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Posted by Al Bundy on September 12, 2007, 8:46 pm
>>
>> >> So I get an Ingersoll-Rand IR429 mini air reciprocating saw for a
>> >> gift.
>>
>> >> Does anyone have one of these and run it on a Porter-Cable pancake
>> >> compressor? I'm concerned about the air requirements.
>>
>> >> Once I try it, I don't think the place will take it back. Not a
>> >> Borg item.
>>
>> > A quick google search says it needs 8 cfm. Your pancake compressor
>> > might be good for about 1/2 of that.
>>
>> > JK
>>
>> Thanks. That's what I was seeing and why I asked. There is also 90
>> PSIG/Max spec on the tool itself.
>
> You could get an extra tank to get a little more run time out of it,
> but saws like that are typically used in auto body work, where the
> supply of air is virtually limitless.
>
> JK
>
I looked up CFM vs. SCFM vs. ACFM, etc. The conversion can be quite
elaborate. Not just some multiplier thing. I just called Ingersoll-Rand
today. They said NoF'nWay. It needs like an 80 gal tank.
Thanks for the replies all.
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