On 6/11/11 12:45 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:32:17 -0400, wrote:

-MIKE- wrote:
On 6/10/11 3:21 PM, CW wrote:
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I am in the market and this one seems intriguing. I have some clamps
and such from them and they are okay--I am not so sure about things
like air compressors.

http://www.harborfreight.com/25-hp-2...sor-67847.html


150 PSI Chinese bomb. Considering the quality level of HF merchandise
(everywhere from not bad to total crap) I wouldn't trust them with my
life
and that's what you are doing using their air compressor. Odds are though
you won't get the one welded together by the ****ed off slave labor.
Feeling
lucky?


So you're one of those guys who thinks an air talk can explode like a
bomb, huh?


I assume it's got a safety valve of some sort. What's the skinny?

I haven't checked the stats, but my SWAG is that 98.99% of tanks
develop pinhole leaks which expand, )1% blow at the seams sans
shrapnel, and the other 0.01% have pressure relief valves stick (how
much overpressure can a cheap pump put out, anyway?) and they actually
explode, hurting someone. Here's the nastiest one I could find in ten
minutes.giggle http://goo.gl/I5ab8


You're using paintball guns for your air tools?


Seam ruptures on a 21 gallon tank put (15psia empty, 150psi full) 210
gallons of air into the shop in a short amount of time, blowing out
the windows and making the ears smart a bit, wot?


No. Weakest link in the chain (hole) breaks first, not the whole chain.
The hole blows out the pressure. Worst that can happen is is shoots
across the room like a rocket, not an explosion.


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