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- From: (Eric Youngblood)
- Subject: Re: Compressors & Air Tools
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.120003.19268@bnr.ca>
- Sender: news@bnr.ca (News on crchh327)
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- Reply-To: Peon w/o Email priv (Eric Youngblood)
- Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Richardson, Tx
- References: <1992Jul20.153457.20046@cbfsb.cb.att.com> <1992Jul20.182720.26606@bnr.ca> <1992Jul21.201325.2308@adobe.com> <6275@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 12:00:03 GMT
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- In article <6275@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM>, dhuard@tekig6.PEN.TEK.COM (Douglas R Huard) writes:
- |>
- |> My two cents worth:
- |>
- |> I recently bought the same compressor (Craftsman 3.5 HP 25 gal). I agree that
- |> it is a high quality unit - I've used mine quite a bit since I bought it, and
- |> haven't had any problems other than trying to run it off of an extension cord.
- |> Yea, that's my fault though, should've known better..
- |>
-
- What rating did the cord have and how long was it? 120V @ 15A would probably
- require at least 12ga and <=25 ft. Maybe even a 10 ga to be sure.
-
- |> Back to my point: Even though Sears is generally NOT one of my favorite
- |> places to shop, they do sell pretty good tools, both hand tools and power
- |> tools - I own probably thousands of dollars worth of Craftsman stuff that I
- |> seem to beat the hell out of every weekend, and never have had a single problem.
- |> I'm not claiming that they are better then Snap-On, etc., but I'm happy with
- |> my Craftsman stuff...
- |>
-
- Yeah, I have beat the s*** out of mine and on the occasion that I was able break
- a ratchet drive (I used a 16 lb persuader on a 3/8 drive, pretty dumb eh?)
- I wasnt even able to start explaining before the salesperson had
- handed me a brand new one as replacement. You cant beat that for standing behind
- the product.
-
- $0.02
- Ericy
-