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I have an undercoating gun that I use to spray fluidfilm into my old vehicles every few years. For a while I was borrowing my neighbors 80g sears compressor but it was super loud and didn't move nearly enough air. Got my own bigger compressor 6-7 years ago and its awesome although still not quite enough. But now I also use it to spray wood preservative on fences.
And then I was out hammering new boards into an old deck and the neighbor couldn't bear to watch me and insisted I borrow his compressor and framing nailer. Whoa... framing nail gun. A full day of hammering was done just as fast as I could pull the trigger. A day in the sun to hammer nails? Buy a framing nailer.
Recently I got a pneumatic t50 stapler for $40 at home depot to do insulation and got a used super quiet compressor because I didn't want to wrestle my big compressor into the truck and then up the narrow stairs. That little pneumatic stapler and silent compressor turned a painful few days into a pleasant afternoon. Pressure controls the power so just easy as cake. Its a tiny little thing but really made my life easy.
Now I can hook my two compressors in parallel (on separate circuits) to run the undercoating gun and combined I can finally spray continuously (supposedly together they're good for 7cfpm and it feels like a lot.) Can't wait to borrow my neighbors plasma cutter.
I've not committed to battery tools yet, but I do have a little clutched milwaukee m12 screwdriver. I have a bunch of ancient corded tools including a few variable speed die grinders/cutoff wheels but for some things the air tool is the only choice.
Cost of the tools doesn't come close to cost of hiring a pro so if you can do it then just buy the tool you need.
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