Need Air Compressor and Bench Grinder advice.

[JOE G]

Deep in dirt, I have a 30 Gal Craftsman stand up like your IR and I now have a Emglo and a Ridgid Portable unit s like your Dewalt/Emglo, Now I just need a 60 to 80 Gal Vertical, and Ill have the House,Shop,Barns and Garage Covered.

 

[deepNdirt]

The Farmhand is a TSC house brand, when comparing it to the IR setting beside it, I couldn't see enough differences in their specs to justify paying 350 more for the IR, I came home and got on the net. to further research and check out the reviews and found some mix reviews, but still for the money savings I went the next day and purchased the FH for around 550....... the next week it came on sale for I think was 479, and they give a rebate of the difference, I didn't think was a bad deal for a 7hp compressor, and now I have just asked my wife how long I've had it and she's saying its' been more like 9 years, so I am even more please having made the purchase ..... Before I got the FarmHand, I had a CH for 20+ years, It got where it would run allot, I suppose due to wear in the cylinders/rings,etc,etc,...... I donated it to my BIL and he currently uses it, I will never knock a CH compressor,
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I just went over to TSC website and it looks like they no longer carry the Farmhand branded products, they're back to stocking the CH name brand, and I'm not seeing anything comparable to the one I have,

 

[mikehaugen]

There are definitely not as many different compressors out there as you might think. I have a husky brand that I got cheap because the pressure switch was bad, but it was so new that I still got fixed under warranty without any paperwork. It was made by Campbell Hausfield and was the same as the one under their name as well as a craftsman. There are few compressor manufacturers out there, with many people selling them with their house brand name on them.

If you are willing to spend the money, get an ingersoll rand type 30 (series). I don't personally have one but I sure hear a lot of praise for them from others.

 

[troutsqueezer]

If you're going to use your compressor to make a living and run it every day and all day,of course you would buy a more expensive unit. Who wouldn't? But for normal household use, let prudence be your guide. Despite what others have written, oil-less will run reliably for years and years and provide all the air pressure and volume you need. I have three of them, two for twenty years and they are still going strong. I run tools and spray guns with superb results. If you want bragging rights then buy a cast iron twin cylinder but you could have used that money for a tooth bar and gotten more bang for your buck.

 

[whistlepig]

If you're going to use your compressor to make a living and run it every day and all day,of course you would buy a more expensive unit. Who wouldn't? But for normal household use, let prudence be your guide. Despite what others have written, oil-less will run reliably for years and years and provide all the air pressure and volume you need. I have three of them, two for twenty years and they are still going strong. I run tools and spray guns with superb results. If you want bragging rights then buy a cast iron twin cylinder but you could have used that money for a tooth bar and gotten more bang for your buck.

What brand oil-less are you using?

 

[Bird]

Despite what others have written, oil-less will run reliably for years and years and provide all the air pressure and volume you need.

Yes, but only if you remember to not run them long enough at a time for them to get hot. Even some of the oiled compressors with aluminum parts and a shallow oil reservoir have manuals that say to not run them more than 10 minutes continuously. As one air-compressor salesman in a place that manufactures their own compressors as well as selling other brands told me, "If you think of an oil-less as being good for 1,000 hours, the oiled compressor will be good for 10,000 hours."

 

[deepNdirt]

I would be interested as well in Knowing what type of oil-less compressor's can last 20 years?


Edit:
I had written a full page and post it here, although decided to remove it and post this link instead, Perhaps some will find the info helpful if looking to buy either kind fo compressor,
http://www.carsdirect.com/car-repair/buyers-guide-oil-free-or-oil-air-compressor

 

[JOE G]

I found a Campbell Hausfeld twin Cylinder 80 Gal Vertical unit, Unsure of HP it is either 4.5 or 7.5 it is Black and says it is there Pro Model. It is a few years old not sure how many but it has just been sitting in storage, the Guy wants $600 for it, it is a few hours from here near a friend of mine who said he would pick it up for me and bring it up here. Is this a good deal?

 

[Turbys_1700]

I found a Campbell Hausfeld twin Cylinder 80 Gal Vertical unit, Unsure of HP it is either 4.5 or 7.5 it is Black and says it is there Pro Model. It is a few years old not sure how many but it has just been sitting in storage, the Guy wants $600 for it, it is a few hours from here near a friend of mine who said he would pick it up for me and bring it up here. Is this a good deal?

Tractor Supply sells the 80 gal IR 2 stage here in Hickory new for 1100 plus tax...
I had a similar deal last year off of Craigslist with the same compressor for $500...
To me it is worth $500 but I am a cheapskate...
I would think that the CH is priced a little lower than an IR...
I had a CH that was stolen a couple years ago...
It was a 30 gal but oiled compressor and was a good unit...

 

[Locoweed]

This one is 17 years old & hasn't missed a lick. I bought it when we were building our house to run a texture / splatter gun. I have done a fair amount of sand blasting with it, painting, you name it.