Weird Faber tanks

[Tracy]

Is that just a running joke or do people actually make wind chimes out of decommissioned tanks? Steel only I'm assuming? Adjust the frequency by length? I can only imagine the wrath of my wife when she is woken up with a DONG DONG DONG sound at 2am and I start laughing about the "new wind chimes" hanging from the old oak tree.

My door bell is a beautiful old steel 72.

 

[Bamared64]

Someone wanted pics of the" Y" valves..here they are..notice the faded price tag and still has the tested stickers.

 

[p_kos]

Someone wanted pics of the" Y" valves..here they are..notice the faded price tag and still has the tested stickers.

Sherwood valves. Tag says HP120s on it.

Signed,
Capt. Obvious

 

[p_kos]

My door bell is a beautiful old steel 72.

Can we see it?

 

[Tracy]

Can we see it?

Sure

 

[p_kos]

Sure

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Very nice! I like!

 

[Still Kicking]

It's an awful nice looking stamping job...

This sounds a little nuts but if you look closely, the spacing and the alignment on the lettering is all over the place (not like the typically evenly spaced and clean stamping typical of Fabers). Also, every pic of a Faber tank I can find shows "FABER MADE IN ITALY"

Far from conclusive evidence on its own (styles and stamps change) but given the lack of other markings is highly suspicious. At the same time it's really hard to imagine someone going to all this trouble to fake up some tanks ..... and then not to finish the job with believable DOT markings. Very weird all around.

 

[rmssetc]

wind chimes, gongs, bells etc. Steel is real. Wives and neighbors might not agree. LOL

I glanced and misread that as
wind chimes,  bongs...

hellava project there...you'd need quite the lung capacity.

 

[Bamared64]

This sounds a little nuts but if you look closely, the spacing and the alignment on the lettering is all over the place (not like the typically evenly spaced and clean stamping typical of Fabers). Also, every pic of a Faber tank I can find shows "FABER MADE IN ITALY"

Far from conclusive evidence on its own (styles and stamps change) but given the lack of other markings is highly suspicious. At the same time it's really hard to imagine someone going to all this trouble to fake up some tanks ..... and then not to finish the job with believable DOT markings. Very weird all around.

These are my thoughts exactly..i honestly believe they were meant to be display only tanks and were made realistic to promote correct weight,size and feel of what you would purchase.

 

[rhwestfall]

These are my thoughts exactly..i honestly believe they were meant to be display only tanks and were made realistic to promote correct weight,size and feel of what you would purchase.

If that was the case, I'd almost guarantee they would be stamped "not for use"...