- 21. [Shop-talk] Air Compressor (score: 1)
- Author: dmscheidt at gmail.com (David Scheidt)
- Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 10:54:27 -0500
- I won't make a suggestion about a new compressor, because things change a lot, and I don't pay attention. But, if you've got the space, and have generally been happy with the current compressor, cons
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00414.html (10,549 bytes)
- 22. [Shop-talk] Air Compressor (score: 1)
- Author: wmc_st at xxiii.com (Wayne)
- Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 12:24:43 -0400
- So... just how did it fail? I worry about mine, and it sounds similar. 1971 (5 years younger than me) vintage 2hp 40-ish gallon that dad bought back in the day. I drain the water occasionally but lea
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00415.html (9,384 bytes)
- 23. [Shop-talk] Air Compressor (score: 1)
- Author: vlm at te-motorworks.com (Vincent Marshall)
- Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 11:10:30 -0700
- For what it's worth, new tanks are not prohibitively expensive. When I bought my used IR Type 30, I remember paying around $400 for a new 60 gallon vertical tank to replace the original from 1964. No
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00416.html (10,999 bytes)
- 24. [Shop-talk] Air Compressor (score: 1)
- Author: rbeels at yahoo.com (Richard Beels)
- Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 21:34:01 -0700
- If you really worry about it, don't... Compressed air doesn't have _that_ much force. It's not explosive. It's just, well, air. It's not like it's a steam boiler sputnik wannabee. :-O More flash-bang
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00420.html (10,121 bytes)
- 25. [Shop-talk] Air Compressor (score: 1)
- Author: cavanadd at frontier.com (David C.)
- Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 22:05:11 -0700
- The ones I have seen have been a whimper, not a bang. The corrosion finally weakens the tank and it starts to leak and won't hold pressure. I think the chances of a catastrophic failure due to corros
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00421.html (11,354 bytes)
- 26. [Shop-talk] air compressor (score: 1)
- Author: trmarty at hotmail.com (marty sukey)
- Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 21:47:28 -0400
- Um, dissagree. Dont loose sleep worrying about it but dont think compreesed air tanks cant go boom. Some years ago a dear friend of mine was doing a brake job and a tank he had under a work bench nex
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00422.html (9,646 bytes)
- 27. [Shop-talk] air compressor (score: 1)
- Author: bjshov8 at tx.rr.com (BJNoSHOV8)
- Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 21:35:44 -0500
- I always wondered about this. When I worked in my dad's shop he had an air tank that we used for tires. It was a short cylinder and had rounded ends, about the diameter of a basketball. We would fill
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00423.html (10,850 bytes)
- 28. [Shop-talk] air compressor (score: 1)
- Author: cavanadd at frontier.com (David C.)
- Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 19:54:44 -0700
- Antique boilers were made of iron, probably, and were riveted together. The also have a lot more volume and surface area than a shop air compressor tank, which would contribute to the force of any ex
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00424.html (12,442 bytes)
- 29. [Shop-talk] air compressor (score: 1)
- Author: bjshov8 at tx.rr.com (BJNoSHOV8)
- Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 21:59:34 -0500
- We took a trip on a Super-80 aircraft a few years ago and sat way in the back. The view out our window was nothing but engine casing. The whole trip all I could think about was a big turbine doing th
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00425.html (9,735 bytes)
- 30. [Shop-talk] air compressor (score: 1)
- Author: tr3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall)
- Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 20:09:52 -0700
- Yes. The other problem is that the water inside is well above the boiling point and so flashes instantly into steam when the pressure drops. Low water was primarily a problem when part of the heat e
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00426.html (9,696 bytes)
- 31. [Shop-talk] air compressor (score: 1)
- Author: racertod at racertodd.com (Todd Walke)
- Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 20:50:30 -0700
- Jet engines have shrouds that are designed to catch blades that fail and fly off. Here is some video of "blade-off" tests, including some super-duper-ultra-slow-motion footage of a blade coming off t
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00427.html (9,717 bytes)
- 32. [Shop-talk] air compressor (score: 1)
- Author: racertod at racertodd.com (Todd Walke)
- Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 21:05:06 -0700
- Steam locomotives ran at around 200-250 psi during the later part of the steam era (early 1900s-1940s). Earlier engines ran at lower pressures, mostly due to the metallurgy of the day. Don't know abo
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00428.html (9,556 bytes)
- 33. [Shop-talk] air compressor (score: 1)
- Author: doug at dougbraun.com (Douglas Braun)
- Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 00:25:03 -0400
- It's more entertaining in a prop twin, where you can see the tips of the propellers passing maybe 3 feet from your head... Doug
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00429.html (8,963 bytes)
- 34. [Shop-talk] air compressor (score: 1)
- Author: TR3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall)
- Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 00:31:19 -0700
- Of course, an important question is how high the pressure actually was when they exploded. Races were not uncommon, and the pressure relief valve was easily modified to allow extra pressure. It was
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00431.html (8,781 bytes)
- 35. [Shop-talk] Air Compressor (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 07:37:57 -0400
- Calling all oracles... I need to buy a couple of portable compressors for a fairly high-end use where reliability may be more important than price. In the ~2 HP, 26-ish gallon range, I have Speedaire
- /html/shop-talk/2021-05/msg00047.html (8,263 bytes)
- 36. Re: [Shop-talk] Air Compressor (score: 1)
- Author: Karl Vacek <stearman809@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 13:01:48 -0500
- If they're still actually Quincy, that would be a top unit. Probably the best unknit on the market in the 70's through 90's at least. IR used to be good too. Speedaire is whatever Grainger sells - va
- /html/shop-talk/2021-05/msg00048.html (10,094 bytes)
- 37. Re: [Shop-talk] Air Compressor (score: 1)
- Author: old dirtbeard <dirtbeard@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 12:16:41 -0700
- --==5795856047014755964== --0000000000007b814e05c29f8d1e Hi Jeff, Well, it is not the exact answer to your question (don't you like it when folks respond this way) :-), but Saylor-Beall is 100% USA-m
- /html/shop-talk/2021-05/msg00049.html (20,122 bytes)
- 38. Re: [Shop-talk] Air Compressor (score: 1)
- Author: Thomas Coradeschi <tjcora@icloud.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 22:52:18 -0400
- Quite timely! The bottom of my current compressorâ??s tank has rotted thru (ssssssssssssssss), so Iâ??m in the market. â?? Tom Coradeschi tjcora@icloud.com ___________________________________________
- /html/shop-talk/2021-05/msg00061.html (14,624 bytes)
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