Any high quality socket such as Craftsman, Kobalt, SnapOn, Mac, etc. can be used on a 1/2" drive impact gun. You just have to be careful not to abuse the socket too much. Even my mightly IR 2135Ti never broke any of my Kobalt or Snap On sockets through legitimate use.

 

I'm doing the opposite. I'm doubling up and using my impact sockets on my ratchets. I have both standard and deep impact sockets so I use the shallow ones mostly on my ratchets and the deep ones on my IR 2135Ti. I'm only talking about 1/2" drive here though. I have a set of standard 3/8" and 1/4" drive snap-on sockets as well that I got used off ebay for about $30 a piece

 

My coworker is telling me to get one of these due to limited space issues of my condo...

 

This is my air compressor, works great and doesnt kick on much.
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...60V&lpage=none
At the shop we have 500 gallons and a huge compressor. dont know what brand tho

heres my opinions

Husky tools suck, their composite impact feels pretty cool and is cheap but it is cheap
Snap on air ratchets suck, atleast their 1/4" ones. I've had 2 break on me.
You can't go wrong with MAC
Ingersol Rand tools are awesome. hopefully going to get the 2135TI for me for christmas.
if i think of anything else ill post it

 

That Air tank is most likely too small on that Unit.. every time you take a bolt off, if it even has enough juice to take it off, youll have to hear the machine scream as it fills back up....kind of annoying

-matt

 

wow thats so k0o

 

Welll, if it has enough CFM it shouldn't have a problem plus it's 150PSI. If it works then I'll probably buy it. Still researching though.

 

Like SR20DEN pointed out, the 6 hp isn't the motor rating. They are taking flowrate times max pressure and converting that to hp. Since the electrical power feeding the motor is only 2-2.2 hp, the compressor can't keep up with that flowrate and you will drain the tank until the pressure and flowrate gets down to the 2.2 hp level.

 

Just Re-bumping an old thread with good information. From this thread I know what to look for in a compressor. In regards to the HP rating on the Compressor since it isnt the motor rating then I dont really need to pay much attention to the rating, just as long as the maximul PSI is high enough and the tank size?

Also I am looking to pick up a paint gun, but honnestly not sure which kind to pick up and would greatly appreciate some recomendations or what to keep and eye out for when browsing.

 

woo my old thread is alive again. Im too interested in a quality paint gun. good find deezy

 

I too am curious. All I know is that I need an HVLP gun and thats as far as my knowledge goes. I don't know the tip needed, type of air compressor, gallons, etc etc etc. I think Mr.Gone has painted his cars so I hope he can chime in on this portion.

 

Yea I was going to PM him but figured I woudl bump this thread up and let others get the information too.

I believe on most Guns the tip is adjustable, so you can get a light to heavy spray

 

something interesting to get the ball rolling
http://www.spraygunworld.com/products/SATA/

 

subscribing.

 

How much it flows. If you can get a 20+ gallon two stage you should be set, plus it will be much quieter.

 

SATA .

 

Michael/DanNY/Shavedmax/N34JZ would be the guys to talk to. I haven't painted a car yet, no where near ready


I highly suggest you search for threads/posts by them and bump them. They tend to give a lot (and I mean lot) of good info..... so much they probably won't want to type it all over and over again . They tend to be in the 3rd gen forum btw.

 

scared the crap out of me. I saw ball rolling and thought it was a link to that clusterfuck of an idea to paint a car with rollers

 

Oh no, no rollers over here. Know any good places besides the link I posted to get a SATA gun?

 

Nope, I have a few more months before I look into that






unless someone does it for me



(oh I should update, my compressor is getting kind of tired. Well the seals anyway. Same Craftsmen one I linked to above. It just takes longer to fill and slowly bleeds. I've had it 3 or 4 years and when I bought it the guy said I'd probably have to rering it every other year or so (he was also trying to push a warranty....). Most of the time I don't bother emptying it since I hate hearing the noise. I've been thinking about selling it after I rering it and upgrading to a 2 stage, maybe even a 220v - I need to look into wiring more since I'm also considering jumping to 220v welders. I'm a house n00b ).

 

Ebay has some of the SATA guns, for what seems to be a decent price (still time left on the auctions). My Ebay search was just for "SATA" the refind to Car parts, other wise you'll be looking at a lot of processors, and hard drives.

Still exploring other places and will post them up when I find them

 

I get a lot of tools at Harbor Freight. Esp ones that I will only need once FTMFW

 

I shop harbor every now and then but too many times have been unsatisfied with the quality. For Air tools and Paint gun, I'd rather spend the extra money and have something durable and lifetime warantee

 

Yeah they got some cheap shiit...but they got a lot of quality stuff too! You gotta go to the store itself.

The one out here on Sunset RD and 215....they were selling 7.5HP 80 Gallon Compressors for 600 Str8