Re: [AMC-list] Hot Air, er, compreesed anyway

[Davis <martin-davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My 2$ is get a home depot or lowes brand 60 gal for under 500 bucks it's been a great compressor for me. I know you will have to reconfigure some stuff for it but it will be worth it. I use it to run my blast cabinet and all my air tools with ease.
Davis

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On Apr 23, 2011, at 7:22 PM, Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Soooo,
> My 25 year old Craftsman has went thru way more abuse than it was ever intended for.
> 5-6 years ago it developed a pinhole leak, and I drilled it out and plug welded it.
> Search the archives for the stir that caused!!!
>  All winter it has been gently hissing at me and I have prayed for a loose or rusty fitting.
> ALAS, Babylon it is not so, my trusty steed has rusted through in another location.
> 
>  So, I really, really could use some help in deciding how many dead presidents I need to 
> cut loose on a replacement. It ticks me off that years ago horizontals were easy to find in 
> a 30 gallon+ size that was not boo-koo cash. Now forget it. Price of anything horizontal puckers my privates like an icey dip in a January river....No, I have not been drinking, (shhhh, maybe a little)....
> 
>   The problem I have is it currently sits under my electric meter outdoors in a lean to, no way an upright will fit. I have some 40 odd foot of 8/2with ground so I can move it but prefer not to.
> 
>  Seriously help me make a decision that will handle sandblasting, not be noisy like an oiless etc;
> 
>  My RM is hurting, but this is a needed evil. There goes the cash for the plasma cutter.
> 
> My only remaining RM is to buy a brand spanking new 100lb propane tank $90 at Lowes, mount it upside down in the mid point of my system so it can be drained and used as storage...
> 
>  Again, with a new tank is this safe?
> 
>  It would be easier, but I cut loose of $3K of my hard earned car/personal savings to put my son in his 2002 Nissa Sentra SER, which I do not regret, but makes cash a little short for now.
> 
>  Thoughts, flames etc; what would you guys do. I have access to about $1300 quick, more will take cashing in some bonds.
> 
>   I'd even consider a 30 gallon tank replacement if possible and feasible (shiping usually kills any advantage. An oiless craftsman 30 gallon is about $30 more and I could swap my stuff onto that tank and configure the oiless as additional cfm for blasting.
> 
>  I'll shut up now, hiccup!
> Mark Price
> Morgantown, WV 26508
> 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
> 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
> "I realize that death is inevitable.
> I just don't want to be around when it happens!"
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