[encantotom]

i am trying to decide what air compressor to get for my new shop.

the 60-80 gallon vertical compressors are easy to find and relatively inexpensive.

but, i have a couple of buddies that have the horizontal ones and i really like that. one has a quincy.

i am going to pour a pad at the outside far corner of the shop and put the compresor outside. will likely make a shade screen or something to keep it out of the sun.

so the real question is.....how big of one do i need?

i may keep the coach plugged into it like they do at newell. i will run some air tools and they really take the cfm. but not very often.

do you guys have any recommendations? i am thinking a 5-7.5hp 240v singe phase with a pump that does from 15-20 cfm and a 50-80 gallon tank. but that is pretty broad price and size ranges.

i keep looking for a used commerical one but they are mostly all 3 phase.

thoughts?

tom