oiless aircompressor question

Bird · Apr 7, 2003

Schultz, the "cylinder" on those is nothing more than a very thin aluminum cup, teflon coated, and the piston ring is metal so it gradually wears the teflon coating off. The more teflon that's worn off, the louder it gets. So if it gets to bugging you, look at parts list in the back of the manual, order the kit and install it and while they're all noisy, it'll reduce the noise back to the original sound.

skent · Apr 9, 2003

I guess there's good and bad in everything. In 81, I bought a C-H 3/4 HP with a seven gallon tank. It was rated 2.2 SCFM at 90 PSI. I paid $159. and got a $30 rebate. I wanted it to last a couple of years till I could get a big one.
In 85, I added a bathroom to the basement. I had to make a hole in the 4" slab. Used the C-H and a air hammer (came with the compressor). Took me 2 hours, hammer for a minute, wait two for the pressure to build.
We were on a tight budget then, we used what we had. Took a while but I did it. At the end of 2 hours, the tank was so hot you couldn't rest your hand on it. That thing is still going strong. Alittle noisy when it's very cold out, but still goes. . . .
I have since gotten a 6HP vert. tank for the shop, but the small one is great to put on the trailer or pickup truck along with the 5000 watt generator and have portable air.
Still gets alot of use. Never rebuilt it. Maybe I'll look into that. As of right now, it dosen't owe me a cent!

snapper · Apr 9, 2003

Well after having it a few days i have noticed something. When ever doing something small, like air ratcheting a few bolts or impacting a few bolts or air hammering for a few seconds, i just fire up the small oiless one. No use wasting my big thirty gallon compressor on quick stuff save it for the long things like grinding and lots of hammering. Does this sound like a theisable plan?? Any ideas welcome..

Later, snapper

TresCrows · Apr 10, 2003

"full time RVers."

Bird, it is more than clear that you have done many and varied things and provided an interesting life for yourself so do not take this the wrong way as people are apt to do when I ask or say something but how in the world does someone live all the time--fulltime--in a RV? Part time or even lot's of the time but where did you keep all your stuff?, where did you plant things?, did you become claustrophobic?, how can you not have a place called "home". I am just curious, I know I see people who live nearly full time in a RV. It must be quite an adventure never letting dust settle, roaming like a tumble weed, no roots and no worries, don't like the neighbors or surroundings, just pull up the anchor and away you go. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Not for me, I like to travel but when my adventure is completed I have to go to a place I call Home.
They do make small oil type compressors that will last much longer and make a lot less noise that those noisy oil less types. J

Bird · Apr 10, 2003

TresCrows, full time RVing is definitely not for everyone, but you would probably be surprised at the number of people doing it. We sold the house, and everything that wouldn't fit into an RV, we gave to our two daughters. One daughter did keep for us a half dozen boxes of photos, documents, etc. that we didn't want to get rid of or carry around with us. We had a mailing address in Arlington, TX (there are quite a number of similar companies around) that looked like an ordinary address with an apartment number (our account number). They had an 800 number to call to have our mail sent to anywhere we wanted it, when we wanted it. No problem with cash with all the ATM machines available, but we also used credit cards for the most part, knew the billing dates, and if we weren't going to get our mail, called their 800 numbers to see how much the bill was, and mailed a check. Did the same thing with a "non-subscriber" telephone calling card. Claustrophopic? Never! You're always close to a window /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif and we could see out three directions all the time, and if we didn't like the scenery, we'd be somewhere else tomorrow. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif It usually took us about 30 minutes to get ready to move, but in an emergency (such as the one time when I saw flood waters coming up the street), we could be gone in 10 minutes. Admittedly, no garden, but sure did get to see lots of other folks' gardens. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif It's a great life and the only reason we're not doing it today is family considerations.

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Yep, and I have one now that we're living in an apartment. This one in fact. Although it's noisier than I expected, but otherwise serves my needs for the time being.