looking to buy a compressor?

I am getting tired of posting this link.
This is the BEST deal out there.....period!

http://www.badger-airbrush.com/garagesale.htm

Mike

I am using a Campbell Hausfeld model FP2040. It has a 2gal tank, comes with a regulator, and is fairly quiet. Mine came from Walmart for $99.

I got mine, similar to the one FumbleFingers has for about $70.00 at Lowes... another $12 for a moisture trap and you're done!!! later you can change out the gauge for one that has smaller increments ($24 at Hobby Lobby) but it will work MUCH b etter than spray cans and equally as good as the higher end compressors.. just noisier... it's about as noisy as vacuuming the floor maybe less, but it only comes on every so often just long enough to top off the tank... it's not continous.

What I am about to do is get some fiberglass AC plenum insulation (it looks like drywall) and put it inside the walls of a box and enclose the compressor. A friend of mine just did it and says you can't really hear it from across the room even...

Most AC places will have scrap stuff for cheap or free if you wanna try it later...


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the one Mike posted is not much more expensive, and is definitely quieter, so if noise IS an isse then I would look to that one... if not the hardware store type works fine...

thanks yall for the info but tho9900 try to put egg cushion inside the box before you close it in because of the design of the foam will reflect the sound continously inside the box eliminating sound from escaping .but still thanks alot both of you this will help out alot

I've got a C-H that I use for other things than airbrushing (one of the reasons my wife let me get it). As I leave the compressor on at all times in the basement, it tended to drive my wife crazy when it kicked on during the day when I wasn't home. Then I saw an idea in one of my woodworking magazine which worked out great. I bought one of those timers that you plug in to an outlet which lets you select the time the electricity is on to any device that is plugged in to it. During the week, it's set for the hrs I'm normally home (6 to 10 PM). That way, it only comes on once a day, and if I'm going to do any airbrushing, I have a fully charged system from the start. Helps cut down on electricity. On weekends, I simply unplug the compressor from the timer and plug it into the other wall socket. You can usually find the timers in hardware stores, lumber yards or home improvement stores for 10 to 15 bucks.

QUOTE: Originally posted by prowannab thanks yall for the info but tho9900 try to put egg cushion inside the box before you close it in because of the design of the foam will reflect the sound continously inside the box eliminating sound from escaping .but still thanks alot both of you this will help out alot

That will also make the compressor hotter and shorten it's life unless you vent the heat somehow.

Mike

The compressor on the badger page is not available MikeV. Any other way to get my hand on it?

QUOTE: Originally posted by archangel571 The compressor on the badger page is not available MikeV. Any other way to get my hand on it?

They must be out of them at the moment.
They are on a first come first serve basis.
You would have to buy a new one or go another route unless you can find one somewhere cheap.

Mike

QUOTE: Originally posted by FumbleFingers I am using a Campbell Hausfeld model FP2040. It has a 2gal tank, comes with a regulator, and is fairly quiet. Mine came from Walmart for $99.

How "quiet" is the FP2040? Is there anything, in terms of noise, that you could compare to give a general idea?

It's comparable to a vacuum cleaner.

QUOTE: Originally posted by nathaniel It's comparable to a vacuum cleaner.

Do you have the FP2048 model? Campbell Hausfeld says that the FP2040 "Quite" Model is %50 less noisy than the comparable FP2048 model. The two compressors look very similar.

I use an Iwata silent compressor. It works extremely well but it is a bit pricey. (251 at dixieart) It come with a built in reuglator and moisture trap though, so it is well worth it I think.

I have the 2040 not the 2048. If the 2048 is twice as loud as mine, I certainly wouldn't consider it quiet. The question is, do you need it to be quiet? If it hadn't died on me, I'd still be using a super loud comrpessor from harbourfreight.com

I have a similar compressor to the one you are talking about, and unless you have young children or a wife sensitive to noise in the house I really don't think it will be a problem (unless you live in an apartment... wouldn't wanna chance it)

My wife doesn't even hear notice mine when I am working and she is in the living room... With the 2 gal tank it doesn't come on real often or stay on for long... if you model near a garage get a 50ft or so hose and put the compressor outside.. run it into your modeling area and put a regulator mounted to your desk to adjust the pressures there... (along with a moisture trap) Then you wouldn't have to hear it hardly at all!

Good luck!

Well, it's a combination of both. (You should know you need to keep the wife happy!) Plus, we are planning on having a baby soon, so I don't want to have to spend MORE money down the road. I have a small diaphragm compressor now and, frankly, it gets annoyingly loud when I'm airbrushing. I'm thinking of getting the Campbell Hausfeld, and putting it in a far corner, and running a 50 ft hose into my shop. Maybe building a sound dampening enclosure for it as well.

Renting a CO2 tank and gauges from a welding supply is also another alternative.

Mike