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   KeithNewton | May 07, 2007 05:54am | #1

   forget the compressor, and get a new HVLP. You can put on more paint with less of it going off into the air. You will love the difference.

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   mapleman | May 07, 2007 09:35am | #2

   dlb,

   I am going to go out on a limb here, and I'm sure to get flamed. I have a husky 5hp/30 gallon compressor from home creepo. Been working just fine for about 4 years, and I push it hard. It has an emerson motor, and a made in USA cast iron cylinder pump (belt drive). I believe the thing was made by cambell hausfield. About $300-$350, can't remember.

   If you own a woodworking business and expect to use this thing day in day out, or if money is no object, buy an ingersoll rand or other equivalent compressor, and expect to pay $200-$300 more for the same thing.

   If you were to eventually upgrade your spray gun, a compressor like this would still be fine with a RP (reduced pressure) gun. RP guns have the material saving qualities of hvlp guns, but with the increased atomization of a conventional gun like the one you are using.  And they are roughly the same price as hvlp guns.

   Lee

    

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   dlb | May 07, 2007 03:15pm | #4

   Lee,

   I am a remodeler and I also make things for my customers. I do not use a compressor much but I think that by the fact it recycles so much the quality of my spraying is suffering.

   I will eventually purchase an HVLP gun but for now I am happy w/ what I have and secondly, can not afford to pourchase one right now.

   "I am going to go out on a limb here, and I'm sure to get flamed."  I most certainly hope not. This forum has been good to accept all ideas w/o attacking the poster and is a great location for the exchange of ideas. Thanks for yours.

    The undisciplined life is not worth examining.

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   mapleman | May 07, 2007 05:49pm | #6

   dlb,

   I would also second John's advice - stay away from oil-less compressors. They are quite noisy. Try to stick with a belt-drive unit, with a seperate motor and pump. The added plus of a set-up like this is the fact that either the motor or pump could be replaced independently should the need arise.

   Lee

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   Elcoholic | May 07, 2007 10:16am | #3

   Just don't make the same mistake I did and buy an oil-less compressor.  I've been waiting for my Devilbis 3hp, 40 gal to die pretty much since I bought it 6 or 7 years ago.  At long last it finally died 2 weeks ago as it has lost most of it's compression.  I'm on business (day job) in Egypt now but am looking forward to getting a nice new oil type (read as 'quiet') compressor when I get back stateside.

   John O'Connell - JKO Handcrafted Woodworking

   The more things change ...

   We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized.  I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.

   Petronious Arbiter, 210 BC

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   dlb | May 07, 2007 03:17pm | #5

   Great advice! I'll be sure to look for one which requires oiling.The undisciplined life is not worth examining.