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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Auto Addict on 26 February 2007, 17:55:21
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March 1st....
http://uk.aldi.com/special_buys/special_buys_pid_49507.html
http://uk.aldi.com/special_buys/special_buys_pid_49509.html
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That air compressor has a good air output (9.5CFM) but a small tank so a reasonable hobby unit at an excellent price....
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That air compressor has a good air output (9.5CFM) but a small tank so a reasonable hobby unit at an excellent price....
Looks same as mine, only mine was less than £50...
Might get the air hammer if anyone thinks its any good....
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That air compressor has a good air output (9.5CFM) but a small tank so a reasonable hobby unit at an excellent price....
Looks same as mine, only mine was less than £50...
Might get the air hammer if anyone thinks its any good....
Well it's cheap enough, and carry's a 3 year warranty.
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I'm a bit puzzled by the compressor numbers. 1HP is 746watts, so 1.5Kw means only 2.01HP. Where do they get the 2.5HP from?. It looks very small to give that output. :-?
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Can't argue with the physics. Something doesn't add up. 1.5kw will be the motor input power as well, so it will have under 2HP output due to inefficiencies in the motor.
Kevin
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Can't argue with the physics. Something doesn't add up. 1.5kw will be the motor input power as well, so it will have under 2HP output due to inefficiencies in the motor.
Kevin
Looks identical to mine physically, but badged different. Mine is 2hp according to box...
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Are they quoting Watts or VA.........or is it a typo....the air displacement sudgests 2-3Hp...
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It might be a typo for the HP. Still at 1.5KW it sounds quite good. I don't think you could buy an electric motor for £60!. Wonder what its like paint spraying?
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I am tempted by the compresor as I have to respray my bumper and my spoiler
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looks like a couple of bargains to add to the tool collection, always worth keeping an eye out in aldis's.
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Found out about these on Sunday.
I'll be going straight up there first thing on Thursday!! 8-)
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It might be a typo for the HP. Still at 1.5KW it sounds quite good. I don't think you could buy an electric motor for £60!. Wonder what its like paint spraying?
Single panels would be fine....a whole side of a car would be pushing it as the reservoir is a bit small......you could always couple up an empty propane cylidner to use as an extra reservoir.....and you need an air filter for spraying.....
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Well, I think I'm going to buy them, if I only end up inflating tyres, and undoing wheel nuts with them.
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i'm tempted
Good deal then .... :-/
Will they really remove very stubborn wheel bolds? I've broken two sockets removing the wifes... :'(
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I've had the compressor and air hammer for a year or so (the offers come around regularlyish...) and I found the compressor really usefull. Hose length is good as well, able to reach all 4 wheels and the spare of the car from the garage onto the driveway.
Used it for blowing up tyres, blowing through various things that are chocked/blocked, spraying degreaser with the paraffin gun, painting a pushbike frame, blowdrying the brakes/discs of the motorbike after washing, popping the pistons out of brake calipers, etc etc. Best use (really!) was cleaning out our Dyson upright hoover. Once the various air venturi pipes were blown through, it was like a brand new machine again.
As for the air hammer, its not the most powerfull one I've ever used but this could be down to the volume of the tank. If you really are givving the hammer hard use it fairly gobbles the air up and the compressor is almost running non stop to keep up. I tend to wait until its built up before giving it a blast. The hammer is a bit heavy as well.
All in all, I think it is well worth the monies asked and its small enough to take up a corner of the garage and not get in the way. Would not be without it now.
HtH
B
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Happiness achieved!! :)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/rodblack/Car%20Stuff/Compressornstuffsml.jpg)
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Got a air gun and the air wrench. Already had a compressor...
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Yeah, got a couple of packs of grinding wheels and the air wrench as well.
Its a pain in the chuff though that after you screw the air coupling in on the wrench, nice and tight with PTFE tape, the whole schemozzle does not fit in the shaped box, and you can't shut the lid!
(it does if you force it though.... ;D )
B
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Yeah, got a couple of packs of grinding wheels and the air wrench as well.
Its a pain in the chuff though that after you screw the air coupling in on the wrench, nice and tight with PTFE tape, the whole schemozzle does not fit in the shaped box, and you can't shut the lid!
(it does if you force it though.... ;D )
B
Yeah, the airgun is fine, but the wrench you have to take the brass adapter off. How gay is that.
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so the aldi deals combined will take off wheel nuts...how about stubborn bolts?
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Got up yesterday morning, felt a bit off colour.
Went to Aldi @ 9 am, bought the compressor and wrench, got home, put it in the garage, dashed to the bog, was violently sick, spent the rest of the day in bed so haven't been able to inspect it yet.
Felling a bit better this morning, might go and assemble it.
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Got up yesterday morning, felt a bit off colour.
Went to Aldi @ 9 am, bought the compressor and wrench, got home, put it in the garage, dashed to the bog, was violently sick, spent the rest of the day in bed so haven't been able to inspect it yet.
Felling a bit better this morning, might go and assemble it.
I'd do that, (not the sick bit though!!), but it's better to stay in the boxes until my new garage is complete. Although I did unwrap the air ratchet. Quite a sturdy looking bit of kit!!
Think I might do what Mark suggested and hook up another tank in future, but we'll see how it goes initially.
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Yeah, got a couple of packs of grinding wheels and the air wrench as well.
Its a pain in the chuff though that after you screw the air coupling in on the wrench, nice and tight with PTFE tape, the whole schemozzle does not fit in the shaped box, and you can't shut the lid!
(it does if you force it though.... ;D )
B
Mine does......
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Anyone tried the Air Wrench yet?
I presume the push screw on the bottom of the handle (numbered 1-4) is for torque settings?
1 being the lowest, 4 being the highest?
The instruction book does not say.
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Yeah, got a couple of packs of grinding wheels and the air wrench as well.
Its a pain in the chuff though that after you screw the air coupling in on the wrench, nice and tight with PTFE tape, the whole schemozzle does not fit in the shaped box, and you can't shut the lid!
(it does if you force it though.... ;D )
B
Mine does......
No, we're on about the one that looks like a socket set wrench, not the big drill one, which fits in OK...
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May be worth unpacking your compressors guys, got mine home and the pressure switch had been snapped off, crated it back up and they swapped it no probs though. Service was faultless.
Got the nut gun, ratchet, air hammer and drill so full set up to play with now ;D
TB your right that ratchet box is stupid, think I'll be taking a hot knife to it lol.
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my local aldi didnt have 'em....or was sold out :(
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my local aldi didnt have 'em....or was sold out :(
At 0920 yesterday, at our one, they were on their second pallete, there was a queue and all you could see at the checkouts was compressors!!
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Compressors still on sale at the two near me - its the air wrenches that have dissappered like snow off a dyke.... 8-)
EDIT - the spill chocker changed my d y k e (Scots speak for a wall, normally a drystane d y k e ) to d**e.
eejits... ;D ;D
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I walked in mine at about 10am to get some tools (already have a similar compressor), to find 2 big blokes try to pick up same box, then start arguing how each got there before the other. By the time I left, it was nearly fisty cuffs.... ;D
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Has anyone tried it out yet?