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« on: 24 June 2010, 09:13:48 »
Been offered a 2hp, 25 litre, 8 bar air compressor, with a selection of small tools.

Sort of thing that goes for about £100 new....


worth having, or too small to be useful.

Wanting it for air dusting, tyre inflating, and to drive an air ratchet.

any ideas on 2nd hand price?  its as new.
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Re: Air compressor
« Reply #1 on: 24 June 2010, 09:30:57 »
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Been offered a 2hp, 25 litre, 8 bar air compressor, with a selection of small tools.

Sort of thing that goes for about £100 new....


worth having, or too small to be useful.

Wanting it for air dusting, tyre inflating, and to drive an air ratchet.

any ideas on 2nd hand price?  its as new.


i would offer 40 quid and let him drive you up another tenner.
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Re: Air compressor
« Reply #2 on: 24 June 2010, 09:33:22 »
Sounds like it will do what you need. Constant use of an air ratchet will probably get it wheezing but occasional use will be fine.

I'm with Richie price-wise. Depends on the tools though.

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Re: Air compressor
« Reply #3 on: 24 June 2010, 09:33:46 »
how to buy goods cheaply. ;)



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Re: Air compressor
« Reply #4 on: 24 June 2010, 09:35:31 »
its the pack of tools that come with em, or sell for about £15 seperately.

was thinking the 30-40 range myself....If I was choosing, I would prob be going 1 model up to the 50 litre tank, but suspect this will do the job,
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Re: Air compressor
« Reply #5 on: 24 June 2010, 09:37:28 »
If you have the funds why not :y
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Re: Air compressor
« Reply #6 on: 24 June 2010, 09:55:23 »
gone for it, £40, its a starting point to see if I find good use for it etc should I want to upgrade in the future.
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« Reply #7 on: 24 June 2010, 17:57:32 »
Capacity is bigger than mine, which does all your asking. It was 70 new, I looked at upgrading to something that would drive a windy gun properly, but for the use a windy gun would get it really wasn't worth the extra outlay.

Might let him push me past 50 sobs tbh.....?
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Re: Air compressor
« Reply #8 on: 24 June 2010, 20:01:13 »
Had a play with it tonight, impressed, inflates a tyre in no time, quieter than I expected too.

Have ordered a cheap air ratchet / impact wrench kit to see how well it works with those.
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Re: Air compressor
« Reply #9 on: 24 June 2010, 20:15:47 »
those cheap curly hoses kill airguns (need as big inner bore as poss)
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Re: Air compressor
« Reply #10 on: 24 June 2010, 20:22:03 »
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those cheap curly hoses kill airguns (need as big inner bore as poss)

it isnt the curly stuff, braided clear piping
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Re: Air compressor
« Reply #11 on: 25 June 2010, 09:23:47 »
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those cheap curly hoses kill airguns (need as big inner bore as poss)

it isnt the curly stuff, braided clear piping
know the size of inner bore?
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Re: Air compressor
« Reply #12 on: 25 June 2010, 09:25:54 »
I dont, but its not huge, little narrower than hosepipe.

I know its not gonna win any competitions, but seems an ok little unit
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Re: Air compressor
« Reply #13 on: 25 June 2010, 09:33:04 »
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I dont, but its not huge, little narrower than hosepipe.

I know its not gonna win any competitions, but seems an ok little unit
The windy guns need a good flow through the hose. Other tools will be fine.
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Re: Air compressor
« Reply #14 on: 25 June 2010, 09:36:19 »
Its a cheap little kit ive picked up, hope it works, no big loss if it doesnt (will always wait till I get a bigger compressor If I find this one useful)

According to the stats it can drive the windy tools, but on paper and practise are very different things  :y
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