Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
|
Metalworking (rec.crafts.metalworking) Discuss various aspects of working with metal, such as machining, welding, metal joining, screwing, casting, hardening/tempering, blacksmithing/forging, spinning and hammer work, sheet metal work. |
Reply |
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Old Compressor
Hi could you please help with identifying the attached compressor. I found it at a scrap sales and want to buy it to restore but found no make or model on it.
|
#2
Posted to rec.crafts.metalworking
|
|||
|
|||
Old Compressor
On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:21:46 +0000, Garry Coetzee
wrote: Hi could you please help with identifying the attached compressor. I found it at a scrap sales and want to buy it to restore but found no make or model on it. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: Image3.jpg | |Download: http://www.diybanter.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=6840| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ It's a refrigeration compressor - looks like it's the one from the walkin cooler on Noah's Ark. |
#3
Posted to rec.crafts.metalworking
|
|||
|
|||
Old Compressor
You do realize that DIY Banter is not a web site. It is a portal to usenet
group rec crafts metalworking. Find a usenet provider, and post here the regular way. .. Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. .. "Garry Coetzee" wrote in message ... Hi could you please help with identifying the attached compressor. I found it at a scrap sales and want to buy it to restore but found no make or model on it. -- Garry Coetzee |
#4
Posted to rec.crafts.metalworking
|
|||
|
|||
Old Compressor
|
#5
Posted to rec.crafts.metalworking
|
|||
|
|||
Old Compressor
On 2013-04-12, Garry Coetzee wrote:
Hi could you please help with identifying the attached compressor. I found it at a scrap sales and want to buy it to restore but found no make or model on it. This is really old, for a flat belt drive. Possibly 100 years old. i +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: Image3.jpg | |Download: http://www.diybanter.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=6840| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
#6
Posted to rec.crafts.metalworking
|
|||
|
|||
Old Compressor
On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:46:40 -0500, Ignoramus9077
wrote: On 2013-04-12, Garry Coetzee wrote: Hi could you please help with identifying the attached compressor. I found it at a scrap sales and want to buy it to restore but found no make or model on it. This is really old, for a flat belt drive. Possibly 100 years old. i +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: Image3.jpg | |Download: http://www.diybanter.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=6840| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ I pulled a two-cylinder version very similar to that out of my uncle's shop after he died. It had a leather flat-belt drive and he had converted it to fill the enormous bomb...er, air tank...that hung from the ceiling of his shop. I scrapped it, but it was hard to do. -- Ed Huntress |
#7
Posted to rec.crafts.metalworking
|
|||
|
|||
Old Compressor
On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:51:38 -0400, Ed Huntress
wrote: On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:46:40 -0500, Ignoramus9077 wrote: On 2013-04-12, Garry Coetzee wrote: Hi could you please help with identifying the attached compressor. I found it at a scrap sales and want to buy it to restore but found no make or model on it. This is really old, for a flat belt drive. Possibly 100 years old. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: Image3.jpg | |Download: http://www.diybanter.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=6840| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ I pulled a two-cylinder version very similar to that out of my uncle's shop after he died. It had a leather flat-belt drive and he had converted it to fill the enormous bomb...er, air tank...that hung from the ceiling of his shop. I scrapped it, but it was hard to do. I think you may have been right the first time (bomb) - especially if it hadn't been drained regularly or Hydrotested or Bore-Scoped in forever. "Hanging from the ceiling" and being run by a flat belt and Jackshaft system makes it likely it hadn't received proper attention in forever. -- Bruce -- |
#8
Posted to rec.crafts.metalworking
|
|||
|
|||
Old Compressor
On Apr 14, 8:00*pm, "Bruce L. Bergman (munged human readable)"
wrote: On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:51:38 -0400, Ed Huntress wrote: On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:46:40 -0500, Ignoramus9077 wrote: On 2013-04-12, Garry Coetzee wrote: Hi could you please help with identifying the attached compressor. I found it at a scrap sales and want to buy it to restore but found no make or model on it. This is really old, for a flat belt drive. Possibly 100 years old. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: Image3.jpg * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * | |Download:http://www.diybanter.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=6840| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ I pulled a two-cylinder version very similar to that out of my uncle's shop after he died. It had a leather flat-belt drive and he had converted it to fill the enormous bomb...er, air tank...that hung from the ceiling of his shop. I scrapped it, but it was hard to do. * I think you may have been right the first time (bomb) - especially if it hadn't been drained regularly or Hydrotested or Bore-Scoped in forever. "Hanging from the ceiling" and being run by a flat belt and Jackshaft system makes it likely it hadn't received proper attention in forever. -- Bruce --- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - A lot of the really OLD refrigeration compressors were set up for thiings like sulfur dioxide, methyl chloride and ammonia. Freon is relatively new as a refrigerant. The oil may be contaminated with some undesirable stuff, hazardous waste. Ammonia takes a LOT of pressure to liquify, so if it was designed for that, delivery pressure could be significant. Might make a pretty good vac pump, too, with proper clean out. Stan |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
air compressor | Home Repair | |||
Air Compressor | Woodworking | |||
OT - air compressor | Metalworking | |||
Compressor needs 15A | UK diy | |||
Should I fix my air compressor? | Home Repair |