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Please recommend a good, *QUIET* air compressor
Couple months ago I bought one of these:
http://tinyurl.com/yyqd to replace my aging and no longer fully functional home-made air compressor. (Link is to Sears, Craftsman 15 Gal 3HP air compressor.) When I got it home and plugged it in, I couldn't believe my ears. The thing sounds like a machine gun going off, continuously, until the tank fills and the automatic shutoff cuts in, which seems like a half hour but is probably closer to five minutes. (Try it in a newly sheetrocked bedroom, with a texture hopper on the end of the hose, and nothing to muffle the noise!) My old compressor was almost whisper-quiet. I could use it any time of day or night without waking the whole neighborhood, let alone members of my household, since my shop is attached to my house, and I didn't have to scream to make myself heard 10 feet away. I'm ready to chuck this new one. Really. Just put a free sign on it and wheel it out to the sidewalk. I'll eat the $200. But I need ideas for a replacement that doesn't sound like a friggin' 50-Cal going off in my workshop. Any help and recommendations would be appreciated. Do mfrs put dBs on their specs anymore? -Frank -- fwarner1-at-franksknives-dot-com Here's some of my work: http://www.franksknives.com/ |
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