Brian G
Contributor
@Brian G I'm all for DIY and have done a lot of DIY stuff. My problem is where it isn't practical
The OP listed DIY as a goal, so buying one at Lowes is not a practical way to satisfy that goal. If I wanted a picture of a fish to put on my wall, then the most practical by far way of doing that is to buy, or download and print, a picture of a fish. If I want to put a picture of a fish on my wall that I took myself, however, buying one is not an option. I understand that the goal of most photography is not solely "to put the result on my wall." For this project it seems, the OP's goal is not solely to have a quiet compressor, but rather to make one.
Certainly for my money and time, if I wanted a quiet compressor, I would get the one at Lowes. The new quiet compressors are so much nicer than the loud one I have now. I was just commenting that here on Scubaboard often we skip the reading part and get right to advising.