Tuxing 4 stage anyone?

There is so much info on here about the Tuxing two cyl variations but I'm not finding much on the 4 stage. I dont even now what model it is. It's seems to be a copy of my Coltri which is still running but man parts to rebuild are crazy prices. Rebuilding a Coltri is nearly the cost of this Tuxing but I see you guys getting tuxing parts cheaply. Is anyone running this Tuxing 4 stage? Just a back up plan in case.

 
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There is so much info on here about the Tuxing two cyl variations but I'm not finding much on the 4 stage. I dont even now what model it is. It's seems to be a copy of my Coltri which is still running but man parts to rebuild are crazy prices. Rebuilding a Coltri is nearly the cost of this Tuxing but I see you guys getting tuxing parts cheaply. Is anyone running this Tuxing 4 stage? Just a back up plan in case.

Yep, id still rebuild the non knockoff before buying one of these. The compressor and dryers is the money, motors and chassis are easy to get. They don't tell you that the only option is to air freight it. Also do NOT buy the 120v, far too much startup current. Also they come setup for 3000 psi no matter what, so you'll be learning how to adjust the pressure switch if you order with an auto stop and adjusting or replacing the safety bov.

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There is so much info on here about the Tuxing two cyl variations but I'm not finding much on the 4 stage. I dont even now what model it is. It's seems to be a copy of my Coltri which is still running but man parts to rebuild are crazy prices. Rebuilding a Coltri is nearly the cost of this Tuxing but I see you guys getting tuxing parts cheaply. Is anyone running this Tuxing 4 stage? Just a back up plan in case.

So that amazon price is just going to be exactly what I did with a cut for Amazon. I bought mine off ali express for less than a grand, but by the time shipping was paid for with air freight (not my choice) it was about 1400, half of which is shipping. They send a spare set of rings and reeds with it too. A client of mine owned a compressor air company to supply fire fighters and divers, picking his brain the reeds and orings should be the big wear items, rings are tapered and shouldn't be a huge issue. Also customs or somebody along the way stole my oil filled guage, tuxing sent another right away. It's fast, it's not super loud and I can dead fill a 92ci buddy bottle to 4500 in 9 minutes. It does have a locked rotor current draw around 40 amps at 120v. So I'm going to change my motor if i cant rewire the windings for 220.
 
I personally wouldn’t even consider the tuxing. I would buy this. Plus you can get 10% off with the code.

 
I personally wouldn’t even consider the tuxing. I would buy this. Plus you can get 10% off with the code.

Does it do 1 liter a minute?
 
Does it do 1 liter a minute?
Not sure what you mean by doing "1 liter a minute" - that really does not relate to speed of fill . . .

The specs on the link for the GX pump work out to a flow rate of about 23 liters a minute, if that helps . . .

But if you want to compare them directly, both links give a fill time for a 6.8L tank from 0-4500 psi. The Tuxing says 21 minutes, and the GX says 90 minutes, so it looks like the Tuxing is about 3 times as fast. Of course the GX is also available with a dualk cylinder model that would drop it to only being about twice as fast.

Honestly, speed of fill is over rated - even 21 minutes is too long if you have to baby sit the compressor as it runs, which from what I heard you pretty much want to do. From what I have heard on the GX those can be left on their own to run, plus they are quiet enough not to disturb the whole house.

I'd take the GX myself . . .
 
Not sure what you mean by doing "1 liter a minute" - that really does not relate to speed of fill . . .

The specs on the link for the GX pump work out to a flow rate of about 23 liters a minute, if that helps . . .

But if you want to compare them directly, both links give a fill time for a 6.8L tank from 0-4500 psi. The Tuxing says 21 minutes, and the GX says 90 minutes, so it looks like the Tuxing is about 3 times as fast. Of course the GX is also available with a dualk cylinder model that would drop it to only being about twice as fast.

Honestly, speed of fill is over rated - even 21 minutes is too long if you have to baby sit the compressor as it runs, which from what I heard you pretty much want to do. From what I have heard on the GX those can be left on their own to run, plus they are quiet enough not to disturb the whole house.

I'd take the GX myself . . .
This is my honest opinion of the compressor as a machine, from a guy who services many machines and mills my own parts where i can.

It's whichever fits the user best. I had a gx die and couldn't get the parts I needed and couldn't make soooo it got scrapped into the empire of dirt 😁. 1 liter per minute(well just shy) along with the ideal gas law can help you calculate fill times.

I use hpa more in my profession than I do for my air rifles lately and have to fill 66 and 88 cubic foot scbas(i dont know the metric) so fill speed and and cast iron was somewhat important for me after burning up 3 hengs, a cx, and my shooting partner's generic orange shoebox that twisted the motor shaft off, I needed something a little more modular and over built.

The price was lower than the cx, till the air freight too which was a bummer, and the power use rating was optimistic at best. The lra on startup and load towards 300 bar draws too much for anything but a new breaker on a dedicated 30 amp circuit in the 120v flavor which I DO NOT recommend getting. I thought my 5.5kva genset could start it, it cannot.

The build quality :
Castings - decent
Plumbing - mediocre, this is the biggest flaw imo, but it didn't and doesn't leak.
Air drying-decent oil water speration stage works well, the filtration stage uses the generic purple filters acrylic cartridge inside with felt pads charcoal and molecular sieves, and thus far has shown little to no condensate in the tanks but I wish it were more industrial grade and had more capacity for sieves.
Electrical - the start and run capacitors are external from the extruded sealed motor housing, the mag switch is in its own case, switch box and breakers are industrial generic Legos like you'd get from McMaster carr for factory automation.
Chassis-the safety shrouds are rattle prone and will be getting some tig welder treatment one day. Buuuuuut, the frame is pre punched for a couple motor options or even a gasoline engine so it can be retrofit. Finish on the frame is nice, paint on the compressor assembly is silver rattle can paint.

If they didn't require the air freight to get it from Ali chinesium express it would be a smoking deal. Mine came setup for 205 bar and the factory sent me a video tutorial on how to adjust parts after I figured out the Bov myself. The auto stop is a weird one that could be dangerous to adjust if the unit is energized and could electrocute youif you just jumped in not knowing. So i used my shoebox and a multimeter to pressurize and adjust mine with no electricity on.

Ive had mine for 2 years now and have some hours on it and I am very pleased. I would not recommend this compressor to most agn users having discovered the general technical prowess over the last couple years. It's fast enough and high hp enough that a mistake could be a really big one really quickly, like losing a finger or electrocution adjusting it, aside from pressure vessel problems. It's on par with power and danger of a table saw or medium sized wood shaper (my profession) and should be treated with the same respect. I've had zero break downs, zero leaks of air or oil as well. You get a full rebuild kit in the box with piston rings and orings as well as reed valves too and mine had a German oil filled gauge in a shipping pic before somebody between customs and delivery stole it.

It fills your typical scba or scuba cylinders faster than a cx4 can fill a 92ci/1l buddy bottle. It took a while to fill the big cylinder in the pic, but the big one holds more than the two biggest "regular" cylinders to the left of it combined, so I treated it like I did my cx4 and fill in 1000 psi Incriments with a cool down period between. Due to labeling the large cylinder allowed me to metric convert, and it has a water capacity of 17.3 liters.

Buy what suits YOUR needs and budget, i hope the info ive left behind is somewhat helpful and useful. I'm a gadget and machinery snob before a brand loyalist and a perpetual tuner/hobby machinist. I've bought plenty of junk and im happy to call it out when I see what it is to save others the trouble.

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No idea. You almost are never filling from zero. People have said 20 some minutes on a 6.8L from 3k to 4500. I would trust gx quality over tuxing by far.
I don't anymore after my cx. For the casual low cubic footage airgun user not degassing and tuning every weekend for yourself and others theyre probably ok, not for this guy using regulated hpa bottles to run nailers on jobsite daily 😁

I should also add that if/when this one does die I'm going to buy a name brand $$$ dive compressor that I can service forever. Can I afford it, no. That's why they have financing
 
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