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what air compressor do you guys use?

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#1 Post by VermilionX » Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:55 am

im kinda getting tired of going to a gas station and spend .50 cents each time i check or adjust my tire psi.

i saw a craftsman 12v air compressor. do you guys think it's good enough?

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http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product. ... Cookie=Yes
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#2 Post by The Grinch » Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:58 am

That's plenty good enough for motorcycle tires. Even a bicycle pump is good enough.
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#3 Post by Big B » Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:59 am

The Grinch wrote:That's plenty good enough for motorcycle tires. Even a bicycle pump is good enough.
+1 i even keep a little bike pump in my saddlebags in case of emergency
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#4 Post by CNF2002 » Wed Jun 28, 2006 7:56 am

Mine looks like this...

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#5 Post by Sev » Wed Jun 28, 2006 7:59 am

Bigger is better!
Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.

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#6 Post by dieziege » Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:04 am

It's like... well... why would you get a 500 when you can have a 1000? Why an amp that can go up to 10 when another goes to 11?
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#7 Post by TechTMW » Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:21 am

Unless you plan on using pneumatic tools or painting, smaller is fine.

I've been using a bike pump here in italy because I left my compressor in the states.
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#8 Post by Kaiser Soze » Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:23 am

I used to have a 120 volt compressor, which was way more than I needed, but it looked so cool and the extra power made me really feel manly, so I figured what the hell, I'll just pump slowly while I'm learning.

But the damn thing got stolen, and I decided to go with something smaller, so I grabbed a 12 volt model. It's good, but I miss that extra oomph the 120 volt one gave me.

I'm going to get a TRE installed in it as soon as my mechanic is done putting the stickers on the sides.
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#9 Post by bok » Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:24 am

Why an amp that can go up to 10 when another goes to 11?
Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?.....Nowhere!
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#10 Post by VermilionX » Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:35 am

:laughing:

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