Title: My first day with all my new tools
Post by: davet426 on December 09, 2006, 07:09:54 pm
Finished getting everything Friday, except a few odds and ends this morning. Wired my compressor fired it up, shut it off, wouldn't start up again. After going thru everything I found one of the spring loaded contacts in side the switch had come apart. The end of my new tool day! 
Kudo's to Lowes who said they would bring me out a new one tomorrow morning and take this one back!
ahhhh... Another new tool day begins...
Kudo's to Lowes who said they would bring me out a new one tomorrow morning and take this one back!
ahhhh... Another new tool day begins...
Title: My first day with all my new tools
Post by: sodaworks on December 09, 2006, 08:04:12 pm
Lowe's is pretty good about their stuff. After all my driver and theirs, Jimmie Johnson just won the nextel cup. Sorry thats another story. I bought my comp. from Lowe's as well. I have a Porter cable 8 h.p. 80 gallon tank. Which comp. did you buy?
Title: My first day with all my new tools
Post by: davet426 on December 09, 2006, 09:22:25 pm
Kobalt 7 hp 60 gallon. It was a bummer I really wanted to get started on some stuff. All in all I was really lucky there was only one double left in my breaker box. Imagine all that money on air tools and a compressor if I couldn't of hooked up easily... I know the first thing to check in the future!
Title: My first day with all my new tools
Post by: Jim on December 10, 2006, 08:06:36 am
Dave,
You could always replace some of the current breakers with a smaller style to gain additional space...
Sorry to hear about the delays...
You could always replace some of the current breakers with a smaller style to gain additional space...
Sorry to hear about the delays...
Title: My first day with all my new tools
Post by: sodaworks on December 10, 2006, 08:09:34 pm
Dave,
Now you just need to get one of these to go with your other tools.
Now you just need to get one of these to go with your other tools.
Title: My first day with all my new tools
Post by: davet426 on December 10, 2006, 08:29:44 pm
Don't tempt me! I almost grabbed one at Harbor Freight when I picked up my pressurized unit. Soon, I will have it all (but as the wife say "not real soon"). I bought those 4 VF90's off E-bay, she told me I am done for until she sees them done. 
. They just don't understand... 
. They just don't understand... Title: My first day with all my new tools
Post by: sodaworks on December 10, 2006, 11:59:12 pm
(davet426 @ Dec. 10 2006,5:29)
QUOTE
I bought those 4 VF90's off E-bay, she told me I am done for until she sees them done.
Yeah Right!! Your already hooked. More to come.
Title: My first day with all my new tools
Post by: BrianB on December 11, 2006, 07:14:26 am
4 machines in one swoop....Nice! Yeah, a nice media blaster is the way to go. I bought a cheapy benchtop about 2 years ago and it still works ok.
I will at some point upgrade to something similar to your rig, Terry. I've had the opportunity to use a very nice industrial set-up and you can't beat them. Unless of course somebody else is doing the work for you FREE!
I will at some point upgrade to something similar to your rig, Terry. I've had the opportunity to use a very nice industrial set-up and you can't beat them. Unless of course somebody else is doing the work for you FREE!
Title: My first day with all my new tools
Post by: sodaworks on December 11, 2006, 12:20:54 pm
My advice to anyone looking to by one is to spend a little extra and go "Big". Mine will fit a front door to a 33. I wished I would have went a little bigger and bought one that would fit the front door of a 39, 81 etc. It's nice to be able to bead blast pretty much everything except the main cabinet on most machines. 