Pressure Pot

[lorbay]

Anyone have any info on these. Theses were made in Canada back in the day by Webster, from London Ontario. I just bought on the same as these and it has no info on it. It's a 5 gal heavier than car, well not really but dam heavy. Has 8 clamps on it. Is all steel construction. I am thinking it would be good for at least 80 psi.
Lin

 

[Jim Burr]

And the people that made it...what do they recommend?

 

[lorbay]

And the people that made it...what do they recommend?

Pre WW2 not around any more. Well maybe not pre WW2 but old.
Lin.

 

[paintspill]

Word around here seems to be that 40psi is more than enough so if it holds that you should be good to go

Disclaimer: I can't be held responsible if you blow your leg off.

 

[MesquiteMan]

Word around here seems to be that 40psi is more than enough so if it holds that you should be good to go

Disclaimer: I can't be held responsible if you blow your leg off.

Word around here is not always accurate for all applications!

 

[sbell111]

Word around here seems to be that 40psi is more than enough so if it holds that you should be good to go

Disclaimer: I can't be held responsible if you blow your leg off.

Word around here is not always accurate for all applications!

That's for sure.

 

[Curly]

Fill it to the brim with water and start adding pressure slowly and see. That said, make sure it is a safe distance from everything or dig a deep hole to set it into in case it lets go. They do look like they were well made. Nice size to make a vacuum drying kiln with too.

 

[lorbay]

Fill it to the brim with water and start adding pressure slowly and see. That said, make sure it is a safe distance from everything or dig a deep hole to set it into in case it lets go. They do look like they were well made. Nice size to make a vacuum drying kiln with too.

Pete what will the water do other than show leaks.??
I was talking to an old painter(commercial/house painter) today and he was saying that when this style came out you would stand the whole 5 gal can in there so there was no mess in cleaning out the pot. sweet

Lin.

 

[Curly]

Compressed air has a lot of energy stored in it. If the pot burst it is like a bomb going off. Especially a 5 gallon sized one. If you take up most of the space with water, which doesn't compress, what little air is left won't do as much damage if the the pot lets go. Even better is to pressurize only with water but most of us don't have have a means of doing that.

 

[lorbay]

Thanks Pete going to clean it up and give it a whirl tomorrow.
Lin

 

[lorbay]

Well I filled it up with water dug a hole out back of my shop hooked up the air and let it go till the compressor cut out, that's around 115-120. Didn't dare go near it to see if there were any leaks. Lol. I will not be going to that pressure again anyway. So I am very happy with my $25.00 purchase.
Lin.