Shoebox f8 😀👍

Yup, it's a workhorse! I have a f10 and LOVE it!

I'll be tempted if my AV is every past the point of no return. But.... what I'm really impressed with, I guess because I like detail and precision is that gauge in the second picture. 5 bar increments at that. Now if its just accurate. Thanks for sharing your experience.

Jking

I've had my F8 for 7 years now, and only rebuilt it three times. Over 350 hours on it and it just keeps on a fillin!

Zonk

I just picked one f8 myself.hust need a good filter now alex

I bought an F8 off of the famous auction site a year ago. No idea how many miles on it. I fitted it out with large molecular sieve filters on the low pressure side and a Tuxing on the high pressure side. My air is as dry as the commercial stuff. I’ve got maybe 450 bucks in it.

Since setting it up I’ve run 60 hours. It takes about 2.5 hours to top off an 88 ft. bottle (3000-4300 psi.) That’s 30 or so fills. If it needs a rebuild it takes a couple bucks worth of orings and 30-40 minutes. You can probably take it all apart and put it together again in an hour. I’m sure that there are people out there that have a thousand hours or more on their shoebox. For someone shooting less than a bottle per week I don’t know why you would get anything else. Even if you buy one new at the current rate.

Yes! It’s a high quality build. The provided fittings are genuine Foster, the motor is sourced from Dayton Electric and the various bits are nicely machined.

Each time I rebuilt mine it really didn't need it, I just rebuilt it because it had 100 hours on it and they say to rebuild after 60 or so hours. When I bought it from Tom at Shoebox, it came with O-rings for several rebuilds, I even bought more thinking I'll go through them more often, but that's not the case.

Can't say enough about my Shoebox Freedom 8, great little compressor.

Zonk

So how does that shoebox work? do you need to use a second compressor each time you fill like a primer? . Forgive my lack of understanding. Thanks

Yes you need a oiless compresser up to 150 psi.than set it at 125 psi.and a good filter and you are good to go alex

Thanks Alex