"Highflyer" wrote in message
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Real unfortunately when it hit the wall it busted my gauges off of the
tank. That tank took off like a toy balloon when you blow it up and let it
go! It took off with such vigor that it went right through a 12 inch
concrete block wall. Made a believer out of me. Don't jerk those hoses
now. :-)

A couple of years ago I was wandering through the goodies at a garage sale
when I spotted an 80 ft³ Oxygen tank and an Acetylene tank ~40" tall & 10"
diameter. They had regulators attached, but it looked as if the gauges were
broken off. I bought them for $5 each and hauled them home. (Turns out they
were both chock-a-block full of gas, too!)

It turns out the regulators are specially designed for rough-duty use.
Instead of gauges, they have pressure indicators where a visible rod slides
in a groove and shows approximate tank pressure. There are no secondary "set
pressure" indicators.

That's the same garage sale where I bought a fixed-pitch McCauley (sp?) prop
appropriate for an RV for $75. Later sold it as a wall-hanger for $375.

Rich S.