Quick Compressor Question

It depands on how much you want to do with your compressor and how much space you have.

The purpose of a storage tank is to allow the compressor motor to "cycle off" when it is full, allowing it to rest, and also allowing a larger volume to build up for large air consumption needs such as filling a car tire.

Facing the same decision myself, I opted for the simple $50.00 air brush compressor since I have small comressors for each of my car's tires as well as a minimum of space in my home for such things. I like how the Harbor Freight air brush compressor fits neatly into a little Igloo soft drink cooler I have, and I have not needed a spare tank with this compressor, as it seems to have more then adequate volume for my air brushes.

Hope this helps

Tom T

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Tom T

 

Yep, it helps!

I have read that another purpose of having the tank is that it "smoothes" out the air flow to the brush.  Supposedly pulses of air can come out of a compressor hooked direct to the airbrush and cause sputtering or perhaps splatters. (?)  Anyone have experience with this?

.I like how the Harbor Freight air brush compressor fits neatly into a little Igloo soft drink cooler I have

Do you do this just for storage or does it keep the noise down? Or is it for temp control?

Thanks,

Nate

 

NESX wrote:

Yep, it helps! I have read that another purpose of having the tank is that it "smoothes" out the air flow to the brush.  Supposedly pulses of air can come out of a compressor hooked direct to the airbrush and cause sputtering or perhaps splatters. (?)  Anyone have experience with this? .I like how the Harbor Freight air brush compressor fits neatly into a little Igloo soft drink cooler I have Do you do this just for storage or does it keep the noise down? Or is it for temp control? Thanks, Nate

Nate:

I use the cooler just for convenient storage, but also it keeps the unit free of nasty things between uses.

Personally, the pulses have not been an issue with me, but I use the inexpensive Harbor Freight dual-action air brush they used to have that was a Badger knock-off for $20.00 as well as their cheap external single-action external mixing unit for large areas, general priming, etc.

Just guessing, but I would think the pulses would be more of a problem if you were to seek to use the finer dual action brush "wide open" for a broad application, so that it would be more sensative to pressure pulses, where I find the external mixing single-action type suitible and easier to clean anyway.

At least that's my

  Tom T

I guess I'll add my own worth here... I too have the Harbor Freight A/B(single action, external mix) & Compressor and I have no problems with them (other than the A/b feels awkward in my hand) I just discovered o the bottom of the water filter/regulator there is a valve to adjust the air pressure I've had it awhile & never noticed it before! I was trying to figure out how to drain off the moisture from the filter & found the knob  befroe discovering the "valve stem"  release.
 By this time next week I'm hoping to have a Badger 175 hooked up to it