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Creatix TC5000
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 8:23 PM
ANyone use this compressor yet... it's really low cost. Creatix TC5000.
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  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by MikeV on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 8:49 PM
Jeff,

Is this the one you wanted to ask me about?
I am not familiar with it but I know it is made by SimAir who sells some good compressors.
If Badger has any available you can get a remanufactured Million-Air for about the same price and it is quieter than that one and higher quality.

Mike

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by MikeV on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 11:55 PM

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 1:57 PM
That's an excellent deal, minus the $125 shipping on it. But the Million air isnt that good for continious T-shirt airbrushing is it. Been looking more along the line of the Silentair t-50 or t-30 to start out. Just saw the creatix one at dixie with an great brush added for under $400.
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  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by MikeV on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 7:11 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by woodbeck3

That's an excellent deal, minus the $125 shipping on it.


That's what they want for shipping? Are they smoking crack or what? [:0]

QUOTE: But the Million air isnt that good for continious T-shirt airbrushing is it. Been looking more along the line of the Silentair t-50 or t-30 to start out.


You didn't say you wanted to do T-shirt airbrushing.
No, a Million-Air will burn up if you try T-shirt painting with it.
T-shirt airbrushing is very demanding on a compressor because you are spraying normally at 60 psi which uses air quickly and would cause a small tank compressor to run much more than the 50% duty cycle they were created for.
Your best bet for T-shirt airbrushing is an industrial compressor as they will last and they are not that expensive.
Some people including my buddy Scooter recommend the Sears oil-lubed, belt-driven compressors as they are quieter than the direct drive oiless versions and will last practically a lifetime if cared for.
If you have to have a silent model then the Silentaire's such the Terry Hill model are very good but they run you $800.

Mike

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 19, 2004 4:04 AM
Thanks for the chat today Mike... good call.
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  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by MikeV on Thursday, August 19, 2004 7:26 AM
My pleasure Jeff.
I hope you find a good deal on a silent. Wink [;)]

Mike

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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