Compressor Running

Well, it only took me 45 minutes to take a compressor out of the box and get it running.

My problem is, I skim manuals. This thing came with oil, and my initial skim didn't tell me how much to put in the compressor, so I used the whole bottle. Then I saw the part about "halfway up the sight glass." I had no idea whether having too much oil was a bad thing, so I had to get some beer tubing, clean it out, and suck out around half a cup of oil.

I attached the carry handle and the air filter, opened the receiver water valve, turned the compressor on, set a timer for 23 minutes, and left. You're supposed to run it for at least 23 minutes with no load, to get oil into the bearings.

It's not too loud. You can talk over it.

I took out my quarter-inch urethane hose. I've read that you should yank on them to take the curl out. I guess I'll do that later. Some people claim it reduces the life of the hose, but I would rather pay another $14.99 prematurely than deal with a curly hose.

This is exciting. Probably more to me than you, but still.

Guess I'll open the other box.