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Default convert old compressor tank to portable air storage tank?

Nate Nagel wrote:
subject says all, I was given an old air compressor minus the compressor
and motor - would like to use it as a portable compressed air tank.
McMaster-Carr sells schraeder valve to NPT fittings for cheap, but don't
I need some kind of pop off valve to make this legit? Also will a
standard radiator petcock suffice as a drain valve or do I need
something more substantial? I guess my lack of finding the pop off
valve on a quick web search (maybe I'm not using the right keywords?) is
keeping me from hacking this together.

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I'd not sweat it -- the old Air Force surplus air bubble doesn't have
either and it's been (and continues to be) fine for 50 years and counting...

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