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Author Topic: My first day with all my new tools  (Read 4266 times)
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davet426
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« 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! ':angry:'

Kudo's to Lowes who said they would bring me out a new one tomorrow morning and take this one back! '<img'>

ahhhh... Another new tool day begins...
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« Reply #1 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?
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« Reply #2 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!
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« Reply #3 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...
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« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2006, 08:09:34 pm »

Dave,
 Now you just need to get one of these to go with your other tools.
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« Reply #5 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. '<img'> . They just don't understand... '<img'>



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« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2006, 11:59:12 pm »


(davet426 @ Dec. 10 2006,5:29)
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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.
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« Reply #7 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!
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« Reply #8 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. '<img'>
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