Compressors recommendations

[Ddan]

Buy a small-ish contractors compressor, 2 HP, that puts out 4-5 CFM at 90lbs.  Make sure it's oil lubricated.  That will do everything you need except paint and sandblasting.  Hook it up to an aux. tank for more reserve air and you'll be able to get by doing small painting/blasting jobs without too much drama.  I've got a 20 yr old Bostich pancake compressor I bought essentially DOA.  I put new rings and conn. rod in it and I've beat the crap out of it since,  framing, roofing, siding, you name it.  The only time I've run out of air with it is nailing off subfloor.

[Langanobob]

He Man,

By now you have to have a serious case of DuMF00 (Ducati Monster Forum Opinion Overload)    I don't think you've mentioned exactly what you plan on sandblasting?  If all you plan on doing is an occasional small part  in preparation for paint or powdercoating, you can  use a little patience with a small compressor and wait for it to catch up with you.  If you're going to be doing a lot of larger parts then you need a bigger one as has already been pretty well covered.

Also, do  you already have the sandblaster?  If so what is it?  That will help in picking a suitable compressor.  My apologies if you've already answered these questions.

[64duc]

Screw type.... that sounds pretty mean. like a screw driven super charger! how many CFMs would that be?

  Very similar to the super charger. The smallest I've seen is 5hp 18 cfm, the largest 900 cfm. probably 400 or 500 diesel hp.

[Popeye the Sailor]

littlewiseass, what's up with your dramatic name change?  At first I thought it was one of the moderators messing with you, but since you've kept it I guess it was self-induced.  You lost a bet?

Typically, one of the mods will mess with me (one in particular who should be paintin' stuff), and I'm too lazy to change ti back.