Pressure pot before HF??

[railrider1920]

Hi everyone,
I was just wondering something. Before finding and using the HF paint pressure pot, what was everyone using? What about people in different countries that don't have a Harbor Freight? What do folks in England or Oz use for a PP when doing their casting?

Thanks

 

[sbell111]

I suspect that the use of pressure and vacuum in home-based shops (for our purposes) is new enough that there really isn't a 'before HF'.

While I have no idea if HF ships internationally, folks who live in areas not served by HF can buy paint pots from other sources. Heck, I think I've seen one of them in nearly every pawn shop that I've ever been in (that deals with tools).

 

[MesquiteMan]

Remember, HF is not the only place that sells pressure pots. I bought mine from a friend in the cabinet business long before I knew about the HF pots. It is a Blinks or something like that and is made MUCH better. I also have an HF pot as well. HF certainly did not invent the pressure pot and it has been around for a long time, long before airless paint sprayers.

 

[PaulDoug]

I'm wondering is a person could make a pressure cooker work some how. Like used for canning. Been kind of eying mt wife's. Hasn't been use for a long time.....

 

[pssherman]

Originally posted by PaulDoug

I'm wondering is a person could make a pressure cooker work some how. Like used for canning. Been kind of eying mt wife's. Hasn't been use for a long time.....

No. Pressure cookers are designed for a small amount of pressure. It could very easily explode (with shrapnell) if too much pressure is applied. Go with a paint pot, its a lot safer.

 

[loglugger]

Pressure cookers are only good for about 15 lbs pressure. They are not made for more than that, at lest none that I have seen.
Bob

 

[LostintheWoods]

Binks and DeVilbiss both made and sold pressure pots long before Harbor Freight itself even existed. I was using them in the mid-60's, and they were not by any means a new item even then.