BREAKING NEWS from Tom at Shoebox! New Shoebox F10 has arrived! Faster, etc.

[Joe Brancato]

We just got the news from Tom at Shoebox Compressor, and we can now let out the secret. We will now be shipping the New, Faster Shoebox, when you order a Shoebox from us. It is going to be called the F10, NOT the Freedom10 (bummer) ;-(

Basically the changes are:
A) Different block
B) MUCH larger cooling fan (went from 20 CFM to 100 CFM)
C) Increased Fill speed from 8 to 10 Cu Ft/Hour

The F10 means you will be filling 25% faster than the previous Freedom8.

Add one of our Shoebox Filters and you have yourself a good, RELIABLE system.


Call for additional information.

[Frank in Fairfield]

Now...If he can get his forum working. Not!

[BigTinBoat]

Sure looks like it's moving faster then my F8. Wonder about the wear factor.

[n2omike]

The F8 has a bunch of coils (4 feet!) for better cooling.  The F10 doesn't have those.  Looks like the F10 just got a bigger pulley to make it run faster, and tried to make up for the faster pumping and lack of coils by adding a bigger fan.  The Gates belt is a plus.

In computer lingo...  It looks like he just "overclocked" his existing compressor.  Nothing truly new there.

Check out the coils on the F8.  Not there on the F10 in the Youtube video.

I don't mind my F8 running nice, slow and cool. 

Good Luck!

[Sfttailrdr46]

So if we get the bigger fan, larger pulley and larger belt we can make our Freedom 8 a Freedom 10

[Smoketown]

With the cooling coils , wouldn't that be a 10.5? 

Cheers,
Smoketown

[J. Gordon Knives]

How much?

[BigTinBoat]

So if we get the bigger fan, larger pulley and larger belt we can make our Freedom 8 a Freedom 10

I'm going to get a bigger fan, but not really sure I want my pistons moving that fast. I go back to my hand pump days and see the o-rings wearing a lot faster.

[Sfttailrdr46]

I lube mine after every other fill with the white lithium grease and drilled a bunch of 1/4" holes in the right side of the cover opposite the fan and mine never gets hot in fact I can touch the cylinders while it is running and I leave the fan running for 5 or 10 minutes after the compressor motor shuts off at 4500 psi

[BigTinBoat]

I lube mine after every other fill with the white lithium grease and drilled a bunch of 1/4" holes in the right side of the cover opposite the fan and mine never gets hot in fact I can touch the cylinders while it is running and I leave the fan running for 5 or 10 minutes after the compressor motor shuts off at 4500 psi

My pistons do not get hot either, it is my electric motor that produces heat. I am not going to drill any holes as I want the air that is pushed in by the fan to be forced out thru the electric motor. I think that is how Tom designed it. I think this is why it is better to run with the cover on. This forces the air to move in a directed path as opposed to just across the pistons and out.

[n2omike]

I believe the advice to run with the cover on is a safety concern...  and a disclaimer in case he says you can run with it off, someone mangles a finger, and he gets sued. 

The electric motor has a built-in exhaust fan.  It moves its own air.

The pump might run fine "overclocked" with the bigger pulley, but I'm fine with mine running a little slower.  I'm surprised they removed the 4ft of cooling coils...  especially with the faster pumping action.