--- In STMFC@..., timboconnor@c... wrote:

150 PSI !?!?!? Wow, that must be pretty interesting when you put
on the grit blaster (air eraser)!! You could drill holes in cars

with that

kinda pressure! :-) I'm envious, my Craftsman can barely hit 90

PSI...

Not enough for the bicycle tires.

Tends to open up the ends of spray needles if you don't watch it. . .
but the splatter effects are, well, interesting!

--b kooistra
packing up my steam era freightcars, en route to the Fall Nationals.

My regulator goes over 100 but opening it up all the way, the
compressor only goes to about 90.

--- In STMFC@..., timboconnor@c... wrote:

Blair

150 PSI !?!?!? Wow, that must be pretty interesting when you put
on the grit blaster (air eraser)!! You could drill holes in cars

with that

kinda pressure! :-) I'm envious, my Craftsman can barely hit 90

PSI...

Not enough for the bicycle tires.

Tim O.

Regulators, Tim, regulators. Both on the tank and at point(s) of
use. I have a 150 PSI compressor with the output regulated to 80
PSI. I have an additional regulator at my air brush (15 to 45 PSI
depending on paint), plus three pressure tanks for curing resin
castings. Two of them have their regulators set at 45 PSI, the third
at 60. Moisture isn't that big a problem here in Colorado if your
compressor isn't running all the time, but I do have a moisture trap
and filter at the output of the air brush regulator.

The compressor is one of those horizontal tank jobbies on wheels, 1
hp motor and 5 gallon tank. Cost less than $150 about 10 years ago.
Don't do much painting these days, but the compressor only has to
run a couple of times a day to pressurize my casting tanks when I do
8 to 10 tank loads a day. In my case, dependability trumped "cheep".
Plus I'd rather spend my time doing actual casting, which makes a
few (very few) bucks now and again!

Tom Madden

Blair

150 PSI !?!?!? Wow, that must be pretty interesting when you put
on the grit blaster (air eraser)!! You could drill holes in cars with that
kinda pressure! :-) I'm envious, my Craftsman can barely hit 90 PSI...
Not enough for the bicycle tires.

Tim O.

My Campbell-Hausfeld air compressor gave up the ghost last week after only a few years. I bought it at Home Depot for only around $80, and there were some features on it I didn't particularly care for. I replaced it with a Craftsman 150 psi 1.5 gallon pancake tank oil less compressor that has an auto on feature and more than delivers what I need to paint. It is quite portable, stable and fits well under the work bench and is easy to move to the garage when I need it down there. Sears was clearing out this model, which is shaped like and egg, for under $90.00.

It has make the building of steam-era freight cars a real joy again.

--blair kooistra