Hey, I just bought a new Craftsman air compressor. 25 gallon, 6 hp, horizontal tank with cast iron sleeves and automotive pistons and rings and the kind where you have to change the oil ever so often. I'm not really that enthused about a pump that requires no maintenance.

My father has had one of these for about 13 yrs no with no problem. I hope I have the same luck. He made a coil out of copper tubing to cool the air coming out of the pump into the tank. I guess this helps keep thing cool and keeps water down.

Later...

Chris

 

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 24-May-02 AT 07:43 AM (EST)]Maintenance on a air compressor of your type is like a car change the oil and replace the air filter when required should last a long time


the coil idea is a good one also drain the tank periodicaly of water.



Wiz

 

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I'm a little ticked off at Craftsman right now. I bought an air compressor that is SUPPOSED to run at 175 instead of 120. I needed it for my tire machine which requires a minimun of 175. Now that I've bought it I see it really only goes to 125, just like all the others.I feel ripped off.

 

Take it back. If I buy something and it is not what they said it was I don't deal with it anymore. Life is to short to deal with being ripped off.

dj

 

True story: A friend's wife used to work for Sears. A certain family was forever buying clothes and underwear then returning them the following year (well worn). Sears would always accept the returns. You shouldn't have any problem with one compressor. Guys in general just hate returning stuff.

 

I wouldn't return it if it is well used but, if I haven't used it much then I hate to be taken advantage of more than I hate to return things.

dj

 

i bought the 2stage craftsman compressor about six months ago and have no trouble. it may have a bad or mis-adjusted regulator. mine goes up to 175 every time and i can now run air tools that i previously could not.(still won't handle the 3/4 impact )

 

Take it back...i work at sears, granted i sell appliances,,,but we should take it back. And i'd agree that you probably got a defective unit....my new compresser is rated to 150 and i get about 145-150 But than again...your gauge might just be off.

Ryan

 

Fired up the new compressor for the first time this weekend. Man, this thing sure does run quiet and is very "non-violent" during start up. My only complaint is that I have to splice in a piece of wire to change over to 220 volts because the brown wire is too short in the motor to reach the proper post in the circuit board.

It won't be long before I buy 50 ft of 1/2" copper tubing to make a cooling coil and to place an in-line filter. My father did that to his a while back. It accumulates absolutely NO water in the tank.

Later guys...

Chris

 

I know this post is kind of old but maybe someone is still watching. I just bought the Sears two stage 25gal 175psi compressor, and I was a little confused about the ratings. The specs say 5.6@ 40psi, and 5.1cfm @ 90psi. So if this is supposed to be a better compressor according to the salesman then why do some of the lesser compressors have a higher cfm rating? I was going to use it for running my dual action sander and my impacts and sheet metal nibbler, did I make a wrong choice?

 

The so-called "ratings" of light duty air compressors are all "snake oil" and are not representative of any real world values.

There are several "compressor" threads in this forum on the subject. Use the search function or just look around this forum.

Most of the topics in this forum can be added to at any time. They are information exchange posts, not really "questions". Although some posts start as questions they lead to a sharing of ideas that benefit all of us with a Garage or Workshop :-) This forum is a little "different" than others here.

 

 

Dual action sanders take a lot of air to run! I know this from experience! I have to let pressure build up for a while and use the sander in bursts. I have a 5hp 10 gallon tank dual power, belt drive. Devilbiss.

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>I'm a little ticked off at Craftsman right now. I bought an
>air compressor that is SUPPOSED to run at 175 instead of
>120. I needed it for my tire machine which requires a
>minimun of 175. Now that I've bought it I see it really only
>goes to 125, just like all the others.I feel ripped off.

As I re-read your post I realized I gave you wrong info. The Craftsman commpressor you bought maintains 175psi in the tank but the regulator for output is limited to 120psi. Sorry for misleading you.

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