Compressor Requirements for Drills + Die Grinders
What sort of spec is required to run drills and die grinders properly? I'm always baffled by this, I currently have a 'hobby' clark
hunter, 50L, 2.5hp, 8bar, 8.7CFM. Not a bad spec really, but its absolutely sh*te at running air drills or die grinders (tbh never bought it for that,
it was for spraying which it does fine, but as always you end up wanting more).
But if you read the spec for your average air drill they're in the 6-7CFM range. So what am I missing? PSI's? 'Free Air'?
I have the chance of one of these units 2nd hand (price yet to be negotiated):
Clark SEV11C
But I dont want to bother if I'm just going to be disappointed again (no point replacing what I've got with something thats still not man
enough). 2hp seems low, but 9CFM is slightly better and its 10bar. Also, will it be quieter being belt driven?
So really, what makes a good compressor?
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