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   mudman | May 10, 2005 07:02pm | #1

   All my guns and compressors are porter cable. I've had no problems. I can't even remember any jams. The guns are great. For comercial use I'd recomend an oil filled compressor, but for weekend use that pancake model should last years.

   Mike

   please excuse my spelling.
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   StewartL | May 11, 2005 02:04pm | #3

   I agree with one addition. The pancake compressor is great for nailguns but some time in the future you are going to want to paint something and the pancakes just don't have enough air to run a paint gun well.

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   mudman | May 11, 2005 06:49pm | #9

   Unfortunately unless you use a detail gun (which is basicle an oversized airbrush) you need a MUCH larger compressor in the $600+ range. The three gun package is a good deal.

   Mikeplease excuse my spelling.

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   WadeH | May 11, 2005 03:18pm | #4

   Thanks for your help. I think I am going to get the porter gable. It is on sale now with 3 guns.

   Wade

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   JohnT8 | May 10, 2005 07:04pm | #2

   Wade, you might post your question on BreakTime as well as here.  BreakTime has the house builders in it and you might get more responses.

    

   jt8

   It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. --Chinese proverb  

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   ASK | May 11, 2005 03:34pm | #5

   Wade,

   I have the Sears equivalent to the PC. Just finished putting together kitchen cabinets using a PC 16 guage gun with no trouble at all. Except that is is very noisy I really like it.

   ASK

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   nikkiwood | May 11, 2005 03:58pm | #6

   The PC guns seem pretty good, but that compressor gets a lot of bad press. Check over at Breaktime."I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."
   -- Bertrand Russell

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   wchips | May 11, 2005 05:13pm | #7

      Hi

       I have a PG pancake compressor and it works great Used it almost every day for about 3 years now and it is still going strong

           Have a nice day Lee

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   Kent_F | May 11, 2005 05:24pm | #8

   I have the PC oil-free pancake compressor. It works for what I do with it, but it's really loud. The 6 gal tank is a reasonable size for nailing: small enough to be luggable for around the house projects, but big enough to shoot a lot of finish nails betweeen pump cycles. I also use it with an impact wrench for my twice-a-year tire changes, and it (just barely) keeps up.

   Mine came with an air leak at the regulator due to shoddy assembly (after disconnecting most of the hoses and wiring, I was able to tighten the regulator a full turn by hand). It's been tight since then.

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   forestgirl | May 11, 2005 07:27pm | #10

   Sounds like a very good deal.  I bought the Porter Cable with the 18-gauge brad nailer, something under $200 a couple years ago, and it was a good price at the time.  The thing with these small oilless compressors is to use them appropriately, with nail guns and such, not big air consumers that would make them run and run and run.

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
   Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)