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Today I'll be leaving work with the old compressor tank and head (no motor, still works so they're keeping it). I will be asking my yard what I have to do to the tank to get cast iron price and the head is going to be a project for me and my kids to play around with this weekend. It already has most of the oil drained from laying on it's side for quite a while. Any tips or advice on what to do with it? Tank is still good but the head is done, that's why we got a new one.
no besides cutting it apart but like the idea of getting the kids making money early on in life lol pay for the college lol
It's funny my son is older but I think he'll be the techy in the family. My daughter will do anything (crush cans, remove screws with a drill) and she says she just wants to spend time with me. I'm blessed, I know.
If it is the right size you might can get better than scrap yard price by selling it on craigslist. A lot of people like to take tanks like that to make BBQ grills.
That's one of the things I was thinking. There are only a couple bare tanks listed in my area so I don't know what the demand is like. I guess it is the perfect time of year though. Maybe I'll post it for the weekend since my yard will be closed til at least Monday.
Just for the heck of it .... pour some motor oil into the air intake and see if that restores compression. It might be that the rings are worn but just as possible ... the metal plenum /reed thingies might be bad.
Depending on how old it is ... you might be able to get repair parts for the head.
If you don't already have compressed air in the shop it's a big step up.
Its done. But thanks. It was hardwired and I dont need/want a 60 gal tank in my garage. I will ask my small engine guy if he wants it though.
I don't know how big yours is but I got a 60 gallon tank with compressor giving to me as well, sold it the next day for $40.
Please don't laugh too hard at me .... ;)
When i was first putting my shop together i didn't have much money and i really wanted air.
I got one of those tankless Campbell Hausfeld air compressors from Wal Mart for about 90 bucks. Next i cleaned out two 100 # propane cylinders and tee'd them together with black iron. Add the two together and you have an air compressor up top and storage tanks below.
It took awhile to bring it all up to 120 psi but it did work. :&
A 60 gallon does take up a lot of space in the shop so i can see why you wouldn't want to mess with it. A pain to wire in to.
Seeing that the storage tank is still good it might be useful to somebody. Mount any old compressor up top and it would give em' something that would serve the purpose for not too many $$$.
I separated the head and tank but now don't want to just scrap it. I'm asking around about the tank. The head has been rebuilt twice and repaired too. Its old. The tank is a Cambell Hausfeld and has nothing wrong with it.
You say the tank is old. That makes me nervous about anyone wanting to use it as a compressor again unless they pressure test it. No idea what that would cost but compressors these days are reasonable. I picked up a Puma 60 gallon 2 years ago for $480 plus tax or somewhere in there. Runs almost every day and keeps going. I had never heard of Puma before this but I figured for the price I'd give it a try. It's paid for itself.
I hard wired it myself. Was pretty easy.
It was inspected and was going to be used as a second tank but they changed their minds. I listed it this afternoon and already have 5 people asking about it.
It's a little off topic but you really don't have to worry too much about compressed air storage tanks. One should ALWAYS treat them with respect but they're pretty well made. Most shops aren't running over 120 psi working pressure. The tanks are engineered with a safety factor of two or three times that amount.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdahoScrapper
Propane tanks are designed with a working pressure of around 200 psi so the can be re-purposed as long as the don't have extensive rust on the bottom. Also ... reject any with dents in em'.
A water heater tank is designed for a working pressure of 100 psi so they are okay too as long as they're in reasonably good condition.
The big thing where storage tanks need to be sent out & tested is the oxygen & acetylene because they're working at much higher pressures. ( over 1000 psi. ) They drop em' in a tank full of water and pump em' up to very high pressure to test them. If they do rupture it just makes a big splash and nobody gets hurt.
Again ... always be respectful of the pressures you're working with but the rest is mostly common sense.
Thank you for mentioning this! I sold it for $75 the next day!Quote:
Originally Posted by gabrielservices
glad to help!