Thread: convert old compressor tank to portable air storage tank?
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Compressors rust from the inside out, so
you're not going to be able to tell anything about how much metal is
left in an old compressor tank. Typically they develop pin hole
leaks in the bottom. But could one fail catastrophically and injure
someone?

Tanks are designed to *not* fail catastrophically. Ours developed two or
three pinhole leaks about 15 yrs ago, and the boss took it down the
street to the welder to have it patched up. It's still holding air.
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