ShoeBox Exclusively for Filling Air Rifles Quickly??
All,
Is anyone interested in a ShoeBox Compressor that would be made to only fill small air rifle tanks from 0-3000 psi 7-8 minutes? I am thinking about doubling the RPM’s on a 3000 psi rated ShoeBox. This would put out twice as much air but only to 3k. Since the run time is only a few minutes and the pressure lower, it wouldn’t have time to overheat.
3k psi and short duration is much easier for the compressor to live with but that would limit you to guns only. Anyone game? Curious to hear your thoughts.
Tom Kaye
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SS, I’d be surprised if a cheap reg wanders more than a couple psi around a setting.
Don’t worry be happy 🙂
doesn’t matter as long as you don’t feed it over 100psi. at lower fill pressures, (75psi)) it just takes longer. i run mine set at a max of 95psi but when the feed compressor kicks on, the feed pressure will drop to about 60psi for a couple of minutes until pressure in the feed compressor tank climbs back up to its 135psi max.
Neither is bad for the ShoeBox. It just changes the fill time and the shut off pressure. If you don’t have a shop compressor believe me your better off spending 100-150 bucks because you will find lots of uses for it.
Tom Kaye
I have a 20 or 30 Gal. 155 Psi. compressor. My question was, is it worse for the shoebox if you feed it 75 or 95 (I’m assuming the regulator that came on my compressor is a cheapee and probably not the most accurate) For the life of the shoebox is it easier on it to feed it a lower or higher Psi. input?
The problem as someone has already mentioned is there will be people who burn it up trying to top off larger tanks.
I have had customers complain about a compressor they said only has a few hundred hours on it. The problem is they only run the compressor during paintball tournements and on those weekends they run it non stop daylight to dark Saturday and Sunday. Most people think 30 hours a month is not much and they would be right as long as it is not all in their monthly 2 day tournament.
Point is you will get some returns from people who use it outside what it is designed for.
Still I think there is a market for it and I am not going to compete in that market. My compressors are designed for heavier duty, higher pressure, breathing air use and with that I could not come close to competing on price. I say go for it and jus let them know clearly what the two different models are designed for before they order. Good Luck, Bruce
drop the ‘booster’ bullshit Bruce. leave that on the Yellow
I think you should do it. I believe there is a market for it and I know a little about compressors. Yours is actually a booster which is MUCH better than a hand pump type “Compressor” which are junk.
The problem as someone has already mentioned is there will be people who burn it up trying to top off larger tanks.
I have had customers complain about a compressor they said only has a few hundred hours on it. The problem is they only run the compressor during paintball tournements and on those weekends they run it non stop daylight to dark Saturday and Sunday. Most people think 30 hours a month is not much and they would be right as long as it is not all in their monthly 2 day tournament.
Point is you will get some returns from people who use it outside what it is designed for.
Still I think there is a market for it and I am not going to compete in that market. My compressors are designed for heavier duty, higher pressure, breathing air use and with that I could not come close to competing on price. I say go for it and jus let them know clearly what the two different models are designed for before they order. Good Luck, Bruce
Well you have to understand that for legal reasons we can only recommend the oil free. What you do is up to you.
Tom Kaye
Hi Tom. I got my Shoebox last Wed. I bought a Sears 2cfm @ 90psi 1 1/2 gal tank oil free compressor for it.
I have a 60 gal shop compressor also. I have a Norgren air filter and oil seperator and a Wilkerson rechargeable air dryer that I will install on the Shoebox’s input line. Could I use the shop compressor or should I stay with the oil free compressor?
Neither is bad for the ShoeBox. It just changes the fill time and the shut off pressure. If you don’t have a shop compressor believe me your better off spending 100-150 bucks because you will find lots of uses for it.
Tom Kaye
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Perfect for brad nailing, stapling, air brushing and all inflation needs
125 Max PSI
1.0 HP
3.0 SCFM @ 40 PSI 2.0 SCFM @ 90 PSI
3 Gallon Tank
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Tom how accurate does the 85 Psi. input feed need to be? I have a reg. that came on my unit (read, cheap) If you were going to be off ten Psi. and be feeding it 75 Psi or 95 Psi. Which one if worse for the shoebox?
The smaller one will turn on and off a lot. The bigger one will go longer before kicking on.
Tom Kaye
85 to 100psi output of around 1 or 2scfm
Better than pumpin’
Pardon my lack of knowledge but is scfm the same as CFM ❓
The $60 one at HF is rated at 0.6CFM at 90PSI
At $59.99 sale priced “3 Gallon, 100 PSI Oilless Pancake Air Compressor Item # 95275 Manufacturer: Central Pneumatic”, Air delivery: 0.6 CFM at 90 PSI, 1.0 CFM at 40 PSI.
OR should I get
the $119.99 sale priced “Professional 150 PSI, 1.5 Horsepower 6 Gallon Compressor Item # 68149 Manufacturer: Central Pneumatic”, Air delivery: 2.5 SCFM @ 90 PSI, 3.4 SFCM @ 40 PSI
Thanks for your help,
Edmund
I started using the “quiet” Honda generators in 1988. I used them for 13 years while I transitioned to solor power.
The first was a 4500 and at the time it was my only power, when it died, I tried a Motorhome model and built a enclosure for it, it was loud and obnoxious, so I traded it in for a 6500 model, I loved it, and it is still doing duty to this day 5 years after I sold the house.
It was an underground house with a 14 foot bank of windows 115 feet long facing south of course, the generator building was tethered to a remote and located north of the houses’north wall, but on top of 4 feet of dirt which was the roof covering.
The only way I could tell the generator was running was if the control panel was lit, or the 24 volt 150 amp charger’s cooling fans came on.
The 6500 has lasted quite a bit longer due to the fact that it only charges the battery bank when the sky is overcast and no solor gain can be obtained.
When you live that far out for solitude, it is nice to have a generator that is almost totally silent.
Roachcreek
Speaking of generators… I saw one of these a while back and it is so quiet that you don’t know it’s running 50ft away. You can have a normal conversation standing next to it. Your air compressor will make much more noise.
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Thanks Waltor.