"wmbjk" wrote in message
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Not at all. I was just chuckling about the 4.5 hp on 120 part. I've got
a shop full of HF stuff, and I resent it when the tool bigots make fun
of that equipment. Making fun of my low budget tools is *my* job. :-)

I checked on the compressor link you posted. Seems like a good deal, and
should be fine for most projects. Output is too small for much painting
though.


My apologies. I wouldn't buy one of those sight unseen, but the original
poster gave me the impression that he was shopping for the most bang for his
buck. I have a Craftsman 2-cylinder compressor which I got from my dad when
he died in 1978. It's still going strong, but I doubt that I will pass it
along to my son. He's already got a better one.

Up at the hangar, I have one which I assembled fifty years ago. A 2-cylinder
refrigeration compressor, a washing machine motor, and a tank welded up from
10" pipe. In the past I painted my '54 Corvette with it, but had to use
lacquer. You could only paint one fender and then drink beer until the
pressure came back up. Now I use it to blow up tires, a task well-suited to
its capacity.

Rich S.