/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>823827
http://youtu.be/KVP_A7eGYxw

In the event of an explosion, it will give at the weak spot, which will serve as an initiation point for a tear that will open the tank like a rocket propelled zipper, but any yielding might only be noticeable 0.01 seconds before lift off. This could prove to be insufficient time to depressurise the tank, run away or even whistle more than a few wavelengths of sound.

Exploding air compressors is a rare thing, for precisely the same reason planes almost never fall out of the sky: they are both so inherently dangerous that manufacturers make triple sure that it doesn't go to shit. Redundant fail-safes everywhere. Since your compressor has been made by a respectable brand and have been subject to a rigorous maintenance regimen under careful government supervision, it should be fine. Just kidding. Yours was Macgyvered by... someone, from pieces scavenged from trash, fifty years ago, and have been irregularly used by many people with varying degrees of competence.

I'm not going to say that this thing will kill you, it probably won't. Just... with all due respect, please be careful.