What did you do to your shop today?

[mclellan83]

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The real question I wanted answered when I heard they were bringing this back is Debbie Dunning gonna still be the tool girl?

 

[mclellan83]

And nothing like waiting until the last minute to get it back together before the rain came

 

[Texas82GP]

I need a better compressor. This thing won't keep up with the blast cabinet- very frustrating
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This is what we have, Ingersoll-Rand SS5L5. With the synthetic oil, it's rated for 100% duty cycle. It will definitely keep up but is about as big as single stage gets and can chug water if you don't mitigate it....

 

[fleming442]

This is what we have, Ingersoll-Rand SS5L5. With the synthetic oil, it's rated for 100% duty cycle. It will definitely keep up but is about as big as single stage gets and can chug water if you don't mitigate it....
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My neighbor mentioned oil weight. I think I have straight 50 Kendall GT1 in there. Maybe I should switch up to 5w-30 syn?

 

[Texas82GP]

My neighbor mentioned oil weight. I think I have straight 50 Kendall GT1 in there. Maybe I should switch up to 5w-30 syn?

I don't know if that would uprate your compressor's duty cycle or not. Our's is only rated for 100% duty cycle if we run this in it....

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/ingersoll-rand-all-season-select-oil-1-liter

No idea what the weight is but I doubt it is as heavy as 50 weight.

 

[Streetbu]

The real question I wanted answered when I heard they were bringing this back is Debbie Dunning gonna still be the tool girl?

Have you seen pics of her lately? Woof

 

[Texas82GP]

This is what we have, Ingersoll-Rand SS5L5. With the synthetic oil, it's rated for 100% duty cycle. It will definitely keep up but is about as big as single stage gets and can chug water if you don't mitigate it....
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Donovan doesn't like it though.

 

[Rktpwrd]

Donovan doesn't like it though.

Don’t take it personally Jared. I see a zillion different compressors in my day to day travels, and aren’t really impressed with Ingersoll Rand. They’re attractive to the hobbiest due to their price point, but they aren’t the greatest. That being said, their recip compressors are better than their screw compressors, total leak fest after a only a couple hundred hours. We joke around the shop that they come new with soaker pads for the inevitable as part of the warranty kit.
😅

 

[motorheadmike]

Had a stack of stickers and a blank canvas, so I tatted up my compressor that doesn't run yet because I need to upgrade the electrical coming into the house. Too many things draining money right now though, ugh, adulting sucks sometimes! At least my compressor will be more powerful lol...View attachment 161634

You need to overlap them. Embrace the chaos!

 

[motorheadmike]

Don’t take it personally Jared. I see a zillion different compressors in my day to day travels, and aren’t really impressed with Ingersoll Rand. They’re attractive to the hobbiest due to their price point, but they aren’t the greatest. That being said, their recip compressors are better than their screw compressors, total leak fest after a only a couple hundred hours. We joke around the shop that they come new with soaker pads for the inevitable as part of the warranty kit.
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My two-stage IR has lasted a decade. Eat it!

(Technically the motor (likely the capacitors) and intercooler pipe needed to be changed)