The Lair

All else fails det cord always worked.

 

Also volume of the tank. If you have a little 1 gallon tank with a decent compressor but are constantly emptying the tank then you'll be running the compressor past it's duty cycle and it'll become very inefficient.

 

Did you try a mini sledge? A good swing with a 5lb hammer puts out something like 2k lbs of force

 

Randy should get one of the ir 80 gallon two stages from tractor supply. It will run almost every tool constantly at 90psi. Thats what we have at the shop
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/p...-hp-reciprocating-air-compressor?cm_vc=-10005

 

How can that supply a shop. We got 3 120 gallon srew drives. They have a hard time keeping up.

 

Yep. On the bottom ones it just bent the frame. On the side I couldn’t get enough room to swing. It would be easier without a bumper on, but no way I’m taking that fucker off and putting it back on by myself.

 

We have a shop for hobby. There's only ever one tool used at a time. Most of the time I'm there by myself. Would definitely need more with multiple people.

 

All the 10 bay and under shops I've worked at ran on a 80-120 gal. 2 stage and they kept up fine. You aren't running the air all the time or at least we weren't enough to cause it to run a lot. Now in the bigger shops we used giant 3 phase compressors and huge tanks don't even know how big they were but much bigger than 3 120s.

 

I run all my air tools off a bicycle pump

You guys have no idea how good you have it.

 

Yes we are building a new shop looking into a tankless 3 phase oil bathed screw drive. They claim it will out perform what we have now.

 

No a lot has already melted

 

Very true.

 

I’m glad the blue hides a lot.

 

Oh we still had a tank on ours but then again it was at a dealership with 45 bays or something like that. Most the independent shops I worked at were all =/>10 bays and didn't need that much air. Plus with all this electric stuff most of us started switching over to electric tools over air.

 

False its all that hot air you have

 

It kinda melted a bit here but turning to ice as we speak yay!!!! so excited for tomorrow.

 

Current shop is only 15 bays we are going to 30 with a dyno n steam room. Our corporate office has 75 bays. But i work at a cat dealership.

 

My blu doesnt. But the rust sticks out as well.

 

Yeah your tools are much more air hogs than what we use. Biggest gun I have is 3/4" and I was one of the med/hvy duty mechanics at a dealership. The scale of what you need and what I am use to is a lot greater.

 

Think i have 3 1 inch drives and a 1.5 drive.