/diy/ - Do It Yourself

buy an air nozzle and stick it in your ass and clean out your colon

>>1524325
leave it in your garage for now and sell it to someone in a year or two on craigslist for 10% of what you paid

The real question is how can anyone live without one desu

The real question is how can anyone live without one desu

desu

>>1524325
Get a blowgun and randomly scare people

General purpose shop air hose - Filling tyres, spray gunning, cleaning parts.

What else?

>>1524364
How about an air ratchet attachment to tighten your cars lug nuts so much, that nobody can steal your wheels?

>>1524325
Buy a nail gun, and build a shed.

>>1524374
Why is hammering nails better than drilling woodscrews?

>>1524390
Can you use a compressor to do that?

>>1524325
>to use it on.

>>1524390
>Why is hammering nails better than drilling woodscrews?

100x faster

>>1524325
Here's a few of the tools I use for my air compressor.

1. HVLP spray gun. I've only used this once to paint/prime a boat I rebuilt. It works ok, but it's a pain to clean each time. Don't use it when it's hot outside, the paint gets all bumpy. If you have to paint when it's hot, rig up a spot in your garage to paint. Make a small "room" inside your garage from some plastic sheets for walls to keep the over spray from getting everywhere. All in all it put some paint on, so can't complain.

2. Blowgun. I'm using this more and more lately. It's an easy clean up when I'm wood working and need to blow off saw dust, or I can blow off the garage floor if I need a clean space to work. I'd definitely recommend this one.

3. Tire gauge. I bought the Hazard Frought one and traded a 60psi pool gauge I found at Lowes. The HF gauge does about 200 psi so it's hard to see. The Lowes gauge goes up to 60 psi and I've never needed to inflate a tire more than that. My cars only use 32 and 30 psi and my bike only needs 50 psi so it's much easier to get an accurate reading.

4. Spot Blaster. I'll never wire wheel again, I absolutely love my mini sand blaster. I even built a small diy sand blasting cabinet from a large clear Tupperware thing. $4 for a 50lb bag of play sand and you're ready to go. I even reuse the sand by filtering it through a window screen into a 5 gallon bucket. When you're done sweep up as much as you can and blow the rest into the yard, no harm no foul.

5. Impact wrench. I don't use this as much as I thought I would, mainly just breaking loose lug nuts when I'm rotating the tires. Though it may come in handy one day when I need to change a CV axle or something.

6. 18 gauge brad nailer. I use this more than I though I would. Shimmed some blocks under a small firewood rack I built to elevate the height and secured them in place with this. Also built a small rolling cabinet and secured the walls with brads to make it look nice. Very satisfying to use.

>>1524390
Nails have better strength for hanging (not joining)

Nails areklamento better in shear. Screws areklamento better in tension. Structural screws are better at both Andre are the only thing worth using For a permanent structure

>>1524356
That was pretty awesome anon

>>1524390
Shear strength, speed and ease of assembly/disassembly, cheaper.

>>1524391
Yes, look up scrails.

>>1524325

>I BOUGHT SOMETHING WITH ABSOLUTELY NO THOUGHT IF I REALLY NEED IT OR HAVE ANY USE FOR IT WHATSOEVER AND NOW I WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO TELL ME WHAT I SHOULD DO WITH SOMETHING I BOUGHT THAT I DONT NEED!

>>1524639
Gotta start somewhere

>>1524642

posting on /DIY/ for ideas to do with something you bought isnt the place to start... thats what google is for.

>>1524570
Wut compressor you using to run that mini sand blaster?

>>1524325
Def moving to Nashville. Rich mommy moneybags going to pay for it. Need building design for cnc machinery and living space.

>>1524329
>leave it in your garage for now and sell it to someone in a year or two on craigslist for 10% of what you paid

too real

>>1524325
I use mine to compress air

>>1524325
Pneumatic dildo apparatus

>there's a guy rich enough to buy a compressor for no reason whatsoever
Wow.

>>1524742
it's called not living in the USA

>>1524325
Buy a "cheetah seater" or generic variant, fill it and use it to give your dog or friend a heart attack

>>1524742
>rich
Nah, often times it is simply poor impulse control and terrible money management. That’s my excuse.

>>1524742
>rich is having a whopping 50-200 bucks not reserved for warding off imminent starvation or debt collectors

I'm hilariously poor and even I can spare some pity for you.

>>1524327
dear anon, you read my mind. opened the thread to post this.

5/5

>>1524570
>$4 for a 50lb bag of play sand and you're ready to go

have you ever heard of silicosis you absolute retard

ALWAYS use sand blasting media unless you enjoy slowly suffocating in a few years

How can you live without an air compressor is my thoughts

>>1524371
I just use lock tight and JEB weld

>>1524835
great minds think alike

>>1524837
>not using respirator doing anything dusty

>>1525300
>great minds think alike
delusional

>>1524325
Put air in your asshole and post pics

>>1524371
What happens if your tire gets a flat

>>1524645
>Post and discuss /diy/ projects, ask questions regarding /diy/ topics and exchange ideas and techniques.

I think asking how to use a tool falls right under what the sticky says.

Use it to clean the crumbs out of your keyboard. Or to clean air vents, vacuum cleaners and dryer vents.

>>1525856
use the compressor to fill it back up

Clean the dust out of your desktop PC man, works like a charm!!

>>1526659
Use a vaccuum instead. Compressed air tends to blow the Cheeto crumbs fucking everywhere, meanwhile a vaccuum will collect them in a small receptacle so you can save them for a snack later.

>>1525879
>FIRST ASK GOOGLE, THEN ASK /diy/
And he's not asking how to use it, he's asking what it can be used for. Not a rare, specialist and difficult to use machine, a fucking HF-grade air compressor.

>>1526674
Vacuums don't work anywhere near as well, just take everything outside for cleaning.

>>1524358
that is not osha complient

>>1525856
Buy a new car. Poor you poor people.

>>1526674
Yeah using a vacuum will get you nowhere with dust in a PC case. You definitely need pressurized air. It'll look like your PC's on fire with the amount of dust that will be blown off...

>>1526851
>>1526787
But what about the Cheetos?

>>1526853
Ah yes... Always the Cheetos

>>1524837
Children literally play in sandboxes you idiot, that's why they sell it. It's no different than the wind blowing sand around. Just wear a dust mask and you'll be fine. Don't fall for the expensive blasting-media meme unless you're working on delicate parts.

>>1524661
Running a 30 gallon Husky, I blast bigger stuff on my driveway. I throw a tarp around the trash and recycle bins and that catches most of the sand. Fill up my 5 gallon bucket about half way with play sand and by the time its empty the tank is getting too low to really do any good. I stop to sweep up the sand and filter it through a window screen so I can reuse it, and by the time I'm done the tank is full again. I'd recommend 30 gallon minimum for sand blasting if you have a lot to cover and don't want to waste time.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-30-Gal-175-PSI-High-Performance-Quiet-Portable-Electric-Air-Compressor-C303H/206532808

>>1527147
That’s exactly what I have been thinking about. Not a bad price at all for $309 and those Husky compressors don’t get too many complaint. It’s like $50-$100 more than a HF compressor of that size, and you’re getting 175psi compared to 125psi in the HF models, plus a real 2 year warranty instead of 90 days. Almost every electronic thing from HF isn’t a bargain when you factor in the terrible warranty and the cost of an extended plan which you will likely need if you use the thing at all.

>>1527167
The pressure is really kinda pointless when most things are only supposed to be used up to 90psi. Even tire inflators rarely go over that except the more expensive ones for truck tires and such

>>1527182
It’s not about the pressure coming out of the regulator, but the fact that you technically have a bigger capacity of air stored when the tank is at 175psi instead of 125psi.

If you’re running an impact gun kinda hard at 100psi, the HF compressor is going to drop under 100psi and lose power long before the Husky will.

>>1527185
I wonder how much more 10 gallons would matter? I have the 20 gallon version and it can't really keep up with a die grinder. Wasn't running it constantly, either.

>>1524738
You could automate it for some real fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCLzLGYD8jI

>>1527191
Look at CFM... and duty cycle is importand because you’re going to burn out cheap motors running it right at the limit.

I don’t even know. I’m sort of in the market. I don’t need anything huge, but I want something that will run a strong 1/2” impact and would be fine with a sander or polisher or grinder for weekend warrior use. 20-30gal seems to be a good range for that provided it’s not a cheap ass 125psi model only pumping out 2.5CFM @ 90psi. Looking at tools and ratings, it looks like a decent 30gal with 6.0CFM+ @ 90psi with a good duty cycle will run anything I could want in my garage provided I don’t open up a body shop.

>>1527191
Die grinders need a lot of air. Things like impacts, hammers, ratchets etc are generally used in short bursts so even small compressors can run them. Paint guns, sand blaster, grinders etc are generally run for several minutes so they need far more.

>>1527185
Yeah but no one is running an impact continuously. Higher pressure also means you drain the ya k that much faster. Of course if you actually set the thing to 90 like you’re supposed to it’s fine but I don’t know anyone that doesn’t jack it up especially for stubborn bolts. You also have the consider line length

>>1527244
Meh, I know I could run an impact off a 6gal if I wanted to, but I don’t want the thing struggling by the time I get to the 4th lugnut on my car. And if the pressure is set correctly, even if they’re both cranked up high, the 175psi compressor has more air in it than the 125psi model.

I need to get something soon though. Even if it’s a little 6gal pancake, I need it for airing up tires and blowing shit out. I don’t want to spend $100 on a 6gal and then realize a couple months later that I could’ve gotten a 20gal for only $100 more.

I’m not gonna lie though, pic related has been tempting me for like a year. Even if I ended up getting a 30gal+ in the future, I could still run the 8gal for small shit if it’s not quite as obnoxiously loud. 150psi and oiled so I believe this HF model is a little higher quality than the Central Pneumatic ones.

>>1527243
Painting is one of those things people fuck up on and don’t go big enough. And other anon talking about sand blasting in his driveway, that seemed fun.

>>1527264
i have an 8, 30, 10(gas) and 60 and they are all pretty much just as loud. all are more then capable of running an impact well enough for lug nuts and other smaller jobs. tank size also doesn't mean much if the motor can't keep up. sure you can hold that much air in reserve but if it takes the compressor 10 min or more to actually refill it can be shitty. actually things that take a lot of air like painting, sand blasting and air guns i usually pull out the gas compressor because that engine can run any tool non stop all day every day

30 is actually an area that tends to have good reserve but with a really shitty motor. sure it'll get the job done but with higher use tools you end up waiting a lot. my 8 gallon can actually keep up better then the 30 simply because it has a bigger motor. when looking at compressors you need to look for the motor specs and not the overall specs as that bigger tank capacity lets them use some bull shit numbers when the motor isn't actually capable of putting anywhere near the specs. it's kinda like generators where they say it's 11,000W but really it can only continuously put out 8000W

>>1527289
That’s why I was thinkin in the 30gal range, you’re much better off spending the extra $100 to get something that will run 7-8CFM @ 90psi instead of the HF Special for $175 that is pushing 4.0CFM

>>1527182
The pressure rating makes a huge difference becuase you can run things for longer. If you have two 30 gallon tanks and one is rated to hold 175psi and ones is rated to hold 125psi, that means you have the same 30 gallon metal cylinder but one tank will hold more air than the other because you can compress more into it. To see how that makes a difference, when I run my sand blaster I set it for 100 psi. I start with 175psi in the tank and I have 75psi to use up before I fall below 100psi. If my tank was rated for 125psi then I would only have 25psi extra before I dropped below 100psi. So because my tank can start with 175psi of air in it, I can run things longer before needing to refill the tank up again.

>>1529244
Forgot pic, I have a little under 175psi in the tank right now (on the left) and on the right I can set my tool for whatever I need. So basically I start with more air in the tank than a compressor rated for only 125 psi

>>1527451
Most 30gal compressors are rated for around 5-6CFM. Plenty for most air tools but again they use the tank to screw the specs. The motor itself is usually good for maybe half of that, maybe less once you factor in the duty cycle. Either way any decent 30gal is gonna be just fine for someone fucking around in a garage just don’t expect to do much painting, sanding or anything else that needs to run for more then a few min.

>>1529244
You’re doing it wrong

>>1529295
No I'm not, see >>1529255

>>1527264
4th lug nut?
try the first lug nut
besides real men use 4 ways

>>1529393
Ew gross. I’ll stick with my electric for now until I get a 30gal compressor.

And fuck 4 ways. I used a breaker bar before I realized how great impacts were, but now it’s nice not having to crack the nuts on the ground, jack it up, then finish taking off the wheel. So much faster taking it off and putting it back on while the car is in the air.

>>1524364
>What else?
I used mine to cut cultured marble tiles for a shower with an air cut off tool and silicon carbide disks. It's cold and I didn't want to deal with putting antifreeze in water to use a wet saw.

>>1524325
>FERM
Based OP supports glorious Dutch economy

HF just put out these new compressors- 1gal and 2gal. What the fuck is the point of a 1gal compressor? I can’t think of anything besides cleaning cheetoh crumbs out of your keyboard and airbrushing the smallest miniature figurines. Even that shitty 3gal I got has to recharge a bunch to fill up SUV tires.

>>1527140
jesus

>>1532751
brad nailer, stapler. that's about it.

>>1532761
Man, even a brad nailer seems like a little much. And for staples, possibly small gauge, but with upholstry and shit you always need to slam a couple dozen staples at a time.

Seriously it seems like very small hobby airbushing at <40psi would be the only thing it could handle.

>>1532751
You don’t need a huge tank if the motor has high output with a 100% duty cycle. That one of course has neither and is just junk. Really only useful for someone that just needs to air up a tire occasionally

>>1532751
I went to HF and they had the 2 gallon on demo. I've never heard a compressor that quite before. People were talking normally right next to it and they could hear each other fine. I was a few isles over and barley heard a slight humming sound. You gotta remember not everyone is a DIY guru, but people still need to do basic stuff like airing up tires, balls, etc. If you like air brushing you don't need a 30 gallon compressor so this thing would be excellent, especially because it's so quite you can use it indoors. Also good for trim nailing, stapling, blowing off debris, etc. Plus it's portable so you can store it in a cabinet or whatever when you're done with it. I don't personally have a use for it, but I can see how it belongs in the air compressor lineup.

>>1532772
Kek, this was what I was thinking.

>>1532864
So it’s an aquarium aerator hooked up to a tiny tank? Like I said, even that 3gal I bought has to start charging up again after a couple bursts with the little blow gun, and it needed to run quite a bit to put 10psi in some SUV tires (not even giant bro truck tires) and the one I got is 125psi while that HF is only 100psi.

Fuck me, I want to go buy a 30gal right now and a hose reel so I can mount that shit in my attic above the garage and have the reel hanging on the cieling. I’m still kinda regretting not buying a strong 6gal or 8gal, but then after buying that, I would regret not spending another $80 for the 18gal, and then another $100 on top of that for a powerful 30gal.