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I primarily reload shotgun shells (28 & 410) but also load/reload rifle cartridges. My reloading room is basically a spare bedroom in my house that my wife allowed me to modify in to my "man cave". More and more I need a compressed air source to "blow out" things. The canned air just doesn't cut it. Any ideas on the smallest, least noisy compressed air source I could use indoors? "Never, ever, book a hunt with Jeri Booth or Detail Company Adventures" | ||
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I use a small Coleman. However quite it isn't As usual just my $.02 Paul K | |||
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I use this one for running small finish nailers. Not sure how much volume you need but if its just a blast of air here and there you would be fine. It is quiet. Worse case scenario if you need more volume you could hook up a cheap $20 5 gallon tank to it. https://www.amazon.com/Rolair-...ration/dp/B0058NRVMO Mac | |||
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A Airbrush compressor would work well. I use a small 20 pound twin cylinder version. You can talk over it with no problem. No compressor is really quite.An "on demand" switch would be the way to go. Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club NRA Endowment Member President NM MILSURPS | |||
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My air compressor sits in the garage. I ran a hose from the compressor to a hose reel in my workshop and I keep the air-hose from the reel with a nozzle hanging on my workbench when I'm reloading.   | |||
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I don't know just how much compressed air you would need in a reloading man cave but how about a scuba dive bottle. One of those will supply a lot of high pressure air and cheap enough to fill, far better than canned air. | |||
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Blowing stuff around the shop just moves it to someplace else, where it will be a problem later. I found a cheapie little hand held vac. that has a beater bar that can be turned on/off as well as a short hose that can be unplugged and used for suction. It is pretty noisy but it is great on the shot shell loading bench. It will pick up loose shot etc. and it is easily emptied, no disposable filter bag to fool with. I think it cost 25-30$? C.G.B. | |||
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There's some places that a vac can't reach like powder that's between your dies or in your press ram or primer seater that needs to be blown out. Then I take a leaf blower and open the door in my workshop and blow everything that's on the floor outside. | |||
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Since you don't need a large volume of air at high pressure, just get an air tank and charge it up occasionally. http://www.harborfreight.com/c...ch/result?q=air+tank | |||
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I have a large compressor in my shop and also my handloading room. I never use compressed air while handloading, feel its not needed, a paintbrush and shop brush with a pan works fine for me.. Compressed air is full of moisture..moisture is rust, and blown air is static, that can be problematic around black powder for instance..Not to mention loosing small parts as they fly across the room.. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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If you want a quite air compressor, take a look at airbrush compressors. I have a similar model to this Compressor and it works well. | |||
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This works for me.  | |||
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I actually use one at my place of employment and it works surprisingly well. | |||
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I never use compressed air on my loading bench. A shop vac and brushes work for me. Get some exhaust tubing that fits the hose and make nozzles to fit tight places. Dave | |||
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