[AT] OT Craftsman Compressor

[Robinson]

Andy Glines wrote:

> I'm hoping that someone else on ATIS has had the same issues with the 
> air compressor that they use to restore old iron.  I have a 6HP 
> craftsman 2 cylinder compressor.  This one is of the oilless design and 
> sits on top of a vertical tank.  In the last 6 months it has taken to 
> throwing rods and sometimes taking the sleeve with it.




	Gee Andy, maybe it wasn't supposed to be oilless...   :-)
	Is it direct drive or belt driven? If belt driven I would 
probably replace the compressor pump itself with a new one 
(with oil lubrication). I can't help it I'm old fashioned, I 
like oil.
	I have observed that my old Campbell-Hausfield compressor 
is slowing down a little now (so am I). It is 10 years old. 
It also has served well but I would never buy another one 
like it. I consider it my last direct drive compressor and 
the last one I will buy that can not be operated off of 
220V. I bought it for another shop in one of the businesses 
and at that time I needed one that would run on 110V. The 
motor is absolutely 110V only and by being direct drive can 
not be easily replaced with a generic 220V motor. I was 
thinking about replacing that compressor and putting it in 
another tool shed for airing tires there. I changed my mind 
and decided I would rather run an underground air line 
instead. Less to maintain and this compressor doesn't like 
starting at very low temperatures. Before somebody starts 
getting excited and  hollering about pressure drop in long 
lines I would mention that you don't need 125 pounds of 
pressure to inflate a farm tire.
	Maybe this fall I can find a round tuit and get my big 
compressor sat up the way I want. The small one (2 HP on 
about a 30 gal. tank) has been OK since I don't use a 
sandblaster but I hope to do some blasting next winter and 
it is too small for much of that. It does handle everything 
else fine including impact wrenches. Then again I tend to be 
more patient than a lot of guys. I refuse to work like one 
of those little bug eyed dogs that never quit dancing and 
always look like they are 30 seconds away from a stroke...  ;-)
	I did work in a computer center with a guy like that in the 
late 1960's. His constant barrage of hurried mistakes 
prompted a co-worker to comment that "that guy can rerun the 
same job six times faster than anybody I ever saw".   :-)

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Francis Robinson
Central Indiana USA
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