We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you've ever seen a compressor run without owning one, it was probably at a car repair shop. And if you noticed anything about those, it's ...

Air compressors are often loud, raucous machines – but they don’t have to be. [Eric Strebel] built a remarkably quiet compressor using parts salvaged from an old fridge. After several years of use, it ...

I first started using air-powered pneumatic tools nearly 40 years ago while working as a custom cabinetmaker and remodeling contractor. At that time, air compressors were behemoths: large, loud, and ...

Since the mid-1600s, humans have been playing with the idea of compressing air and putting it to work. By the late 1800s, air ...