Cool. I knew there'd be a reason I was saving all my dead ones. I also like your creative operating instructions on the thumbnail.

i think it would be worth painting another color... so in a panic its not as mistakable as a fire extinguisher.

I made super soaker water guns out of aluminum fire extinguishers for my nieces and nephews, they loved them. Take the pressure gage off and screw your 1/4 in air nipple into that hole, 1/2 full of water and 150 psi air. Instant favorite uncle, but be prepared for kids in your shop fill'n air and water all day.

You can fill the tank through the extinguisher hose by putting a pressure line at the end and opening the valve as it is filling the tank. Once the tank is full release the handle and detach the compressor hose from the extinguisher hose.

Learn all about tapping before you start the project. You an screw up easily if you don't know what you are doing, using the wrong size bit or type of bit, or wrong tap. Thanks for sharing.

I converted a couple of 20 lb propane tanks to air tanks (they were more than 10yrs old, so could not use as propane tanks any longer) and painted one as a yellow Minion, and one as a yellow Lego Propane Tank. Kids get a kick out of seeing them.

Wow that's so cool!I have an empty fire extinguisher in my garage that was left from a previous tenant. I've been looking at how I can repurpose it. This was awesome, thanks for sharing!

I took and old fire extinguisher like that and turned it into a squirt gun. Boy was it fun to chase my family around the yard with.

I have a few hundred of these used tanks from a fire extinguisher company. I was going to cut up the larger aluminum ones to make wind chimes. But now after watching this, I may also make some air-tanks for friends.

Thank you sixtyfive for this video. It is exactly what I needed. I'm making a pvc air horn and wanted an air supply. This is great.

Ive been using one of the older chrome water filled ones for this purpose for years. They're great!

That's a great video. I'm A fire extinguisher technician. If the fire extinguisher doesn't seal try using a little lubricant on the O-rings to create a better seal.

You can put a air compressor Chuck on the end of that hose put some Teflon thread tape on it keep it from Lincoln and have a male mail fitting to plug between your air compressor and your fire extinguisher to fill it then you just take the double male fitting off after you fill The fire extinguisher then you have the female fitting on the end of the hose on your fire extinguisher to plug your tire chuck to fill your tire up I have about four of them that I have done that too then a couple of them I made as air tanks and made them into a air gun they shoot 45 caliber slugs rifle barrel that I put on the hose it works good for target shooting I have put a nuff air in it that it will go through a 1/4" seat of plywood

Perfect. I was out for a bike ride today and found a large fire extinguisher at the side of the road. I need a bike pump... so thanks for the video

I'm so old I brought along a fire extinguisher for all the candles on my cake! You could blow the cake to smithereens depending on how much air was put in it.

Next time, no need to drill a hole especially of you put a fitting on the end of the hose. Just fill it through the hose. 👍

I’ve made something similar out of a forklift LPG tank and I just leave it near the house to do little top ups. I agree with the painting it a different colour. Love your vids.

Firefighters around here keep bags of extinguisher powder to drop down chimneys in the event of a chimney fire. So that powder still has a valuable use!

@sixtyfiveford I am a fire extinguisher tech. I maintain fire extinguishers daily and have rebuilt and refilled thousands of them. Great video. Unfortunately the 5# buckeye is a bad pick for this. Just because the downpress lever is so poor compared to other brands. The downpress lever was modified after design to add a struck dimple on top above the pin to increase the throw length of the lever. Before this it regularly did not press the valve pin down far enough for discharge. On top of this the hinge rivet is very poor quality aluminum and will distort after 3 or 4 uses. This increases the height of the fulcrum from the load (valve pin). If a code fire extinguisher is not used it only gets discharged every 6 years for its scheduled maintenance. This allows some companies to make unreliable continuously discharged parts. Your pick, the 5# buckeye is the worst of them in this. If you look at the rivet you will see it is now bowed. You may have made a few volume mistakes. Twice the pressure does not mean twice the volume. You can get from 100 to 200 psi with half the volume. Also a 10# content fire extinguisher can not carry 3x a 5#. But great video man.

Great project Moe. I was going to try something similar with a small portable green oxygen tank. I figured it had to be able to handle the pressure but I dont have the skills to do it so I tossed it out. LOL. Not to mention all the fittings would have to be changed and retrofitted.

Those extinguishers with the plastic head got recalled Nov. 2017

On the smaller plastic FEs I fill the aluminum tank with water. approximately 3/4 full and then take your rubber tipped blow gun stick it in the nozzle. And then carefully back fill the tank by operating the tank valve and blowgun. I throttle my air pressure to 60#, which is about a good balance for the water/air displacement. you can get a blast of water to about 20' and nocks down a fire impressively.

You're videos never cease to amaze me. Awesome video

You've converted a propane tank to an air tank and a fire extinguisher to an air tank. I think the next step is to convert a fire extinguisher to a propane tank. That would be interested in the event of a fire!

That's a great use for larger ones like you said. As for me I'm painting mine a different color

That would be nice for beading up mountain bike tires

Don't forget that a pressure vessel is a Bomb. I moved my Basement Air compressor 26 years old to a isolated location where if it grenades, it does not take out plumbing and water softener. Got some oil inside of the tank as well.

Wow, thanks for sharing the brilliant execution of your project! I have built a few refillable spray cans from empty WD-40 cans. (Cleaning out the drilling debris is a nightmare with the small hole) But dare not to fill beyond 120psi and not satisfied with the low pressure and frequent need to refill with a high pressure hand pump - my HF 1/3HP compressor only gives 100psi. Now I’ll try to look for one like yours in dumpster.

It's v good for use fast and emergency Good luck 👍 And thanks for idea 💡

We used them for dispensing gear oils for filling axles

I like it. Please paint it green and label it as "air" so no one tries to use it on a fire. I know it is yours and you never think someone else would but - things do happen. I really enjoy what you do, Thank you.

... I just got a flash of multiple ideas.... A ball-bearing machine gun, a flame thrower... Just a few spring to mind.! Course some CO2 has to be used to pressure the flamer, but I see a bright future.! :))

Super handy, I have one like that I just put a male air fitting were the hose went, I use it to dust stuff off.

Love it but imagine there is a fire and you just blow more air to it lol! Good way to recycle those things!

Cool fabrication as always Moe. Gotta love it.

great for a portable nail gun alot of guys use this in the finishing stage here where im at good for about 250 nails

Back in the sixties you could buy a small air tank as an option. Came in an emergency road side kit. When the first spare savers came out they were collapsed and came with a tank to inflate them. Got any scuba friends? Might make a good mini dive tank. 5-10 minutes.

The one you have, and the others are filled with powder, 15 years ago i made one out of an h2o (water) filled stainless steel 2.5 gl model and added shut offs on the air line, it was over date and de-commisioned. It still serves me well today. But you need to consider how much air you can put in it because from one vessel to another (the tire) you can only get out whatever it takes to equalise pressure between the two. Many h2o extinguishers have a device installed that a tire inflator will fit.

When I was a teen. We made pressurized Water guns out of these and took to the streets. 😂👍

That is awesome I would’ve never even thought of that.

It was worth a try. We got the steps to make our own now and that was well appreciated.

I have been thinking about making something like this, to use a 12v compressor and old extinguisher to make a nice little compressor tank. This is a great idea and would get you moving, ok not fully inflated but it would get you out of a spot. 👍

Always learning from you man Really enjoyed the video thank you for doing it

you can buy this item if you need one . it is amazing how a large bicycle pump can fill a tire so fast

Love the re-purposing videos

Be great for an on board air supply for boost control!

"The engine is on fire! Quick, grab that fire extinguisher I saw in the trunk!" Teeheehee

Great video and idea Moe, love that dog too!

Hey Moe another great idea! Thanks for sharing. Stay well, Joe Z

Thanks for sharing another video worth watching good idea to have in ole memory.

I need one of those great job with the probable air.tank

good idea i use expired propane tanks converted to portable air tanks take off the regulator screw on an adapter with hose and gauge they work great lol even when full remember not to use around sparks or flames BUT you already knew that

very good. One question why drill /put the air filler port onto the tank? For air fill why not just use the hose/valve assembly adapated as you did with a female end & use a male/male connector to fill? Then and add air filler tool as need be, also how as a mini brad nailer air supply?

We use to go get something back in the 60s from the gas station on the farm it was called an air bubble looked like a propane tank for a bbq and did same thing

Nice one Moe!! Good Job!

Would be a nice tank for an offroad vehicle with onboard air.. most air tanks are larger diameter, and just dont mount everywhere this could.. especially if you swap the handle/valve for a 3 way fitting for input, output, and a remote tank guage..

Well, I like it and I think I will build one for the dirt bikes and ATV's. Maybe I'll discharge the fire extinguisher on my lawn and see if I can get it to perk up from this hot Utah summer. haha. Thanks Moe.

Damn good idea! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 And that tool.... Show it a bit closer and I will do one myself 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Portable air never lasts long enough. Great idea anyway. Maybe for MC tires.

Super cool strong work

Imagine that thing with a jet wash lance attached to it full of engine degreaser or break cleaner and a regulated valve on it.... would be a wicked diy cleaner :-)

That would be great to keep on the tractor when brush hogging to clear the radiator

love your videos, take care. Greets from Germany

Good arrangement. Thanks .

Cool vid. As always thanks for the vid.

i made the propane tank one and the fire extenguisher one but im scared of them blowing up and killing me due to overfilling should i put my paint gun regulator on em

I've made a few diff. ones, problem was I only had 125 psi compressors. I have a old stainless water ext., when super soakers got big I turned it into a refillable air & water SUPER soaker, drenched the kids quick, but emptied fast. IF one is going to use an old fire ext, as an air tank and leave it in there trunk, writing on it is no good, paint it another color, no one will bother to read when in a panic.

Great idea👍

I am in the process of doing this. I used a schrader valve and the rubber didn't quite fit perfectly, so it's leaking air. Any suggestions? I just put E6000 glue around the spot where the rubber sits on the metal and am hoping that fixes it. Other than the tiny leak it's working and I think it will work at a prop, but I haven't tried adding any "powder" yet. Baking soda as suggested in another comment may work nicely.

I have not watched you for a while- this was another good one man! Is there another video where you show how to convert a propane tank? Might be too simple for some but I always like to see HOW you do things - not just the project itself. You have lots of good little tricks.

Really great video. I wonder whether one can keep it all summer in a hot trunk in Texas when the temperature gets over a 100 in the shade?

Thanks! Been wanting to make one of these to have some compressed air handy to blow out carb jets and blow dust off stuff. Why can't you leave out the schrader valve and just fill the tank via the extinguisher nozzle where you attach the airline, you could hold down the handle to open the extinguisher valve and blow the air in up the nozzle, let go of the handle once fill and done?

I believe that tank is rated for 290 psi .. could hold a little more and there would also be some head room on that rating Im sure.

Larger refillable extinguishers are stamped on the bottom with the year that they are considering no longer refillable or able to be certified.

Nice vid as usual. Although I would be reluctant to go up to 175psi with that little adapter just threaded in the thinnish wall. Especially since it's apparently not needed given the hose that can be used for filling I would think.

Works real y good in a water fight just fill it up with water and air it up

I know this videos old, but just a heads up I learned being a landlord that the extinguisher you said was “Good” may not be. They need to be serviced every six years. If not the stuff in side clumps up and when you need it nothing happens. That’s the reason you see the extinguishers tagged every year.

I've been pondering about taking one or two fire extinguishers and remote mounting them under my jeep as on board air tanks. with a compressor under the hood

Traffic stop....... IED LOL.... But I would only be concerned about that fitting on the side.... For safety, I turned my flat panel monitor to a 30 degree angle. Even if not practical to have this bouncing around in back of vehicle... it really is a very cool proof of concept. PRobably far safer than those doughnut compresser pressure vessels.

Love your shirt ...I love in motorcity.....

Love the videos and the Dog

That was good. Thanks.

You should have a good train horn. Would like to do a trip line to a portable train horn .

Thanks for some very interesting videos , but be careful with those high compressed air pressures man ! if something blows off at that pressure its a bullet shooting across the workshop .

How to turn a fire extinguisher into a fire accelerator...

I turn one of them into a A water gun All you have to Is leave the center tube in put water in it and it sprays just like the normal fire extinguisher I use it to clean off batteries On semis

I know you mentioned the lock on air chuck, but what inflator tool with the guage do you use? I've tried a few in the past and none of them have been real accurate.

Any idea on how to fill those small green oxygen tanks that are about a foot or so tall with the high pressure 1500 /2000 psi and make one for tires ? Those fire extinguishers make great squirt guns

Is there any thing that will thread into the 1 1/8" top besides the original extinguisher handle. Is there an adapter manifold after market item that we can use? Any body know about this?

Thanks Moe.

It’s got cool factor

Csn the disposable fire extinguisher tank be recycle for compressed air?

Cool idea

Do you have a video on your modified pliers as a wire clamp tool?

Looking for something to blow out AC drain lines. How many 3 or 4 second blasts you think I could could get out of that bad boy?

Interesting!

Should I be ashamed of admitting I really like this idea?

I've built a couple of these just for water to have in and around the shop

Awesome man thanks

You are so inventive, your makeshift tools are just genius :-D Ooow what about using it with a small nozzel to blow out carburettor jets and passage ways maybe?. With tyres i suppose it would be a losing battle, the more air in the tyre the harder and slower it is to put any extra in, pressure difference is a pig. NVT? Not Very Tight lol :-D