While at the local toy (aka tool) store I saw they had two used Emgol compressors. I’ve been in the market for a new compressor, after looking at the new ones I asked about the used Emglos and here is the story.
They are 1.5 hp. Air mates that were left for service, totally re-worked and never picked. The sales person said the price of $145 was only enough to recoup parts and labor into the machines. They are certainly not the prettiest things and look like well used machines but not abused.
At less than half the price of a new machine would you buy one?
Scott R.
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Irregardless of who makes it or the price, I suppose the specs has to meet your requirements first.
I just sold my 7 yr.-old 1 1/2 hp Emglo to a customer and bought a new one before they turn yellow. That old Emglo served me flawlessly through 3 complete houses and a lot of remodels. I only sold mine because of its age but for $145 you're getting a slightly better deal than my customer did and he's happy as a clam at high tide!
Sounds like a good deal to me.
Hey for that price you cant go wrong.have two emglos one 15 yrs and another 8 yrs. i'm sold on the blue ones , i have had both in the shop twice.and put them both through the proverbial ringer (trust me) and i'll be a tad distressed if they go yellow/black. but if they have the blues standards/specs i'll go there . cheers off to cape cod for 6 days the bear
Edited 7/19/2002 11:29:03 PM ET by the bear
Yes. Jeff She's exotic ,but not foreign, like an old Cadillac......she's a knockout!
If the only difference between these and new ones is (mostly) cosmetic, then I'd say $150 to $200 more for nice paint is a waste. What would a new one look like after a year or two on your jobsites, anyway? If it was me, I'd grab them. Both of them.
Be seeing you...
Well I did end up buying one of those compressors. It kicks butt just like one right out of the box. My only trepidation about buying this was how often the previous owner drained the tanks, and changed the oil.
Not sure how far the repair shop got into refurbishing the pump and motor, but it has brand spankn' new pressure switch, gauges, line regulator, hose connector and power cord.
Scott R.
The price is what the person said, as that is in the general area that I charge to rebuild one of emglo's or for that matter just about all of them will run about $110 to $150 to rebuild. Sounds like a deal to me. I even do the same thing that your toy store does and that is after 6 months if it is still in my shop it goes on my bulleten board for sale to recover the costs that I have into it.
Just in case any of you were interested and live near Fairfax, Northern Virginia. The HD in Merrifield had about 5 refurbished DeWALT compressors. It looks like all of them were refurbished or repaired. Maybe they were just returned under the HD Tool Loan program. The one were people buy a tool, use it and return it to HD. At any rate, cosmetically they were sprayed, here and there, with green paint. No biggie. They were selling for about $265 and if I am not wrong the standard warranty applies. They are only two left
Woody, After using the one I bought for a few days I took it apart one Sunday to give it a good cleaning, mostly a thick layer of dust on the cooling fan and motor housing. Once I got it back together (about 20 minutes of work) it looked much better despite the scratched paint on the tank. IMHO it was a mistake for the repair guy not to do what I did and put a higher price tag on it. Oh well, all the better for me.
Do you do any other type of tool repair? As in say maybe a Milwaukee Hole Hog left behind you need to get out of the shop for parts and labor. :-)
Scott R.
Not very often, its mostly the tools that the uninformed think as inexspensive tools. Thats not to say that it does'nt happen, every once in a while someone will leave a high priced tool to bo fixed and for what ever reason not pick it up, My shop has a policy that after 30 days of notifcation that the tool is ready to be picked up and 60 days has come and gone it will be placed in storage for 3 months and at the end of 5 months the tool is ours and will be re checked for saftey then offered for sale to recover the costs of repair and storage. The highest priced tool that I can remember was a Hatachi 10" compound miter saw. The reason that I remember it is that he walked in the door and there it was for sale as a unclaimed that was repaired. needless to say I think I lost a customer that day. but then again nobody needs that type of customer. and no he did not buy the saw. As with most tools in the realm of power hand tools it is not always cheaper to buy new. Most tools can be repaired somewhere within the price range of 50 to90 precent the cost of a new tool. Ah you say but there is no warranty. well that is true but most parts that are put in as a repair item will in most cases have the same or longer life than the part that its replaceing. Take for instance your compressor, in this area I will rebuild about 2 to 3 a month. and at least one will be rebuilt be and sold by me because the owner thinks that the tool is to pricey to fix and will go and get a new one. And he/she will pay $70 to $100 more than it would cost to repair the one they just threw away. all for the warranty, most tools if they are defective they will break in 30 to 60 days after that you can be pretty sure you got a tool that will last awhile. so what did the person pay for that warranty. More than a dollar a day. So if you run across tools that are rebuilt by a repair shop and are for sale the chances are that you won't loose any money on it. But I would ask them if ther will back up there work and that in there opinion the tool is in good working order, I'd buy it.
My shop is a mixture of tool repair and sharpening and custom fabrication in aluminum and stainless steel. Mainly for the fishing industry. The only time that we sell anything is when we have made it or repaired it and the owners didn't pick it up. Most all of our hand power tools were considered junk by one of our customers and gave to me to do what ever with them.
Oh an by the way my shop is in southeast alaska and if you can git it here I'll fix it and if I can't fix it you don't need it, and if you can't seem to live without it Seattle is only 650 miles away. I've been working on tools and doing repairs of that nature for close to 40 years.
sorry to get so long winded
later