Compressors: Which one do you own, or have experience with?

I found myself with a TSS, AA S410, and a Sportsman HV and only an
aluminum 80 SCUBA tank for which to fill them. It became clear to me
that I needed to invest in a compressor.

I searched around and found Mr. Jim Shelden out of Wichita, Kansas. He
has built compressors for several TAG maembers.

http://sheldensportinggoods.com/

I have add this link to Tom Kaye’s Shoebox Compressor site:

http://www.shoeboxcompressor.com/

After several conversations with Mr. Shelden I found myself purchasing a
Hamworthy 5.2 CFM compressor that is driven with a 230 volt, 13amp,
5HP, 1.15 service duty motor. It will fill an 86 cubic foot tank from empty to full at 4500psi in
20 minutes. It will take the same bottle from 3000psi to 4500psi in just 9
minutes. This was definitely what I needed to properly pursue my
addiction/hobby, (hi, my name is Steve 😉 …hi steve).

Mr. Shelden is a pleasure to deal with. He is knowledgable and
experienced with high pressure compressors. He has been building them
for many years. When you buy a Shelden compressor, you are also
getting one of those handshake warranties that can’t be beat. If I have a
question, he’s happy to hear from me. If something goes wrong he says
that he will back it up. I didn’t pin him down on this, but I got the distinct
impression that I could contact him indefinitely, as the original owner.

My compressor came with two sets of complete instructions plus
numerous tags hanging from important places with reminders of what
various thing did. He was also happy to talk me through the initial start-
up.

Here are some pictures of my compressor 😀 (No Mr. Shelden, I don’t
run it on the furniture dolly; that’s just so I can move it around).

I tried to right this pic, but it didn’t work:

This is a picture of my fill whip parts. I can fill SCBA tanks, SCUBA tanks,
and airguns directly if I so choose.

Recently I posted about tuning my new .25cal. Marauder. While adjusting
the metering screw, I degassed between every adjustment so as not to
be trying to turn that little brass screw against several thousand pounds
of pressure. My compressor allowed me to waste air like Congress
wastes money 😉

DH; I’m sure that you will notice my Mustang Convertible in the
background. I will apologize ahead of time for driving such a POS as you
have referred to them in the past. 😉