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Crack in Air Compressor tank…
- Thread starter StevSmar
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Lifelong hobby - cold iron
I think the use of oxygen cylinders, or carbon dioxide cylinders and other high-pressure cylinders to store air will solve the safety problem, and second-hand is not expensive, but must replace the original unknown gas.
I bought a second-hand COCO CO2 cylinder, very large wall thickness, and have not yet started to store air.
Grizzly Adams
Active Member
Canadian Tire usually has good deals on compressors when on sale.
ChazzC
Ultra Member
Old thread, but it has been resurrected and I see that no one addressed your implied question: all of us either have one of these or did have one at some time:
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=SWMBO
I ended up buying a baby Makita compressor. So far it hasn’t been an issue- especially since most tools are going battery powered.
This is my goto compressor now too. I don't use air tools anymore because battery tools have taken their place and I don't spray paint. All it really needs to do is provide air to keep the chips away, clean stuff, and inflate tires.
I do have a bigger tank but it takes too long to get it up to pressure. I'll prolly sell it someday soon.
Ironman
Ultra Member
I would question that statement. Having used explosives for 35 years, I know the explosive force starts from the point of rupture(ignition) and the shockwave and debris all expands and takes off in a 360 decree point from that.
Assume a small rupture in the base of the tank, and as the "rocket" aerodynamics are poor, it will flop over and flip and things start to ricochet.
The shockwave has a habit of rupturing alvioli in lungs.
Mostly it was a humorous reference to the fact that a rupture due to rust in a tank's lower bell end would blow downwards against the ground, whereas we've all seen the photos of what happens with a bottom rupture in a horizontal tank. The die-formed bell ends often seem to be thicker than the side walls, and I guess their shape also gives a greater resistance to catastrophic rupture?
If it matters to you, that's how I took it.
FWIW, any references to mythbusters undermined the credibility of the whole discussion. I have a VERY dim view of that lunacy.
Grizzly Adams
Active Member
My compressor tank finally rusted through after about 50 years, no worse a deal than venting the tank through the drain valve. WTF ??