for as much as I've wrenched in the past, you'd think I'd already had one. been doing it the hard way too long. while getting the tranny serviced this mornng I stopped by OSH and they had a 30 gal 6hp/2hp running compressor on closeout for $225... Phil, manager there knocked off another $25 bux and made it too good of a deal to pass up. [&:] man the wife is gonna kill me lol

I will of course tell her that it will help me swap out her bad front axle and save me from sending it to a shop to loosen the axle nut that may easy my lashings lol.

 

Yeah its been so long since I've done a job with hand tools, I couldn't imagine doing it now.

 

I am jealous, I ended up paying a total of $250 for my Craftsman 26 gallon 1.6 hp compressor. It came with an air ratchet and impact but I would have preferred the extra HP and 4 gallons.

 

I'm sure I'm gonna love it... fits right where my 2 floor jacks used to sit (have to find a new home for them).

got it situated and fired it up... pretty quiet for a compressor IMO. the last compressor I owned you couldnt talk while you were next to it.

 

Thats how my little 6 gallon was. A constant drone. My new one is roughly 4 times the size and is half as loud. I can talk to my friends right in front of it at a normal level and we can still hear each other.

 

You'll love working with air tools. I bought a 60 gal. vertical tankIngersoll-Rand T56 about 10 yrs ago, plugged it in, and it's been pressurized ever since. Zero leakage, that thing will go months without running if I don't use air. As I recall, it was $500 ten years ago.

 

The only leak I have is in the crappy hose craftsman included that I used to feed the air line in the garage (the compressor is in the garage.)

 

I was between craftsman and husky. I went with the husky because it had three speed settings for the motor. loud, decent and quiet (not technical terms) and I have no complaints. 26 gallons and a fair price.

 

A few years ago I bought a 2 hp portable Dayton Speedaire compressor. It has an old schoolbelt driven pump, rather than asealed, all-in-one pump. I like it because you can buy replacement parts for it and it should last a long time. The only drawback is I have to change the oil once in awhile, but what's one more oil change?

 

$5 bux?