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so whats a good brand to by that aint goin to blow the bank?, ive got both single and 3phase so i aint bothered which 1, would need to run a rattle gun and plasma, and prob sum painting, saw sum puma brands advertised over here neva heard of them price seems reasonable.

Best option is to find a big old one. I bought a huge twin piston ex railways compressor for $100 at a garage sale.

What ever you get make sure its a decent size and has a decent tank size that way it wont be cutting in and out all the time.

WTD brands dont seem too bad.

they workshop/display area is just off guilford road (right near Craigs - Prestige)

i have a 2.5hp belt drive unit from them only single phase.

also look at the range from Westair

http://www.broomewa.com/westair/

I have a 3phse e cylinder also but not running yet, that will be a 4kw motor on it

bazooked wrote:so whats a good brand to by that aint goin to blow the bank?, ive got both single and 3phase so i aint bothered which 1, would need to run a rattle gun and plasma, and prob sum painting, saw sum puma brands advertised over here neva heard of them price seems reasonable.

Puma were good as they were cast iron compressors and the older Clissby were Oz made in cast iron and the Clissby were made to aircraft specifications. Still using one clissby I bought in 1982 for powering nail guns etc. A decent second hand one in either of these would still be good. An 8cfm will run quality 1/2 inch rattle gun or wrench but for quality lphv spray painting you really need a 10cfm as a minimum, better a 12 or 14CFM [cubic foot /minute]. cheers gazza

http://www.binford.com.au/aboutus.html

Binford compressors are a good quality, I got the largest single phase one and the old man has a 52cfm three phase one. He got it last week and paid 3.5k for it.. 1k discount as they are on special for June.

I've got 2 x 7.2cfm GMC's paralleled up and adjusted up from factory 95PSI to 120PSI.

Work great. $99ea + $45 for a decent regulator and some fittings.
Throw the GMC reg in the bin.

Yeah I know, GMC is gone. Find similar (NOT super crap auto)

Hard to beat for 14CFM for $250. Been flogging the first compressor for 2.5yrs now, and done a full reno to the house (HEAPS of nailgun work), plus all the usual stuff in the shed.

Flame on.

Paul

Got a WTD 15amp jobbie and its been great for the past 5 years or so I;ve had it.

yeah, get something belt driven, i've got a 3cyl 15amp jobbie that revs real slow so should last forever. great for painting and air tools., die grinder, sander etc etc

ISUZUROVER wrote:Best option is to find a big old one. I bought a huge twin piston ex railways compressor for $100 at a garage sale.

Agreed. I bought an older, 13cfm, twin parallel cylinder belt drive unit with a HUGE tank for $350 on Ebay. Weighs a ton and takes two to lift it into car/trailer but works great.

Big tank very important.

Slower revving will generate less heat - that is better.

Paul

me3@neuralfibre.com wrote:I've got 2 x 7.2cfm GMC's paralleled up and adjusted up from factory 95PSI to 120PSI.

Work great. $99ea + $45 for a decent regulator and some fittings.
Throw the GMC reg in the bin.

Yeah I know, GMC is gone. Find similar (NOT super crap auto)

Hard to beat for 14CFM for $250. Been flogging the first compressor for 2.5yrs now, and done a full reno to the house (HEAPS of nailgun work), plus all the usual stuff in the shed.

Flame on.

Paul

A mate of mine had 4 of them paralleled with one unregulated outlet to run the supercheap impact gun and a regulated one to run everything els.

The only down side is 4 of those thing going at once is very noisy.

I have a scorpion compressor. as donated to me by my old man. i think it's a 13cfm unit. goes well. has painted about 5 cars and about 8 jims mowing trailers. ported more cylinder head than i can remember.

I have a 17cfm Puma which is made by Peerless (also rebadged for lots of other sellers). I paid about $700 for it up here. It is 15amp triple cylinder and will cut in and out while using the spray gun.

bigbluemav wrote:

ISUZUROVER wrote:Best option is to find a big old one. I bought a huge twin piston ex railways compressor for $100 at a garage sale.

Agreed. I bought an older, 13cfm, twin parallel cylinder belt drive unit with a HUGE tank for $350 on Ebay. Weighs a ton and takes two to lift it into car/trailer but works great.

Big tank very important.

Sounds like mine, my tank is about 1500x450