On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 02:34:58 -0500, "Proctologically Violated©®"
wrote:

Appreciate the info.
Even the Sears et al *oil* compressors are crappy and unreliable?? I know
the oil-less ones are miserable, but I was hoping the oil would be at least
passable.

Will check out the classifieds. "Pennysaver" over here.


Ayup..I run into all manner of commercial air compressors here in
California darned cheap. My old DeVilbis twin single stage was made
around 1963 and is just now starting to clank ever so softly. 60
gallon tank.
Ill be bringing home a I-R this weekend. 2 stage, 7 hp 3ph motor which
will be replaced by a 5hp 240 single phase. It cost me a 6 pack of
Heinikans(SP) and a couple packs of 555 cigarettes. It was gone
through about a year ago but they replaced it with a screw
compressor.. 100 gallon tank

Gunner

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Mr. P.V.'d
formerly Droll Troll
"Grant Erwin" wrote in message
...
If you buy a POS Husky or Sears (or Campbell-Hausfeld, or Coleman, or
Tinkertoy for that matter) you will feel like your own nickname. And not
even any K-Y. These little consumer-grade air compressors are ALL loud,
run hot, vibrate, don't live up to their specs, and are short-lived. In
the last 3 months I've seen 2 dead Craftsman "5 hp" air compressors at
yard sales people were trying to give away. Both still shiny.

Forget ebay. Look in your local classifieds. I see old industrial
compressors
*all* *the* *time* for $500 or less, real workhorses. I picked one up a
few
years ago, an old Quincy 2-stage unit I paid $100 for, and I put a few
bucks
into it and it's run perfectly ever since. It replaced a 1.5hp Sanborn
contractor's 2-wheel type, and the Quincy is MUCH quieter than the little
Sanborn was. I run it off of 240 single phase, by the way (that was what
the bucks were for, I swapped it from 440 3 phase to 240 single phase).

My advice is guaranteed. To be worth exactly what you paid for it.
Referring
once again to your "peevee" nickname, opinions are like a**holes.
Everybody
has one. You just read mine.

GWE

Proctologically Violated©® wrote:

Awl--

Can't afford Kellogg or Ing Rand, or anything fancy or 2-stage, so I'm
looking at Husky at Home Depot, or some of the Sears stuff. I know
(think?) I want a belt-driven oil compressor, as opposed to these
direct-drive buzz boxes (I got one--will drive you crazy--a $99 Alton
from Sam's Club). I'm thinking 26 gal vertical.

My main concern is noise. The Kellogg at my old shop was a great big
lub-dub workhorse, decades old, pretty quiet for it's size. And the
noise it did make was didn't penetrate your bones. But you can't really
demo Sears or HD compressors.

No problem going used on a good brand, but ebay is just becoming outta
sight and useless. Actually cheaper to buy Sears new, in many cases!
But maybe not better.

Any comments on various brands, noise, reliability? Any other issues
(besides cfm, etc.)? TIA.
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Mr. P.V.'d
formerly Droll Troll


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"That which does not kill you,
has made a huge tactical error"