- 1. [Shop-talk] Air Compressor (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 10:26:35 -0400
- Corrosion Acres was originally named for the acres of rusting British cars...now I can add air compressors to the list... I always wondered how long my 40-year-old Craftsman air compressor tank would
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00162.html (7,679 bytes)
- 2. Re: [Shop-talk] Air Compressor (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Hammatt Mount Vernon WA USA" <gsteve@hammatt.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 07:57:09 -0700
- I'll never forget when my wife said, "let's go get you an air compressor for your birthday"! Boy, was I excited.... I'd been thinking of getting one for the past few months after putting up our new 2
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00163.html (9,260 bytes)
- 3. Re: [Shop-talk] Air Compressor (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <TR3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 08:16:39 -0700
- It survived 40 years of neglect, and now you want to switch brands ? I got tired of never having enough air, so I picked up a used 80 gallon "7.5 hp" Craftsman (made by Ingersoll-Rand) from Craigsli
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00165.html (7,955 bytes)
- 4. Re: [Shop-talk] Air Compressor (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- 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/msg00166.html (9,081 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Shop-talk] Air Compressor (score: 1)
- Author: Wayne <wmc_st@xxiii.com>
- 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/msg00167.html (7,754 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Shop-talk] Air Compressor (score: 1)
- Author: Vincent Marshall <vlm@te-motorworks.com>
- 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/msg00168.html (9,017 bytes)
- 7. Re: [Shop-talk] Air Compressor (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Beels <rbeels@yahoo.com>
- 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/msg00172.html (8,437 bytes)
- 8. Re: [Shop-talk] Air Compressor (score: 1)
- Author: "David C." <cavanadd@frontier.com>
- 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/msg00173.html (9,386 bytes)
- 9. Re: [Shop-talk] air compressor (score: 1)
- Author: marty sukey <trmarty@hotmail.com>
- 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/msg00174.html (8,623 bytes)
- 10. Re: [Shop-talk] air compressor (score: 1)
- Author: BJNoSHOV8 <bjshov8@tx.rr.com>
- 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/msg00175.html (9,691 bytes)
- 11. Re: [Shop-talk] air compressor (score: 1)
- Author: "David C." <cavanadd@frontier.com>
- 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/msg00176.html (11,163 bytes)
- 12. Re: [Shop-talk] air compressor (score: 1)
- Author: BJNoSHOV8 <bjshov8@tx.rr.com>
- 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/msg00177.html (8,375 bytes)
- 13. Re: [Shop-talk] air compressor (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
- 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/msg00178.html (8,349 bytes)
- 14. Re: [Shop-talk] air compressor (score: 1)
- Author: Todd Walke <racertod@racertodd.com>
- 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/msg00179.html (8,920 bytes)
- 15. Re: [Shop-talk] air compressor (score: 1)
- Author: Todd Walke <racertod@racertodd.com>
- 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/msg00180.html (8,958 bytes)
- 16. Re: [Shop-talk] air compressor (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
- 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 _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.ne
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00181.html (8,337 bytes)
- 17. Re: [Shop-talk] air compressor (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <TR3driver@ca.rr.com>
- 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/msg00183.html (8,088 bytes)
- 18. [Shop-talk] Air Compressor (score: 1)
- Author: fishplate at gmail.com (Jeff Scarbrough)
- Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 10:26:35 -0400
- Corrosion Acres was originally named for the acres of rusting British cars...now I can add air compressors to the list... I always wondered how long my 40-year-old Craftsman air compressor tank would
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00410.html (8,585 bytes)
- 19. [Shop-talk] Air Compressor (score: 1)
- Author: gsteve at hammatt.com (Steve Hammatt Mount Vernon WA USA)
- Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 07:57:09 -0700
- I'll never forget when my wife said, "let's go get you an air compressor for your birthday"! Boy, was I excited.... I'd been thinking of getting one for the past few months after putting up our new 2
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00411.html (10,777 bytes)
- 20. [Shop-talk] Air Compressor (score: 1)
- Author: TR3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall)
- Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 08:16:39 -0700
- It survived 40 years of neglect, and now you want to switch brands ? I got tired of never having enough air, so I picked up a used 80 gallon "7.5 hp" Craftsman (made by Ingersoll-Rand) from Craigsli
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00413.html (9,048 bytes)
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