That compressor should run some small air tools just fine. Just don't expect great performance out of something like a d/a sander which consume a lot of air. It'll run it, but will suck the tank dry pretty quick. Air saws are great at cutting sheet metal. So quick.

I use a jig saw. Noisy as hell but it gets the job done. Sometimes, I'll just make relief cuts in a radial pattern and then just bend the metal tabs that are created from the relief cuts back and forth until they snap off. Yeah kinda ghetto but in a pinch it works.

 

Ross, one spec on that compressor isn't mentioned, cuft/min (cfm).
I remember seeing a chart at HD or ? that listed the different tools cfm requirements and then the different sizes of comps and their cfm output.
It might be online at CH or CP (Chicago Pnumatics, are they still around?).

 

Thanks for the info, and thanks to Paul and Chad also! Just brainstorming, for my shop that I might one day have......

 

Electric nibbler..............

 

nibblers rule
cutting a circle with a cuttoff wheel is difficult
air saws and jig saws are good until the blade breaks do a tap dance across your panel

 

Thanks for the info!

 

Cool thanks!