Today I acquired...........

[Seadog]

Not exactly, Andrew.

 

[JMS1972]

Our 3 remaining parents are knocking on a bit and they go through the stage of clearing stuff out, on every visit you end up coming back with a car full of useful stuff... among the vaguely worth saving bottles were these, not sure about the 70% proof rum do we think its drinkable or just for rubbing on sore bits??
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You need to look at Daiquiri recipes

Daiquiri - Google Search

It's made awful rum drinkable for me in the past. May contain one of your 5 a day.

Note I don't drink anymore due to Liver function issues....

 

[Rannsachair]

I feel as bad as @The_Yellow_Ardvark , a box of crunchies, a pile of twirls (managed to give away half a dozen prior to pic) and a dozen local free range eggs. A present for making a bayonet mount for an early 1800's French musket.

 

[Shox Dr]

Not exactly, Andrew.

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I thought it had to be a higher than 54.5% to be allowed in the powder keg?

 

[Seadog]

With no gunpowder to hand I can't test it

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

With no gunpowder to hand I can't test it

I have, send it my way.

 

[Seadog]

Cheaper for you to send me some powder

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Cheaper for you to send me some powder

Can't
The Post office will loose it.

 

[Seadog]

They might, but sooner that than losing a bottle of rum...

 

[Shox Dr]

They might, but sooner that than losing a bottle of rum...

.

 

[Onoff]

Hopefully I'm getting this:

 

[Scalarocco]

Just got to fight your way through?!

 

[Turbo]

Hopefully I'm getting this:

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It will be full of water, probably has never been drained from new!

 

[Onoff]

It will be full of water, probably has never been drained from new!

That's the worry and the first thing I thought of! He said "Do you really want it as it's really rusty?"

 

[6ply]

I should stay away from car boot sales.

 

[6ply]

That's the worry and the first thing I thought of! He said "Do you really want it as it's really rusty?"

Are you planning to look inside? Brave man who starts that thing up

 

[awemawson]

Do a simple hydraulic test on it first. Disconnect pipework, fill with water, if no obvious leaks connect an air line via a regulator, slowly bring the small air gap in the tank up to working pressure (from afar) and close the tap - leave for a while and if no apparent leaks bring up to 150% of working pressure and leave for a few hours. If no leaks it should be safe to use.

(The idea of the water fill is that any burst will only have a very small volume of compressed air to release before the pressure drops dramatically as the water is not able to be compressed.)

 

[James1979]

^^^
What he said.

Also check your relief valve. Mine failed it’s inspection last month on relief valve. He couldn’t get it to pop within spec.

Only a few quid for a new un

 

[bigegg]

Do a simple hydraulic test on it first. Disconnect pipework, fill with water, if no obvious leaks connect an air line via a regulator, slowly bring the small air gap in the tank up to working pressure (from afar) and close the tap - leave for a while and if no apparent leaks bring up to 150% of working pressure and leave for a few hours. If no leaks it should be safe to use.

(The idea of the water fill is that any burst will only have a very small volume of compressed air to release before the pressure drops dramatically as the water is not able to be compressed.)

Worth using a car foot pump, rather than another compressor.

 

[Onoff]

Are you planning to look inside? Brave man who starts that thing up

Yep, I'll wiggle the endoscope in there I imagine.

Aiming to collect it when I get all the other tools and the polytunnel!