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Looks like head and shell are .250. See image.

There's a tag. I know it showed a 197 working pressure. Not sure if the head/shell thickness is shown. I'll look. But its not going to be of much use is itbuntil it can be accurately corrected for corrosion and all the pressure cycling its gone through since 1949. That's really what's driving...

That's what I'm working on. A Quincy 325 from either late 40's or early 50's. Its a ROC 1. What a monster. At least for my home shop. Love having some old American Made. Tank is a Westinghouse Air Brake. Very heavy. That's what we have on the trains as well. Everything is waaay overbuilt...

By plugging all the homes I mean outlets. I'd love to know thge yield but I'm doing this in the backyard. As technical as its going to get. I have to think that if it holds up to my test its safe. There's no circumstance in which it will see anywhere near 300psi under normal use. ssdave. Thank...

SS Dave. I was thinking of knocking it down to 150 psi when I get it back together. What you've said settles it. The pump is fast enough to make a lot of cfm and I think the only point to higher pressures is storage. I know I'll never need 175 psi or anywhere near it. We agree on the pressure...

Very impressed fireguy. 300 psi didn't break it so I'm gonna say 175psi won't. But I promise I'll only fill it up with air and not poison gas. BTW. Your post did nothing for anyone but perhaps the United Brotherhood of Vessel Testors and Inspectors. High handed and non instructive. I'll bet a...

I'm refurbing a very old tank. 1949 vintage. Now and again I see people advising others to toss such a tank based on its age. Today I plugged all the holes, filled it with water and put a sprinkler gauge on it. I had to link a few different couplings together but it connected the pressure washer...

I'm encouraged. Got it all apart and ordered bearings already. I think I spent just over $20 on those. The centrifugal part of the start switch is probably OK. There's also what's referred to as a static switch which actually has the contacts. I see it's been arced a bunch and I'm confident I...

Well it looks like I did it again. I paid $400 for my cool old Quincy 325 compressor and its gonna cost me a lot more. I took the motor in to be gone over and it needs a bearing and a switch. I'm not sure what kind of switch is in the motor enclosure, but that's what the guy said. Might have...

No. I should have said so. I'm going to fill it with water and either run the pressure washer to it or use a grease gun. I'm curious if I can just pull the rope starter with the washers swith off and get anywhere. I have reservations about being able to control the pressure accurately with the...

Hello all. I'm trying to test and if good return an old compressor tank from 1949. It's 70 gallons. Today I fought out one of the inspection plugs. Ultimately it took the torch. It was really in there. I worked at it hard until I was concerned that I was going to damage it so badly that I'd...

I'll get some pics up. They'll be without the motor as I brought it to a shop to be gone over. It's a 5hp Leland Faraday. Huge. The guy at the shop said the frame is the size of most 10hp motors. Also got a 3hp of same brand but it has a noisy bearing that I'll have to try to address. Generally...

Hello I just bought a Quincy 325 roc 1 on a 70 gallon horizontal Westinghouse Tank. I paid $400. Not sure if it was a decent deal or not. It works well, though I'll likely restore it to perfect because I can't resist. My question is whether to trust a hydro test that I do on my own. The tank...

Hello all I'm new so thank you in advance for your help. Today I picked up a compressor that I think might be put together from parts but initially I suspect I did well. Tank is marked Westinghouse 1949 . 70 gal with a 197 psi working pressure. I got a 5 hp Leland Faraday motor (mounted)...