...for my fiancée's father. The guys have been doing all of the body work on my Mustang over the course of a couple of years. He refuses to take money (helluva nice guy), so instead, I've been buying him tools for his garage. I've been buying things like a sand blasting cabinet ($200), a nice 4000 lb jack ($140), etc. The focus isn't on the price of the items, but rather their usefulness vs. what I can afford.
Between what he already had and what I've bought him, he's pretty much good to go for tools and appliances now, with the exception of an air compressor. He has two old, smaller ones (~5-10 gallon, sideways style) that he has linked together for anything that requires a decent flow of air. He gets by with running just one for most things, but for some jobs he needs to fire up both.
To make a long story short, I'd like to get him something newer and nicer that can single-handedly replace both of his old compressors. My budget is around $200-250, and I can do up to $350 absolute max. Unfortunately, I don't know what the CFM, horsepower, or other specs are on the existing ones.
Any suggestions for something in that price range that should handle whatever you throw at it, or do you really need to go into the $400+, 2.0+ HP, and 40+ gallon models to get something powerful enough?
Thanks.
Between what he already had and what I've bought him, he's pretty much good to go for tools and appliances now, with the exception of an air compressor. He has two old, smaller ones (~5-10 gallon, sideways style) that he has linked together for anything that requires a decent flow of air. He gets by with running just one for most things, but for some jobs he needs to fire up both.
To make a long story short, I'd like to get him something newer and nicer that can single-handedly replace both of his old compressors. My budget is around $200-250, and I can do up to $350 absolute max. Unfortunately, I don't know what the CFM, horsepower, or other specs are on the existing ones.
Any suggestions for something in that price range that should handle whatever you throw at it, or do you really need to go into the $400+, 2.0+ HP, and 40+ gallon models to get something powerful enough?
Thanks.
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