Old steels denied fills due to store "policy"

[fullytek]

How many times has the valve been run in and out of the threads of a 50 year old tank and dose a hidro or visual inspection measure thread depth and fit?

 

[Bob DBF]

Swinging for the stands are we.


Bob

 

[letterboy]

How many times has the valve been run in and out of the threads of a 50 year old tank and dose a hidro or visual inspection measure thread depth and fit?

How many times has it been run in and out of a 5 year old tank and does a hydro or visual inspection measure thread depth and fit?

 

[RIHappyDiver]

How many times has the valve been run in and out of the threads of a 50 year old tank and dose a hidro or visual inspection measure thread depth and fit?

I’ve been following (lurking) this thread for the past couple of days with great amusement, and I really thought you had decided that you had had enough. Then, tonight, after much silence, you post this. You, my friend, are tenacious.

Erik

 

[Zieg]

Tenacious isn't the word that comes to my mind .

 

[swimlikethefish]

Deleted, why waste my breath.

 

[StefinSB]

Tenacious isn't the word that comes to my mind .

My thoughts exactly

 

[markmud]

How many times has the valve been run in and out of the threads of a 50 year old tank and dose a hidro or visual inspection measure thread depth and fit?

uhmmm-aah…

Answer: 10 times.

Steel has a much higher tensile strength than brass. Tank valves are not torqued on. Brass deforms (fails) before steel. Tank valves are made of soft brass (not bronze).

If a visual inspection, either aided or unaided, of the threads shows no sign of wear or damage, why not use it?

Your degree in liberal arts is showing.

markm

 

[RIHappyDiver]

Tenacious isn't the word that comes to my mind .

I was just trying to be kind.

 

[JohnnyC]

I had a Nazi bottle in the shop once, whoever re-marked it did a pretty poor job of striking the swastika into a square. Its last hydro stamp was 2 years prior to when I got it. Dunno what happened to it as it was swapped when I used all the gas, but if Praxair felt confident to fill it, I don't have a problem with it. It's not as if welding gas cylinders are particularly well taken care of, especially on pipelines and such.