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Posted by Hactar on June 24, 2008, 9:02 pm
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I'm looking for an air compressor, either tankless or with a small tank
("pancake" style?). It'll be used to inflate wheelchair tires (60 psi)
and run small things like a drill. No 12V kit please; I won't be near a
battery. Any recommendations or antirecommendations? Brands or
features I should look for? Why would I prefer tankless or tanked?
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Posted by Winston on June 24, 2008, 10:42 pm
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Hactar wrote:
> I'm looking for an air compressor, either tankless or with a small tank
> ("pancake" style?).
(...)
You will want to start at the other end, methinks.
A pneumatic drill is not a small thing.
The smallest of these drills for example require an honest
4 cubic feet per minute at 90 pounds per square inch.
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/categories/pneumatics-and-hydraulics/pneumatic-tools/drills
So you are not looking for a 'pancake' compressor if you want to
run that tool for more than a couple hundred milliseconds per tankful.
I've seen examples of pancake compressors sporting a 6 gallon tank.
That's peachy until you realize that is about 0.8 cubic foot of air.
They empty RFN when powering a reasonable size rotary tool.
More like:
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/4TW29
Can you specify your need in terms of cubic feet per minute
at a given pressure for a given amount of run time?
That would be the way to start.
Beware that manufacturers often fudge their products performance figures.
Upward.
--Winston
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Posted by Ignoramus19021 on June 24, 2008, 10:57 pm
Please log in for more thread options > I'm looking for an air compressor, either tankless or with a small tank
> ("pancake" style?). It'll be used to inflate wheelchair tires (60 psi)
> and run small things like a drill. No 12V kit please; I won't be near a
> battery. Any recommendations or antirecommendations? Brands or
> features I should look for? Why would I prefer tankless or tanked?
>
I had a Harbor Freight one that I did not like due to noise. My friend
now has it and he swears by its performance.
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Posted by Tom Gardner on June 24, 2008, 11:21 pm
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> I'm looking for an air compressor, either tankless or with a small tank
> ("pancake" style?). It'll be used to inflate wheelchair tires (60 psi)
> and run small things like a drill. No 12V kit please; I won't be near a
> battery. Any recommendations or antirecommendations? Brands or
> features I should look for? Why would I prefer tankless or tanked?
>
> --
> There's a term for those who fantasize that the world works in
> precisely the way that produces maximum convenience for them,
> despite years of evidence to the contrary. The term is "Morons".
Get a cordless drill, an air drill takes a LOT of air. Convert a BBQ propane
tank for air and fill it at the gas station, that will fill a bunch of little
tires.
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Posted by Pete C. on June 25, 2008, 11:00 am
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Tom Gardner wrote:
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> > I'm looking for an air compressor, either tankless or with a small tank
> > ("pancake" style?). It'll be used to inflate wheelchair tires (60 psi)
> > and run small things like a drill. No 12V kit please; I won't be near a
> > battery. Any recommendations or antirecommendations? Brands or
> > features I should look for? Why would I prefer tankless or tanked?
> >
> > --
> > There's a term for those who fantasize that the world works in
> > precisely the way that produces maximum convenience for them,
> > despite years of evidence to the contrary. The term is "Morons".
>
> Get a cordless drill, an air drill takes a LOT of air. Convert a BBQ propane
> tank for air and fill it at the gas station, that will fill a bunch of little
> tires.
Um, perhaps buy a portable air tank intended for the use, rather than
converting a BBQ tank.
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