Shifty101Easy

im sick of not being able to do stuff because i dont have an air compressor....id like to get one but need to keep it fairly cheap....i wanna use it for sanding and maybe spraying prime plus like regular impact wrench and stuff....anyways....anyone know where to get one like that for not that much?

THUMPIN455

Mine was around $1000 runs on 220v and will happily run the DA for hours on end.. Crank up the regulator and lugnuts are a breeze with the impact.

I am gonna guess that you dont need something like I have... Check around, a 3hp portable should work for what you want, just get a decent one.

jes72mustang

Check Sears and Home Depot, I got mine from Home Depot and it came with a bunch of air tools, like an impact wrench, air chisle, air ratchet and spray gun. I think it ran around $300-350.

Soaring

For light duty work like you described, you don't need a woopty doo big name compressor. However, the bigger the tank, the longer it will pump before having to recycle. If you don't mind waiting between recycles, get about a 2 1/2 or 3 gallon one that pumps something like 120-130 PSI. Air guns require at least 70 psi. Check Ebay.
You can probably come up with one for a couple of skins. Or for one like this, you may get by real cheap. http://cgi.ebay.com/CAMPBELL-HAUSFEL...QQcmdZViewItem

randy78045

I got mine at home depot for a couple hundred dollars... big tank... cant remember how big though... seems like 40 gals... one thing you mentioned in your post was sanding.... if you forget sanding you can get by pretty cheap... sanders take large amounts of air... thats one thing i cannot do with mine...

MC

Just Thought id boast, I wasnt gunna start a thread over this but check it.
I work for and insuation company for plants. Im the warehouse manager and been here for 3 months. They have beaders- crimpers- metal brakes-ect. They get rid of old tool all the time, I asked one of the project managers if he would sell me old grinders,drills anything he dont want anymore, There was an Husky 26gal 135psi Compressor( 377$ @ Home Depot) with a faulty regulator. He gave it to me and said If i fixed it i could have it. The part cost 24 dollars! Ill be priming Pale rider with that sucka.---KARMA---

67Stang68

Save up a little extra money and get the most cfm you can afford, I picked mine up at Home Depot
its a 60gal 5hp 220v it can run 16.5 cfm at 135psi and its max psi is 175psi. It ran me like $850 it was
not the most expensive but was not the cheapest and it can run anything I need.

ebluekeys

since HVLP is the latest/greatest for painting, you want to get the highest CFM rating you can afford. Low end minimum for HVLP seems to be around 11 to 12 CFM. Naturally, more is better...