Lidl have this compressor
http://lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_...ndex_13876.htm on offer
at £80 next Thursday.

Is it likely to be any good? [It's quite a lot cheaper than a (roughly)
equivalent jobbie from the likes of Machine Mart].

I've often toyed with the idea of having a compressor - so this looks
like a possible opportunity to 'stick my toe in the water'.

How many of you own one? How useful is it - particularly one of this size?
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Roger
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snip
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: I've often toyed with the idea of having a compressor - so this
looks
: like a possible opportunity to 'stick my toe in the water'.
:

Before anyone can answer your questions you need to tell us what
you intend to do with the compressor, inflating your car tyres,
using a nail gun or repainting a car or house all need different
spec's of compressors...
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Regards, Jerry.

On 10/09/2010 11:54, Jerry wrote:
"Roger wrote in message
...

snip
:
: I've often toyed with the idea of having a compressor - so this
looks
: like a possible opportunity to 'stick my toe in the water'.
:

Before anyone can answer your questions you need to tell us what
you intend to do with the compressor, inflating your car tyres,
using a nail gun or repainting a car or house all need different
spec's of compressors...


The truth is that I don't really know! It may be the case of a solution
looking for a problem - or a case of let's get one and see what I can do
with it! Hence my request for other people's experiences.

I guess that primarily I would use it for inflating tyres and blowing
dirt off things. I might get attachments such as a nail gun and/or
impact driver - and possibly sand blaster. I don't expect to do much -
if any - paint spraying.
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"Roger Mills" wrote in message
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: On 10/09/2010 11:54, Jerry wrote:
: "Roger wrote in message
: ...
:
: snip
: :
: : I've often toyed with the idea of having a compressor - so
this
: looks
: : like a possible opportunity to 'stick my toe in the water'.
: :
:
: Before anyone can answer your questions you need to tell us
what
: you intend to do with the compressor, inflating your car
tyres,
: using a nail gun or repainting a car or house all need
different
: spec's of compressors...
:
:
: The truth is that I don't really know! It may be the case of a
solution
: looking for a problem - or a case of let's get one and see what
I can do
: with it! Hence my request for other people's experiences.
:
: I guess that primarily I would use it for inflating tyres and
blowing
: dirt off things. I might get attachments such as a nail gun
and/or
: impact driver - and possibly sand blaster. I don't expect to do
much -
: if any - paint spraying.

The Lidil compressor should be fine for the first three uses
(providing that you are not planning to 'nail for Britain' in a
house building competition. Both impact and most certainly sand
blasting could be a problem if used constantly as it doesn't have
a very large (24lt) tank capacity, and thus you would be more
reliant on the displacement of the actual compressor (the Air
Displacement figure). That said, for the price, this unit should
be good to get started if used sensibly. Always wear eye
protection is using a compressed air supply for blowing dirt
off/out of things, the average elf and safety inspector frowns on
such use for understandable reasons!
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Regards, Jerry.

"Jerry" wrote in message
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.. Always wear eye
protection is using a compressed air supply for blowing dirt
off/out of things, the average elf and safety inspector frowns on
such use for understandable reasons!
--


Neighbor has a large compressor (twin cylinder job) recently had it running
so his 5yr old son could play with air hose.
No safety kit, not even any shoes on.

So he was happily blasting away stones, sand, water, cement dust etc. from
his not yet laid drive .... does make you wonder how risky that is.

"Rick Hughes" wrote in
message ...
:
: "Jerry" wrote in message
: ...
: . Always wear eye
: protection is using a compressed air supply for blowing dirt
: off/out of things, the average elf and safety inspector
frowns on
: such use for understandable reasons!
: --
:
:
: Neighbor has a large compressor (twin cylinder job) recently
had it running
: so his 5yr old son could play with air hose.
: No safety kit, not even any shoes on.
:
: So he was happily blasting away stones, sand, water, cement
dust etc. from
: his not yet laid drive .... does make you wonder how risky that
is.
:

Proves how stupid some parents are, not only is there a risk from
flying grit etc. but the very real danger that such a young kid
could have ended up inflating parts of his own body - should the
wrong sort of blower-gun be in use...
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Regards, Jerry.

On 10/09/2010 14:34, Roger Mills wrote:
On 10/09/2010 11:54, Jerry wrote:
"Roger wrote in message
...

snip
:
: I've often toyed with the idea of having a compressor - so this
looks
: like a possible opportunity to 'stick my toe in the water'.
:

Before anyone can answer your questions you need to tell us what
you intend to do with the compressor, inflating your car tyres,
using a nail gun or repainting a car or house all need different
spec's of compressors...


The truth is that I don't really know! It may be the case of a solution
looking for a problem - or a case of let's get one and see what I can do
with it! Hence my request for other people's experiences.

I guess that primarily I would use it for inflating tyres and blowing
dirt off things.

I love the idea of buying one of these for "blowing the dirt off
things"... I fear SWMBO might require a little more justification than
that... ;-)

David

Lobster wrote:

I love the idea of buying one of these for "blowing the dirt off
things"... I fear SWMBO might require a little more justification than
that... ;-)

One of the more demanding uses for a compressor is to use an air/water
gun for high pressure car washing. Compared to the Kärcher type of
electric pressure washers these guns are cheap and effective. They need
a lot of air though, I can only use the one I bought for washing the
tractor with the largest compressor that I own.

I note that the prices of all these things have rocketed recently. My
diesel compressor cost about £400. Current versions are around £1600. I
presume this is the rising cost of steel and the falling value of the
pound at work.

Jerry wrote:

Before anyone can answer your questions you need to tell us what
you intend to do with the compressor, inflating your car tyres,
using a nail gun or repainting a car or house all need different
spec's of compressors...

Err no. That's balls.

Simply size the compressor to the tool that makes the greatest demand
for air. Stating that the tools all need different specs of compressors
is utter crap.

As usual from you.

In message , Steve Firth
writes
Jerry wrote:

Before anyone can answer your questions you need to tell us what
you intend to do with the compressor, inflating your car tyres,
using a nail gun or repainting a car or house all need different
spec's of compressors...

Err no. That's balls.

Simply size the compressor to the tool that makes the greatest demand
for air. Stating that the tools all need different specs of compressors
is utter crap.

Gentlemen please!

Most workshop compressors do not have wheels so a mini portable may have
uses in places hard to access. I'm not sure if the diesel, road drill
type, compressor is oil free which might be an issue for spraying, etc.

I haven't read the full thread but nobody has mentioned insurance and
annual pressure vessel testing. D-I-Yers may escape but any commercial
operation is vulnerable to the man with the clip board.

regards
--
Tim Lamb

"Tim Lamb" wrote in message
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Most workshop compressors do not have wheels so a mini portable may have
uses in places hard to access. I'm not sure if the diesel, road drill
type, compressor is oil free which might be an issue for spraying, etc.

Don't you need a coalescing (god knows if that's spelt correctly!) filter
to remove the water and that should remove the oil too.

On 12 Sep, 22:04, "dennis@home" wrote:
"Tim Lamb" wrote in message

...

Most workshop compressors do not have wheels so a mini portable may have
uses in places hard to access. I'm not sure if the diesel, road drill
type, compressor is oil free which might be an issue for spraying, etc.

Don't you need a coalescing (god knows if that's spelt correctly!) *filter
to remove the water and that should remove the oil too.

Filter , usually combined with regulator and sometimes lubricator for
air line tools in constant use

http://www.ingersollrandproducts.com...spx-item-30878

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/pr...pment-air-hose

air chisel is heck of lot lighter to handle than an SDS on tiles, air
drill ditto for repetitive light drilling.

Forget DA sanders on small compressors.

Cheers
Adam

How many of you own one? How useful is it - particularly one of this size?

I've got a Bostitch of about the same size. It's main use day-to-day
is as a blow-off gun for quickly clearing dust and debris away from a
work area, but I also use it to drive a nailer and for occasional air-
brush use.

dan.

On Sep 10, 11:41*am, Roger Mills wrote:
Lidl have this compressorhttp://lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/index_13876.htmon offer
at £80 next Thursday.

Is it likely to be any good? [It's quite a lot cheaper than a (roughly)
equivalent jobbie from the likes of Machine Mart].

I've often toyed with the idea of having a compressor - so this looks
like a possible opportunity to 'stick my toe in the water'.

How many of you own one? How useful is it - particularly one of this size?


With compressors they can never have too much free air delivery or too
big a receiver :-).

I've just bought a new one -- the biggest I could get that would be on
wheels and would run off a 13 amp socket. 200 litre receiver and
huge starting capacitors and an automatic decompressor to allow an
easy start. And belt driven.

As has been pointed out to you, small compressors don't have much
puff. And direct-drive oilless compressors don't tend to last as
long. However, there are some jobs for which being able to bring the
compressor to the job is very important and providing the tool is
small and of low consumption, they'll do fine for occasional use.

Pneumatic nailers and (especially) staplers are brilliant tools.

As someone else has pointed out, air tools are delightful to handle,
cheap and generally quite well made. With no electric motor they're
compact and reliable.

The Lidl compressor is probably a good enough buy if you regard it as
a "taster" to see whether air tools are for you.

John MacLeod

Roger Mills wrote:
Lidl have this compressor
http://lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_...ndex_13876.htm on offer
at £80 next Thursday.

Is it likely to be any good? [It's quite a lot cheaper than a
(roughly) equivalent jobbie from the likes of Machine Mart].

I've often toyed with the idea of having a compressor - so this looks
like a possible opportunity to 'stick my toe in the water'.

How many of you own one? How useful is it - particularly one of this
size?

I have a similar SF one purchased about 8 years ago, very useful indeed.
Brad nailer is great for tacking together all sorts when glueing, especially
good on small mouldings. Blowgun as others have said for clearing out power
tool vents etc. Also used for airbeds, pools etc.

Tyre inflator really useful, particularly when both daughters & cars were at
home. Never used the spraygun.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On 10/09/10 11:41, Roger Mills wrote:
Lidl have this compressor
http://lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_...ndex_13876.htm on offer
at £80 next Thursday.

Anyone else notice the box at the left of the page: "Similar Items -
Men’s Socks" !!!

Roger Mills wrote:
I've often toyed with the idea of having a compressor - so this looks
like a possible opportunity to 'stick my toe in the water'.

On a related note, what kind of compressor would be useful for the times
when you want some air to blow away dirt, but can't do it yourself because
you can't focus your puff enough or don't want to spray saliva all over the
workpiece? Would a cheap tyre compressor do, or are those strictly for tyre
inflating?

Thanks
Theo

Theo Markettos wrote:
Roger Mills wrote:
I've often toyed with the idea of having a compressor - so this looks
like a possible opportunity to 'stick my toe in the water'.

On a related note, what kind of compressor would be useful for the times
when you want some air to blow away dirt, but can't do it yourself because
you can't focus your puff enough or don't want to spray saliva all over the
workpiece? Would a cheap tyre compressor do, or are those strictly for tyre
inflating?


You need at least a tank to hold pressure.

Probably the cheap airbrush type is a minimum, or use a can of
compressed something or other.


Thanks
Theo

On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:18:58 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Would a cheap tyre compressor do, or are those strictly for tyre
inflating?

Low volume, high pressure. You can hardly feel the draft froma tyre
inflator...

You need at least a tank to hold pressure.

It's called a tyre. Still not convinced I need a compressor but a
work around for blowing needs would be a bit of tube with a trigger
nozzle one end and tyre connector the other. I have a heavy duty tyre
inflator to fill the tyre.

--
Cheers
Dave.

On 15/09/2010 15:13, Theo Markettos wrote:
Roger wrote:
I've often toyed with the idea of having a compressor - so this looks
like a possible opportunity to 'stick my toe in the water'.

On a related note, what kind of compressor would be useful for the times
when you want some air to blow away dirt, but can't do it yourself because
you can't focus your puff enough or don't want to spray saliva all over the
workpiece? Would a cheap tyre compressor do, or are those strictly for tyre
inflating?

Thanks
Theo

For small jobs like blowing the dust out of a computer I use one of these:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=45631

If by cheap tyre compressor you mean the small 12v jobbies that work
from a car's cigar lighter socket, they wouldn't be very much use
because they can produce a high pressure but very little flow - whereas
you need a lot of flow but not much pressure for blowing dirt away.

The optional Air Tool Set (£9.99) on offer at Lidl alongside the
compressor has a tyre inflator gun and also a separate gun with various
different nozzles - so you should be able to choose the most appropriate
nozzle for each 'blow out' job.
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Roger
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Theo Markettos wrote:
Roger Mills wrote:
I've often toyed with the idea of having a compressor - so this looks
like a possible opportunity to 'stick my toe in the water'.

On a related note, what kind of compressor would be useful for the times
when you want some air to blow away dirt, but can't do it yourself because
you can't focus your puff enough or don't want to spray saliva all over the
workpiece? Would a cheap tyre compressor do, or are those strictly for tyre
inflating?


You should be careful about using a "garage" compressor for cleaning the
internals of computers. Unless you have suitable processing, what you
think of as pure compressed air is potentially a mist of oil, water
vapour and dust. Do you really want to be spraying this over your
silicon chips?

If you're planning to clean a lot of computers, you might consider a
compressor which is designed for an air brush, e.g.:

http://www.everythingairbrush.com/ac...AS_Series.html

Note the "oil free, water trap and air filter" bit.

On 10 Sep, 11:48, Huge wrote:

How useful is it

Very. Another one of those "how did I manage without this" tools.

Mine looks very similar to the Lidl one.

what have you done/managed to do/failed to do with it?

Cheers
Jim K

On 10 Sep 2010 10:48:33 GMT, Huge wrote:

On 2010-09-10, Roger Mills wrote:
Lidl have this compressor
http://lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_...ndex_13876.htm on offer
at £80 next Thursday.

Is it likely to be any good? [It's quite a lot cheaper than a (roughly)
equivalent jobbie from the likes of Machine Mart].

I've often toyed with the idea of having a compressor - so this looks
like a possible opportunity to 'stick my toe in the water'.

How many of you own one?

An air compressor? Me.

And me (4 actually).

I've a 50l / 15cfm jobby when I really need some air and don't mind
the noise and a Bambi / Wolf 25l / 2cfm hybrid that is virtually
silent when I need a bit of air and want it without the need for
earplugs (or it's late).

Then I have the lightweight oil-free portable (240V) jobby that is
handy for blowing the dust out of stuff and tire inflation and a
similar pump on a 25l reservoir that the daughter uses up in Scotland,
mainly for the blowgun and tyre inflator.

Very handy when used with a rattle gun, air gun and tyre inflator.

Cheers, T i m

Huge wrote:

How many of you own one?

An air compressor? Me.

AOL

How useful is it

Very.

AOL

I now have three compressors. A large diesel-powered one for use on the
farm, it's a 15cfm unit and it's essential for powering farm tools. I
also have a compressor like the Lidl unit which I bought for use at home
because I realised how much I missed using the air tools once I didn't
have access to a compressor.

I don't know why, but I find my air drill and air chisel to be more
"handy" than electric versions of the same tools.