Decent price.... HVLP spraying only with that CFM
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I understand that but I have a small shop and well I wanted something a little bigger. I have a project coming up that will require me to use a 1/2 inch impact so I needed something a little bigger. Plus I know a few tricks I learned using HVLP sprayers so this will do in a pinch on small projects and I am not planning on lugging this around
I have a 6 gal porter cable pancake if I need to air up tires or use a nailer outside 
I just found mine didn’t help run anything better than my pancake compressor. Hopefully you’ll have better success .I understand that but I have a small shop and well I wanted something a little bigger. I have a project coming up that will require me to use a 1/2 inch impact so I needed something a little bigger. Plus I know a few tricks I learned using HVLP sprayers so this will do in a pinch on small projects and I am not planning on lugging this around
I now have 2 compressors. A DeWalt 20 gal and a small Canadian tire Mastercraft under my workbench. The small one is fine for the small (16ga,18ga,&23ga) nail guns and is OK for blowing air to clean stuff. For framing nailer and all other pneumatic tools I use the larger DeWalt. When I moved here 2 years ago I put my old Coleman 5HP 26Gal compressor in the trailer and tied it down with a ratchet strap. I was driving my motor home and my son was driving my car pulling the trailer. When he turned the corner onto the main road about a mile from our new home, the compressor fell out of the trailer and smashed everything ! all the fittings and gauges and it was in perfect condition. I guess I didn't tie it well so only myself to blame ! so I bought the DeWalt. It is not rated as quiet, but it's much quieter than the old Coleman and the small one is just as loud. That is why they sell ear protection !
the compressor fell out of the trailer and smashed everything ! all the fittings and gauges and it was in perfect condition. I guess I didn't tie it well so only myself to blame ! so I bought the DeWalt. It is not rated as quiet, but it's much quieter than the old Coleman and the small one is just as loud. That is why they sell ear protection !
What prompted me to build my compressor was the inability for either of my other small units to properly run any tool other than a stapler. Many of the specifications thrown around seem fantasy at best, I hope you are pleasantly surprised by your Kobalt. An impact gun does not work optimally at 90 psi btw, they need 125-150 psi in order to produce the combination of torque and hammering action to be effective. There is no small compressor anywhere at any price capable of doing this IMHO.
If I was to do my compressor build again, I would raise it higher and add an electric / remote water drain valve, and install it in my shed instead of in the garage. It is quieter than the old setup however, and doesn't run that often, now that I have the blow off valve adjusted to 140 psi.
Everything is piped in 1/2" iron, with water drains and multiple take offs and ball valves prior to the 6 outlets into the various hoses.
If I was to do my compressor build again, I would raise it higher and add an electric / remote water drain valve, and install it in my shed instead of in the garage. It is quieter than the old setup however, and doesn't run that often, now that I have the blow off valve adjusted to 140 psi.
Everything is piped in 1/2" iron, with water drains and multiple take offs and ball valves prior to the 6 outlets into the various hoses.
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