It's not worth a lot, granted, but I did just recently put a new set of
rings in it so the compressor portion is good for quite a while
yet...but the small (6-gal) tank sprung a series of pinholes the other
day. I can see there's a flaw in the material running in a line so it's
going to continue to make more...
I figured it wouldn't be hard to find a "veritable plethora" of tanks
but a quick search turned up little or nothing other than the portable
bubbles...
Anybody seen/know of a source (inexpensive, of course) for a replacement
tank that wouldn't be more than the whole compressor? I know, HF and
their ilk are pretty cheap and I suppose that's the reason there isn't
anything showing up...oh, this is 6 gal and it's just a secondary that
had in TN that brought back. It has been kinda' handy to have in the
shop whereas the large tank is over in the barn and there's not plumbing
between (and the shop area is small enough not really that keen on
taking up the space the other one would require)...
I've got several old pressure tanks, I've debated converting one but
that suffers the same size problem as does/would moving the other (plus
then there wouldn't be air over there which would be even more
inconvenient)...
Anyway, just wondering if anyone else here has dealt w/ the problem by
replacing tank or just toss the old compressor in the "never-to-be-used
but still good pile" and just get another small one. I suppose I could
go the pancake route instead...or, of course, one could rig up a mount
on just a bubble, too; was trying to minimize the amount of effort as a
secondary objective...
--
"dpb" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> It's not worth a lot, granted, but I did just recently put a new set of
> rings in it so the compressor portion is good for quite a while yet...but
> the small (6-gal) tank sprung a series of pinholes the other day. I can
> see there's a flaw in the material running in a line so it's going to
> continue to make more...
>
> I figured it wouldn't be hard to find a "veritable plethora" of tanks but
> a quick search turned up little or nothing other than the portable
> bubbles...
>
> Anybody seen/know of a source (inexpensive, of course) for a replacement
> tank that wouldn't be more than the whole compressor? I know, HF and
> their ilk are pretty cheap and I suppose that's the reason there isn't
> anything showing up...oh, this is 6 gal and it's just a secondary that had
> in TN that brought back. It has been kinda' handy to have in the shop
> whereas the large tank is over in the barn and there's not plumbing
> between (and the shop area is small enough not really that keen on taking
> up the space the other one would require)...
>
> I've got several old pressure tanks, I've debated converting one but that
> suffers the same size problem as does/would moving the other (plus then
> there wouldn't be air over there which would be even more inconvenient)...
>
> Anyway, just wondering if anyone else here has dealt w/ the problem by
> replacing tank or just toss the old compressor in the "never-to-be-used
> but still good pile" and just get another small one. I suppose I could go
> the pancake route instead...or, of course, one could rig up a mount on
> just a bubble, too; was trying to minimize the amount of effort as a
> secondary objective...
Couldn't you braze the pinholes and the area around them?
In essence, the tank acts as a kind of frame for the brass. I did this on a
muffler once, worked pretty well.
Muffler became pretty heavy, tho... LOL
Some epoxies might work, by kind of dripping thru the hole slightly, and not
being able to come back out, once hardened.
--
EA
>
> --
Not good ... I'm in S.E. Tennessee
On 9/16/2012 2:11 PM, dpb wrote:
> On 9/16/2012 11:08 AM, "<<<__ Bøb __>>>" wrote:
>> Where are you located ???...
>
> Far SW KS...
>
> --
--
"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry
capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency.
It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an
Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense
and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have
such a man for their? president.. Blaming the prince of the
fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of
fools that made him their prince".
"<<<__ Bøb __>>>" wrote:
> Not good ... I'm in S.E. Tennessee
>
> On 9/16/2012 2:11 PM, dpb wrote:
>> On 9/16/2012 11:08 AM, "<<<__ Bøb __>>>" wrote:
>>> Where are you located ???...
>>
>> Far SW KS...
>>
>> --
>
I've used worse excuses for a road trip.
--
G.W. Ross
It is better to die on your feet than
to live on your knees.
Where are you located ??? I have a practically new tank with wheels
that I could sell (cheap), it wouldn't be worth shipping it.
On 9/16/2012 10:52 AM, dpb wrote:
> It's not worth a lot, granted, but I did just recently put a new set of
> rings in it so the compressor portion is good for quite a while
> yet...but the small (6-gal) tank sprung a series of pinholes the other
> day. I can see there's a flaw in the material running in a line so it's
> going to continue to make more...
>
> I figured it wouldn't be hard to find a "veritable plethora" of tanks
> but a quick search turned up little or nothing other than the portable
> bubbles...
>
> Anybody seen/know of a source (inexpensive, of course) for a replacement
> tank that wouldn't be more than the whole compressor? I know, HF and
> their ilk are pretty cheap and I suppose that's the reason there isn't
> anything showing up...oh, this is 6 gal and it's just a secondary that
> had in TN that brought back. It has been kinda' handy to have in the
> shop whereas the large tank is over in the barn and there's not plumbing
> between (and the shop area is small enough not really that keen on
> taking up the space the other one would require)...
>
> I've got several old pressure tanks, I've debated converting one but
> that suffers the same size problem as does/would moving the other (plus
> then there wouldn't be air over there which would be even more
> inconvenient)...
>
> Anyway, just wondering if anyone else here has dealt w/ the problem by
> replacing tank or just toss the old compressor in the "never-to-be-used
> but still good pile" and just get another small one. I suppose I could
> go the pancake route instead...or, of course, one could rig up a mount
> on just a bubble, too; was trying to minimize the amount of effort as a
> secondary objective...
>
> --
--
"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry
capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency.
It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an
Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense
and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have
such a man for their? president.. Blaming the prince of the
fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of
fools that made him their prince".
On 9/16/2012 10:07 AM, basilisk wrote:
...
>
> Go to a truck junkyard, one for tractor trucks, there is an auxilliary
> storage tank on semi trailers that is about 6 gallons, they are a dime a
> dozen around here.
That's not a bad idea at all, thanks--altho there's not an actual
boneyard around close there are some opportunities, perhaps...
--
"dpb" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
...
> see there's a flaw in the material running in a line so it's going to
> continue to make more...
...
Couldn't you braze the pinholes and the area around them?
...
See above...
--
On Sun, 16 Sep 2012 09:52:23 -0500, dpb wrote:
> It's not worth a lot, granted, but I did just recently put a new set of
> rings in it so the compressor portion is good for quite a while
> yet...but the small (6-gal) tank sprung a series of pinholes the other
> day. I can see there's a flaw in the material running in a line so it's
> going to continue to make more...
>
> I figured it wouldn't be hard to find a "veritable plethora" of tanks
> but a quick search turned up little or nothing other than the portable
> bubbles...
>
> Anybody seen/know of a source (inexpensive, of course) for a replacement
> tank that wouldn't be more than the whole compressor? I know, HF and
> their ilk are pretty cheap and I suppose that's the reason there isn't
> anything showing up...oh, this is 6 gal and it's just a secondary that
> had in TN that brought back. It has been kinda' handy to have in the
> shop whereas the large tank is over in the barn and there's not plumbing
> between (and the shop area is small enough not really that keen on
> taking up the space the other one would require)...
>
> I've got several old pressure tanks, I've debated converting one but
> that suffers the same size problem as does/would moving the other (plus
> then there wouldn't be air over there which would be even more
> inconvenient)...
>
> Anyway, just wondering if anyone else here has dealt w/ the problem by
> replacing tank or just toss the old compressor in the "never-to-be-used
> but still good pile" and just get another small one. I suppose I could
> go the pancake route instead...or, of course, one could rig up a mount
> on just a bubble, too; was trying to minimize the amount of effort as a
> secondary objective...
Go to a truck junkyard, one for tractor trucks, there is an auxilliary
storage tank on semi trailers that is about 6 gallons, they are a dime a
dozen around here.
basilisk
--
A wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse