James wrote:
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"James" wrote in message
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Hi mate,

I was just browsing air compressors out of curisity and found
http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/58_5174.htm just wondering
what you think and if it would conformtable power spray guns and
mini ones ? Couldn't see the cfm rating though.

Don't worry not shelling out on one, still sticking with aerosoles
for this project just wondering.

I've got that exact machine in my shed. There's an equivalent figure
- 270 litres per min. If I recall correctly, that's about equivalent
to 8.5cfm (cubic feet a minute), so yes, it'd run a spraygun for
small jobs. I'd not use it to spray a car, but I'd be happy to do a
bumper or a door with it. The spraygun that comes with it looks just
about OK for use as a primer gun, which is a bonus. IIRC my
Devilbiss is rated as using about 14CFM, but in practice it never
uses that, as you probably only have the trigger depressed about 70%
of the time, and if you're only doing small panels you'll only do a
few swipes and then you're waiting for the paint to flash off.

As I said before, the same kit is sold by wolf air for around £100.
It's certainly much better value than the cheap machine mart
compressors.

Ahhh I see, I couldn't see what the 270 figure mean;t. Looks good and
has a bit of kit with it which is nice. If aldi start that offer up
again I might snag one up for the future, might be handy and not a
kings ransom.
I had a look on the machine mart website at
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/pr...th/airmaster-2
which looked good. Which is £94.33 with delivery.

I had a very similar one. It melted its switch contacts - I assume it
knackered itself (seizing a bit therefore overloading it's motor therefore
dragging too much current and overloading the switch?) as I subjected it to
a pretty heavy duty cycle running breathing gear, but I'd avoid oil free
designs wherever possible. You need a oil / water trap and regulator no
matter what compressor you're using IMO. The aldi one has a proper sump full
of oil that you can change.

If you have time to hang around to buy a compressor, it may be worth seeing
if you can pick up an old belt driven compressor - they're normally
effectively 2 cyclinder v engines with two different cylinder sizes, and
because they run at low RPM they last forever. And because they're tatty
rather than shiney new, you might get a cheap one.