Thoughts on this air compressor?

I purchased brand new a clisby compressor.... ripper bloody thing, aussie made receiver, aussie made 3hp motor, aussie made Vtwin compressor. It's had some seriously heavy use over the years.... and I've never had to do anything other than the occasional oil change. It's never even had the compressor belt tightened. I've had it for nearly 20years now (gee's how old am I getting :eek: ). It's the 16CFM clisby compressor though. Just over 13amps running though (so considerably more on startup).

That one will run the old time syphon feed spray guns. Go the old Star S70 :cool: If that compressor runs without any nasty noises, I'd grab it.

seeya,
Shane L.

Purchased. At a discount price too. ;)

It doesn't appear to have a pressure regulator on it. Do I only need one of those for spraying?

Also what's the most standard type of connectors? I know there's Nitto, but mine has a different (smaller) connector on it. While I'm starting from scratch I might as well go the most common.... Thoughts?

Well done. :). You will need a pressure reg and water trap to paint with, but that can wait if you only want to use it for other stuff at the moment.

The connector sets from Super cheap are quite well priced, but they aren't great quality, but will get you out of trouble.:)

These are the ones you want - much better flow than the smaller brass type.

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Originally Posted by bacicat

Well done. :). You will need a pressure reg and water trap to paint with, but that can wait if you only want to use it for other stuff at the moment.

The connector sets from Super cheap are quite well priced, but they aren't great quality, but will get you out of trouble.:)

These are the ones you want - much better flow than the smaller brass type.

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Cool, thanks.

I went to Bunnings on the way home with the compressor in the back to buy some tools... :D But decided to bail since I had to choose between connector types and the selection there was terrible after being in Total Tools a few days ago! The only brand of air gun and tyre gun they had was "project air". Bunnings brand I think?

That photo loos like what I'm calling "nitto". If that's the way to go, I'll change the outlet socket on the compressor from the small brass type to that.

The guy gave me a new water trap that he never fitted, so I have that. I'll just need to get a pressure regulator if I ever want to do spraying. :)

Nitto fittings are the most common these days as they are copied by all and sundry, I would suggest getting a Reg straight up as you will avoid short cycling which is a problem I see often, also quite a lot of air tools do not need to be run at full tank pressure

Don't be too concerned about the capacity for now ... If you find you don't have enough air to run a specific tool, you can just daisy chain a second lower capacity compressor in there :)

seeya
Shane L.

I prefer Ryco fittings. . Better flow

Ah yes, I remember this thread. :D

Compressor has had a few cycles now and it's great. I'm actually impressed how short the run cycle is. Runs for hardly any time. Can't remember what the pressure switch is set to now though.

I have changed the compressor outlet to Nitto type and bought an air gun and tyre thing. I asked the guy at Total Tools about the benefits of each fitting and he said comments about one being for flow and different brands being better quality is mostly all rubbish. Nitto is currently the most common, but outside of that there are really no benefits either way.

Cheers all.