Makita 4.2 Gal MAC 2400 Oiled Twin Hot Dog Compressor

That’s a very nice, compact unit. Looks like it will really do the job.

I like how the controls and gauges are easily accessible.

Glad to hear that I am looking for another one mine is a Campbell Hausfelt oiless pancake style and noisy like hell every time it stats I walkout or put on the ear plugs…Thanks Tom

-- <<<<<< I will not stop until I get it right. >>>>>>--

Congratulations, Tom. Makita makes some nice tools. Looks like you have a very well organized shop( what!!). Time for fresh sawdust!!

looks like you have a nice set up there.

-- ~ Inspiring those who inspire me ~

small but effective compressor should work great.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

The Makitas—this and the their smaller one—have garnered online praise from many users. I’ve been looking into air compressors recently and concluded this is the one I would probably buy.

The only negatives I’ve seen published have been about shipping damage, the unit being heavy, and “incomplete” Owner’s Manual. Things that did not bother me. Overall, in terms of performance, style and size of unit, and very important, noise level, this unit is one of best and top choice air compressors in the world for many of us LumberJocks—or for anyone else.

My genuine congrats on your purchase.

ND2ELK, I absolutely love the space you created for the unit. This is my ikind of idea of how to treat my equipment and shop area.

LJs, we only have the pictures posted here with this particular submission. Though one suspects this is an elegantly well thought out shop.

Directed essentially at the home woodworker with all due respect to fellow (all Ms. and Mr.) LumberJocks, ND’s shop can be a role model of the way to go.

Unpainted garage walls, or uninsulated walls with exposed studs, or price code tags left on ends of lumber, the over-use of pegboard, and the generally casual (or no time, gotta work) attitude towards the shop is understandable, but this LJ can’t come to like it.

No matter what size, there’s nothing wrong and everything right with a temple of function and beauty.

Who better than us to create a wonderful and beautiful space.

Nice review Tom! Thanks

-- spanky46 -- Never enough clamps...Never enough tools...Never enough time.

Nice compact unit Tom…....and quite too…...cool.

-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.

Nice looking compressor, I am in the market and will check this one out. How about posting some pictures of your shop. I would like to see more of it.

The Sedcokid

-- Chuck Emery, Michigan, www.woodworkersedcokid.com

Nice going Tom…. looks great…... wish mine was quiet.
Dave

-- Dave Leitem,Butler,Pa.,http://dlcarver.etsy.com

Nice review Tom….thanks for posting. I have a older belt driven compressor that is pretty quite that I use in the shop….and a small pancake compressor from Bostitch that will wake the dead that I take on job sites. Nice to know they are making the belt-less compressors that make less noise.

-- Don S.E. OK

Thanks for the great review Tom. I just ordered one a few minutes ago. I am eagerly awaiting it’s arrival. Great looking shop also!

sedcokid: There is not much more shop to see. My shop is only 14’ X 28’. If you go to my blogs you can see the progress of the shop and more pictures of it. I am retired and it is taking me awhile to buy all the power tools and stationary equipment I want. Now that the shop itself is complete I can concentrate on equipping it.

toolman77: There is no dought in my mind you will love this compressor!

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

Just got mine today. You were absolutely correct.

This is one awesome compressor.. fit and finsh are perfect. It is extremely quiet compared to the other compressors I have used. Thanks again Tom.

Nice review Tom and great looking shop. You should be proud of it.

-- If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? - John Wooden