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.

"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.

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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.

"James" wrote in message
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"Doki" wrote in message
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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.






Forgot to add: Found this on my travels
http://www.omegawolf.co.uk/powercraft/ the 270 turns out to be 9.5CFM so
pretty good.

James wrote:
"Doki" wrote in message
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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.

James wrote:

Forgot to add: Found this on my travels
http://www.omegawolf.co.uk/powercraft/ the 270 turns out to be 9.5CFM
so pretty good.


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wolf-Sioux-II-...2em118Q2el1247

Same thing, different kit of parts...

On Mon, 05 May 2008 22:12:40 +0100, James wrote:

Forgot to add: Found this on my travels
http://www.omegawolf.co.uk/powercraft/ the 270 turns out to be 9.5CFM so
pretty good.

Did you know Google can do all that sort of thing for you?

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=270...cubic+feet+per
+minute

answer:
270 (litres per minute) = 9.53496001 (cubic feet) per minute