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Re: [Shop-talk] Air Hose Reel Rec

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Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Air Hose Reel Rec
From: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 18:26:40 -0500 (EST)
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References: <54721EF3.4040207@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.02.1502171823420.74386@itonami.pair.com> <54E3FD82.8080800@frontier.com> <54E4FA55.80208@gmail.com> <7ACA1E84-4E72-4220-9A06-A160588DA794@comcast.net> <alpine.BSF.2.02.1502181657260.44947@itonami.pair.com> <54E50CEB.8010703@gmail.com>
User-agent: Alpine 2.02 (BSF 1266 2009-07-14)
    I would apologize for hijacking the thread, but it was mine to begin 
with, so...

    I'm amazed everytime this subject comes up that some people still won't 
believe that compressed air in PVC is dangerous because it hasn't happened 
to them.  It takes no effort at all to find hundreds of stories like this 
one...

"Basil - I was working in a commercial radiator shop (in Sidney) and our 
PVC lines worked perfectly (for several years), right until they failed 
catastrophically.

The explosion that occurred was instant and complete, with an amazing 
amount of shrapnel flying around. It's not something I'd wish on anyone 
and for the sake of saving a few $$ or a bit of time on the install, PVC 
airlines just aren't worth the risk.

Not only will I never install PVC for airlines, I'll not even set foot in 
a shop that has them."

or this one...

"As to PVC: NO!!

My last (huge) shop came pre-plumbed with 1" PVC air lines. When the one 
branch let go, it shot a six-foot-long, javelin-pointed piece of pipe at 
me, which slammed into the bandsaw I was working with at the time, 
shattering the pipe.

PVC? No way."
- http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?104099-CVPC-or-PVC-Air-line


    Why insist on replicating mistakes that have already been made?  At 
least make NEW mistakes.

--
  David Hillman
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