Hi Barbara: Brian and Gregg are correct. That compressor motor has the same direct drive design as my %*&$ing LOUD compressor. I hate that thing. I wish it would die so I can get a "real" compressor. You want the piston-type compressor with the belt between the motor and the compressor piston(s). Gregg was correct that you need to looks at the specs for your tool that the compressor will be driving. If the tool will be running for a good while (more than short bursts), the compressor needs to output at least the same CFMs at the rated pressure that the tool consumes, or the tool will forever run slow. My compressor is adequate for most of my needs, but when I run my air- powered sander, it only runs at full speed for a couple minutes, then after the air tank pressure runs down, the compressor can't deliver enough air volume and the sander goes along at half speed - it still works, but is much slower...... :-( Terry Farrell On Jul 1, 2010, at 12:23 PM, Barbara Richmond wrote: > Greetings List, > > Somehow I've managed to accomplish my work without a compressor, but > now I have a hankering for getting one because I'd like to use a die > grinder. I'd prefer the compressor to be small & light enough to > haul it with me to some jobs (I service a number of pianos 40 miles > away and would like to do some work without having to haul the > actions to my shop). Remembering the advantage of oil lubrication, > I looked around and found this Dewalt compressor that is only > slightly over 50 lbs. > > http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&q=dewalt+d55151&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=12994544970486292308&ei=-LssTPvwEo79nAezvcz0Ag&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDYQ8wIwAg# > > Would this one be adequate? > > Thanks, > > Barbara Richmond, RPT > near Peoria, Illinois > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100701/3d0d3678/attachment.htm>
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