Recent content by hsheartaches

Welcome!! I too am a HAMBer who found my way over. Lots of good info in the forums. Just take a look for yourself! :D

Well, mine's nothing to brag about, except for the fact that I only have about $50 into it. I call it Frankompressor. I was given two junk compressors, one was a 20 gallon '74 Craftsman(supposedly) with a burned up motor, the other was a 22 gallon Sanborn with a blown compression head. I hard...

Hey! I'm a regular on the HAMB and the Jockey Journal. Just stumbled across this site, and figured "why the hell not." Seems like there's a bunch of good equipment and tool threads on here, so I'm really liking it so far. JB

P = SEt/(R+0.6t) P = Max. pressure S = Allowable stress(42ksi on ductile iron pipe, use 21k for a 2:1 safety factor) E = Efficiency (1.00 for seamless pipe; 0.85 or 0.70 to be conservative on welded tubes) t = Wall thickness of pipe R = Inside radius of pipe