The pictures of the tank on craigslist in this thread gave me an idea.
https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/21077/
For more than 20 years I had a part time cabinet shop. My former partner and I purchased much of our equipment at public auctions. At many of these auctions used pressure tanks could be bought for cheap. The tanks look like this:
http://www.chreed.com/pressure_tanks.htm
They are often covered with many, many layers of whatever coating they had once held. We bought 4 such tanks (various sizes and brands) at an auction in Hagerstown Maryland several years ago for $10.00 or $15.00 for the lot. We restored and sold a couple of them for $200.00ish each. They are used to force feed the coating of choice to a spray gun.
My idea is:
You could cut the top off, a couple of inches below the locking clamps, and weld it to your propane tank. If you were standing your tank on end it would be a straight cut around the spray tank. However, even if you were placing your propane tank horizontally the spray tank cylinder could be cut to match the contour of the propane tank side. The lids already have 3 or 4 tapping’s in them. It looks like the DeVilbiss tanks are rated at 110 psi. There is a large gasket under the lid that is made of santoprene according to this parts list:
http://www.chreed.com/finishing/Pdf/qmst_51500.pdf
I’m not familiar with santoprene so I don’t know if the gasket would handle the necessary temperatures. I went with the weld on flange as a means of placing my DHW coil in one of my tanks but I wish I had thought of using one of these pressure tank lids before going that route. Especially since I think I still have a couple of those tanks in the barn.
Ron
https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/21077/
For more than 20 years I had a part time cabinet shop. My former partner and I purchased much of our equipment at public auctions. At many of these auctions used pressure tanks could be bought for cheap. The tanks look like this:
http://www.chreed.com/pressure_tanks.htm
They are often covered with many, many layers of whatever coating they had once held. We bought 4 such tanks (various sizes and brands) at an auction in Hagerstown Maryland several years ago for $10.00 or $15.00 for the lot. We restored and sold a couple of them for $200.00ish each. They are used to force feed the coating of choice to a spray gun.
My idea is:
You could cut the top off, a couple of inches below the locking clamps, and weld it to your propane tank. If you were standing your tank on end it would be a straight cut around the spray tank. However, even if you were placing your propane tank horizontally the spray tank cylinder could be cut to match the contour of the propane tank side. The lids already have 3 or 4 tapping’s in them. It looks like the DeVilbiss tanks are rated at 110 psi. There is a large gasket under the lid that is made of santoprene according to this parts list:
http://www.chreed.com/finishing/Pdf/qmst_51500.pdf
I’m not familiar with santoprene so I don’t know if the gasket would handle the necessary temperatures. I went with the weld on flange as a means of placing my DHW coil in one of my tanks but I wish I had thought of using one of these pressure tank lids before going that route. Especially since I think I still have a couple of those tanks in the barn.
Ron
