Re: Tank Hole

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Thanks, Ralph,
   I will just leave it as-is and when it starts leaking again I will call it a day and replace it. It's probably safer with the one little weld in it than having any kind off plate over it to blow off. I will also keep an eye out for one of those crap noisy oilless compressors for cheap. Take the tank from one of those and ditch the pump unit.
I've seen fairly new ones of those sell for under $200 after people find out how noisy they are!
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Mark Price
markprice242ATadelphia.net
Morgantown, WV
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Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:53:17 -0800 
From: <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Subject: Re: Tank Hole 
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Message-id: <007301c64c57$eed17d10$6400a8c0@ralphs1> 
 
I've been on the farm a good part of my life (1940's thru early 1960's).  We 
did stuff like this.  Of course we were out in the country and air tanks 
were kind of hard to come by.  Dad did have an acetylene generator he patch 
welded.  It did blow itself up some years later but not at the patch.  Those 
were kind of dangerous devices. 
 
I have solder patched an old compressed air tank that had some rust in it 
and it held. I suppose that is much safer than welding one as you aren't 
disturbing the steel structural strength nearly so much.  I managed to get 
it sealed and it seems to stay fixed from leaking.  I suppose that one could 
use epoxy and a patch or even braze weld with some flux coated bronze rod. 
 
Another thing is that these air tanks were only good for not over 125 pounds 
psi.  The old ones were heavy iron tanks.  Modern ones are much lighter 
gauge steel.  That all makes a difference.   If you wanted you can apply a 
flat patch and put a steel band around it covering the repair.   Then don't 
use it for government jobs.  Can't have g-men working with anything that 
isn't "certified" or up to codes. 
 
As far as your welded air tank blowing you all to smithereens or not.  Nope, 
it won't do that.  If it does blow out and is not tied down it could 
possibly squirt itself across the room and hit you.  But it isn't going to 
just detonate like an IED.    Just tie it down good and make sure the relief 
valve works.  Stay sober and concious, it helps hone good judgement. 
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