. I use my tank for that kind of
thing more than I ever did for a reserve.
If you're just doing tires, there's battery powered inflators that use
standardish power tool batteries. They're probably like those little 12V
car pumps--good enough to turn the parenthesis squiggly line parenthesis
light off but not really good for filling a flat tire.
Puckdropper
I generally try what you suggest, but when set too high the high
pressure switch is borderline tripping. It also does not increase the
air volume much because of the sizing of the pressure regulator (rated
in cfm volume) if you leave it in line.
I prefer a differential of 20to 25 psi and these switches seem to be
close to 40 making it difficult for the compressor to keep a more
consistent flow.
Yeah as to filling a totally flat tire, takes forever. Not too bad on
bikes.