Originally Posted by
Rich Aldrich
Thank you for the responses and recommendations I can probably get by with the framing nailer with the Rolair JC-10. It’s not like I am a professional carpenter so I tend to go slower on the big projects. The other compressor I was considering is the Makita MAC700 but it is oil lubed. Does anyone have experience with oil lubed instead of dry. I could see issues if there is oil carryover.
In a perfect world oil is better than oil less in my opinion.
We use the MAC700's at work, and believe me, they're robust little buggers. We'll have 10-12 of them paralleled for work inside the reactor coolant pump loops of a nuclear power plant. 240vac is not a common voltage in a power plant, so I can't just get a single, bigger, roll around unit, but 120vac is everywhere, and usually we have to carry these up a few levels of staging and set them up That's why there are so many of them. I have 3 phase 480vac also, but air compressors in that size stop being "rollable" for humans.
I also have a JC-10 to run a 3500psig hydraulic hydro test rig inside the coolant loops. Most normal people will never abuse a small air compressor at home, like I do at work.
Carryover shouldn't be an issue. Most pneumatic nailers need to be oiled to run.
If you need cleaner air for finishing, you'll need to install a coalescing filter on the output to collect any oil mist/moisture carryover.
The MAC is a nice unit. You certainly won't go wrong with one.
Last edited by Mike Cutler; 10-31-2019 at 1:29 PM.
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