Would my porter cable pancake compressor be adequate?Thanks,Steve P.S. Max of 150 psi.
1188727
all about CFM. If you are using short term yes but if you are using long term problemly not because aircompressor want be able to keep up with output of air needed for tool. I went and bought larger and 5.2cfm rating for longer work time
1188728
it would be slow going you'd be waiting on the compressor most of the time but if you weren't in hurry you'd be OK.
1188729
The compressor has enough to run it. but ig you use it for any length of time you might run out of air.
1188730
no this tool requires a 30 gallon plus air compressor however is a very very good tool
1188731
I use the exact same one at times. You probably just don't want to do a lot of grinding.
1188732
It will run it for a short time. Then you will have to wait a min. While the compressor catch's up. But the tool is excellent
1658176
Any air compressor that will provide 100 PSI will work. The Porter Cable 'paddy pan' compressors, commonly carried in Home Depot & other big box stores are portable & reasonably priced.
1895050
90 PSI on the compressor will work well. Anything higher than your target inflation number will be fine.
1918903
I run mine @ 90 PSI. I use a Porter Cable pancake at home and a Senco PC1010 on the jobsite. The gun works great with either compressor.
983798
My employee is using mine with a pancake compressor at home, so I don't see why your compressor won't work.
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The small pancake compressors are intended for this type of use. You may want to consider investing in a larger compressor if you want to add higher demand tools like paint sprayers or impact wrenches in the future.
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I believe you could safely use the 20 amp rated sq D pressure switches, I am currently using one on 2 different compressors 1 is a 30 amp 240 vac 20 cfm unit the other is a 25 amp 240 vac 14 cfm unit. I think the worst that would happen you will burn the points out sooner (the origonials went 20 years and 11 years respectively).
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Great gun....ran 100's of nails through it on a shed project and not one jam. I have a Campbell-Hausfeld 4 gal 2 hp pancake compressor (bought at Sams several years ago), which has a max 140 psi. Depending on the softness of the wood and size of nail, I used in between 80-100 psi. Of course the gun has an adjustment on the front for depth, also. As with any gun, don't forget to give it a few drops of oil every once in a while. I recommend it. Phil Layne
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Yes it will. However because of the small volume/amount of compressed air in a pancake compressor your rate of nailing will be lower and your compressor will be running more often.
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Lisa, a two or 3 gallon pancake compressor will suit this gun fine. I'm currently using a 27 gallon,(my only compressor I own) and it's complete overkill. This gun doesn't use much air at all. Good like with your purchase David
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I have been using the porter Cable Fr350b with 2 1/4" & 3 1/2" nails mated to the Porter Cable Pancake compressor for a couple of months. This combination works great. I am using 80 psi with the 2 1/4" nails, & 95 psi with the 3 1/2" nails. Buy it! you will love it. Jim McIntosh
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Hi - Really, any compressor will do from a pancake to a double tank beast. The gun uses very little flow per cycle and operating pressure [more important] averages out to be about 110 psi for best results. If you cycle the gun very quickly a lower flow rate will tell but I doubt it will be important for your work. This is the best pin nailer I have used to date and has a multitude of uses for fine work and repairing such things as fractured clapboards and split furniture also ... molding goes up and the holes are just about nonexistent. Have fun with it - DB
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I have a 15 Gallon Porter Cable with 5.7 cuft @ 90 psi air delivery. That works but not at full speed.More would be better. So if you have less power than mine I think it will be frustrating !
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The pressure gauge used to both read the pressure, and set the maximum pressure, has a max setting of 150psi. The trip needle would probably make it cut out at 148ish. So in theory it should be capable of this pressure. FYI the compressor is fairly slow. I used it on a tire with 20 psi, it took about 3 minutes to fill it to 35 psi.
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I use a pancake compressor......I think it might be 3/4hp, and it works fine.
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A small compressor 2 or3 gal. like a pancake or emglo compressor. All you need is 60-65 PSI.
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I think the compressor is a little small. The psi is more than enough. I think you would have to wait for the compressor to refill before move on to another part of the job.