Thread: What would you make with these?

Hi Tony, Some artist that makes aquatic sculptures might be interested in your tanks, or they can be used as a secondary air tank off of an air comp. as a moisture catch and drain. I made a large one from an old LP tank. It has been working great for over 15 yrs.Good luck in finding them a new use. No need to wast them. Randy

Huge wind chimes?

Originally Posted by .RC.

Huge wind chimes?

Yes, someone on my other favorite site "projectsinmetal.com" bult a door Gong out of the acetylene cylinder, but I think that would have been steel. He said his produced a great sound, but I will check, but doubt the alloy would resonate very well.

I have an old steel cylinder, which I might try, but otherwise, i have a design somewhere for a forge form an old cylinder. A longer forge than my current could be useful for swords. removing all the zinc might be a chore.

Tony

thanks for the tip on the site mate
you beauty

In AU beyond a certain age they must be disposed of.

The age of the cylinder isn't the issue. As long as it passess the visual and hydro test each year it is good to go indefinately.
That said, the older 6351 Aluminum Tanks have been shown to be susseptiple to sustained load cracking (especially around neck area) and many shops are now failing them as a matter of course, even if they pass all testing.

I credit this idea to my wife.

Two of them will have their top cut off and be used a Quench tanks. One for oil and one for brine. This should have been obvious to me, as the knife I made last week was too long for my current quench "trough".

Two will be relegated to shop air, the current shop air tank, with a supply fed from the first stage has lasted about 2 years of casual "blast cleaning" jobs. My local will do at least a partial fill without a test, as long I do the filling.

The steely for either a forge or a gong, leaving four alloys to go. Anyone know the price for scrap alloy? I have about 50kgs of it.

Tony

Originally Posted by azzrock

thanks for the tip on the site mate
you beauty

It is a great site for plans and engineering chat.

i also like Practical Machinist - Largest Manufacturing Technology Forum on the Web and FRETS.COM Machining

I am spending time in front of the puter now or clearing and rearranging the workshop to fit my new lathe which arrives next week

I have to share the shop with my wife, who is a silver smith. So we need and dirty spaces. Forge, grinders, saws etc.

Tony7

Windmill blades along the lines of the ones for pumping water into cattle tanks.

Pete

I havent taken any now for a least a year. But every time I go to dump steel I ask, one never knows whats gonna come into the shop next. Price for ally scrap seems to be consistantly around the 1 - $1.15 a Kilo, at least where I take it to around here.

Originally Posted by Roulston

leaving four alloys to go. Anyone know the price for scrap alloy? I have about 50kgs of it.Tony

Tony
If you have the room to store them, keep them. You will think of a use eventually. When that happens you would never be able to replace them for what you get for them as scrap.
Remember the average time between getting rid of something and then needing it is approx 2 weeks.

bollie7

My father used to say that if you kept something for seven years,you would find a use for it. I've been keeping junk for fourty years and still not found a use for most of it.
Russell