A buddy of mine has a 60 gallon 1 stage compressor he isnt using anymore.
I know he has NEVER drained it so theres probably a good bit of water in there. Its been in use for probably 2 years.

He wants $150.. Is it worth it?

My only fear is mounting it in my basement and then something happening.

Anyone got an opinion ?

 

I'm not sure how good that compressor is, but I have one that I bought off a friend that's about 4' tall and it's the best god damn investment I've ever made. Makes life mucho better. The water part scares me, I drain mine all the time because I'm afraid of it rusting inside the tank and eventually bursting...but that's just me. I've never heard of one bursting, but that's what it says in the "instruction manual" probably to just cover their ***...but that may be a good deal.

 

I just got a call from a buddy who is a fluid engineer.
he said it will make pinholes and **** air out that way. worst case it makes a 1" hole.. it wont get worse than that . So looks like ill buy it

 

not to thread jack but have any of you guys managed to sucessfully install an automatic drain valve from HF? It looks complicated as hell

 

Pressure vessels are designed with 'leak before burst' criteria. Its a really well studied problem. Anyone who tells you thier tank rusted then exploded is lying, or they did something to make it blow up. Propane tanks don't blow up either, so don't ask.

More importantly: single stage compressors are loud as hell. when you mount it build a box for it so it doesn't drive you deaf. and make sure the compressor provides enough flow (rated in scfm) to drive the tools you want to use.

 

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he said it will make pinholes and **** air out that way. worst case it makes a 1" hole.. it wont get worse than that . So looks like ill buy it </TD></TR></TABLE>

Now I can sleep better at night too

 

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he said it will make pinholes and **** air out that way. worst case it makes a 1" hole.. it wont get worse than that . So looks like ill buy it </TD></TR></TABLE>

Well talk to someone who works with metals next, because the worst thing is the tank rupturing, explodiung, and sending metal fragments everywhere.

 

I am a degreed and practicing mechanical engineer. The tanks may eventuallyleak but NOT explode. If you need more proof I'll post a page of a textbook or something.
Fluids engineers don't design pressure vessels, mechanical engineers do.
If you want a reference see:
"Mechanical behavior of materials" by Norman Dowling
pgs 315-317 Leak before break design of pressure vessels.

 

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More importantly: single stage compressors are loud as hell. when you mount it build a box for it so it doesn't drive you deaf. and make sure the compressor provides enough flow (rated in scfm) to drive the tools you want to use.</TD></TR></TABLE>


with a 60 gallong tank I dont think flow is that much of a problem
I painted an EF civic with a wal-mart 20 gallon "five hp" (probably 2.5 in the real world) compressor; used a new clean line and h2o trap. Worked great! probably helped that i had my friends $120 gun.

anyway to the original poster; yea buy that compressor

 

Well I bought the compressor. He said it was "making a noise" so I stripped the covers off. Entire right banks blown up! Not sure if was such a good deal anymore

 

 

there was a post on here like a year or more ago with pics of a guys compressor burting. shot schrapnel through the walls of his garage. luckily he was on the other side of the car when it happened. i wouldnt buy it.

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1065634

im so good at searching

 

wow

 

Holy cow. Reading the post it says there was a recall for the pressure safety switch.
There's really only surface rust, so the overfilling of the tank is what caused the rupture. This is why there's a pressure gage for the tank on most compressors. Just to double check
That's why they inspect propane, argon, oxygen etc tanks before filling them. To make sure they haven't been overfilled and cracked. Its a good thing he wasn't in there when it happened.
To The OP, check craiglist or something for a used compressor, there's plenty of good ones out there.

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Tank size and horsepower don't determine how useful a compressor is. Paint guns don't need as much airflow as powerful air tools (impact guns, etc) so if you're using those very often, it helps to have a compressor that can keep up with them so that you're not always having to stop and wait for the compressor to fill the tank, does that make sense?

 

That looks like an overfill problem.
120 PSI wouldnt do that to a tank. It would take at least 200 to seperate the metal on teh cheapest tanks!