As Xmas nears and one ponders gifts for ...well, craftsman in self ,
I could not help but think of finally getting an air compressor.

Many great uses come to mind ... and with HF offering these great
deals on the machinery, it's well within reach.

To get the regular nay-sayers outta way: I have great many
HF tools (mill, lathe, bandsaw, buffer , TIG, MIG etc) and LOVE them.
For the price
they ALL were great deals for me and have been serving me faithfully,
some for
few years by now. I understand the limitations too.

I am thinking about using AC to power ligher grinders, engravers, spray
painting,
occasional nailer - all with fairly light usage patterns. In other
words - if I do
use it with nailer, I don't expect it to be able to drive a 2" nail
into oak every
2 seconds or anything like that or use spray painter to shoot a gallon
of paint
in 2 minutes.

What would be a good CFM raiting to get ? Will , say ,4 CFM @ 90 psi
drive all these
tools ?

What is a difference between SCFM and CFM ? Most newer and cheaper AC
are rated in SCFM and am sensing a little gotcha there.

What about gallon ratings ?


Any advice is much appreciated