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Just got in from the last of the shoveling, good thing its above 0 next weekend. I've got to make arrangements with the guy to pick it up tomorrow night, I've got a care package to drop off on my brother and will pick it up on the way back. It's a 80 gallon tank with a Curtis single stage compressor on it powered by a 3hp 220v motor, runs at 400rpm and produces 110psi, can change pulley on motor to raise rpm. I'll get a 2 stage compressor sometime later if this single stage isn't strong enough.
Hope you get this snow Morris as its nice and wet
Hope you get this snow Morris as its nice and wet
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It`ll be a long time before we see anything near 0°C. It sounds like we`re on the edge of that heavy snow fall warning Perry, I don`t expect a lot.
What do you plan on running with that compressor?
What do you plan on running with that compressor?
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I've got an impact gun, ratchet, die grinder, cut off wheel plus a sandblast cabinet and 110 pound pot sandblaster for medium size jobs. I'll set up the shop with 6 air plugs and at least 1 overhead plug in and would like to have a yard line and a line on the alley side of the shop. Sounds like a lot of lines but I've already got most of the plug in sockets and have a couple of 3 way plugs, just need to pick up some hard line pipe, I'm not going to use soft line as this place will be to active.
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Likely it`ll likely run everything except for maybe your pot sandblaster, I have a similar one and with my two stage compressor it won`t keep up properly. Only when I stop to refill the sand blaster it catches up. I was tempted to go with soft air lines but in the end I went with hard lines.
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I also have Hard line's. Went to the local supplier years ago, and went with high pressure copper. I just need to run one more line across the garage to my tire machine. I may also run one outside, Beats running hose everywhere.
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The people that seem to praise soft lines the most are usually on TV, have just gotten them or hardly use their shop and I'm not to crazy about the idea of running plastic lines in the shop. The pot blaster won't be getting used to often or for long periods of time as I don't want bylaw on my back and setting up a blasting tent is a pita.
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My hard lines on my big compressor are pretty old, likely getting a bit rusted inside. Speaking of which don`t forget to drain your compressors weekly if not more often. On my portable compressor I have a 25 ft coiled plastic line, it`s stood up reasonably well even in the cold.
I don`t have a fresh air mask for sand blasting so I pretty much quit doing it tho I may have to sand blast my inner fenders, grill and air deflectors for my 53. I got a quote of $200 for just the 2 smaller inner fenders so by the time I get the other bits done it could be over $500. I wish I could get sand in something smaller than the 4,000 lb mini bulk bags tho.
I don`t have a fresh air mask for sand blasting so I pretty much quit doing it tho I may have to sand blast my inner fenders, grill and air deflectors for my 53. I got a quote of $200 for just the 2 smaller inner fenders so by the time I get the other bits done it could be over $500. I wish I could get sand in something smaller than the 4,000 lb mini bulk bags tho.
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My hard lines on my big compressor are pretty old, likely getting a bit rusted inside. Speaking of which don`t forget to drain your compressors weekly if not more often. On my portable compressor I have a 25 ft coiled plastic line, it`s stood up reasonably well even in the cold.
I don`t have a fresh air mask for sand blasting so I pretty much quit doing it tho I may have to sand blast my inner fenders, grill and air deflectors for my 53. I got a quote of $200 for just the 2 smaller inner fenders so by the time I get the other bits done it could be over $500. I wish I could get something smaller than the 4,000 lb mini bulk bags tho.
I don`t have a fresh air mask for sand blasting so I pretty much quit doing it tho I may have to sand blast my inner fenders, grill and air deflectors for my 53. I got a quote of $200 for just the 2 smaller inner fenders so by the time I get the other bits done it could be over $500. I wish I could get something smaller than the 4,000 lb mini bulk bags tho.
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I'm going to check out some of the storage locker auctions to see if something useful for me shows up, plus I may set up a sifting screen and buy some sandbox sand. There's going to be some yard work going on here this summer and I'll be needing sand anyway, it's the tubing that will be costing me $$ so its time to check out my options, will be needing about 80' or so, kijiji time, lol.