Don't worry! It was not filled with powder.
I just finished this horn up, rubbed everything down and made it look pretty, fit a spout plug and went over to the air compressor to blow any dust out.
I normally pressurize them a little to test for leaks. Nothing, all sealed up!
I noticed the linseed oil I had rubbed on to the cap had little air bubbles. I thought that was interesting how the air was working itself through a 1" thick pine plug and I wiped it off and went to pressurize the horn again so I could get a better look at the air bubbles coming through. Boy, I guess I should have cut loose the previous pressure because when I hit the handle, a huge explosion took place, my vision went blurry, pine plug shot out and hit me in the collar bone - base of throat before bouncing up and hitting me under the chin. It had enough force to smash my jaw up and chip a tooth off. Super super sore right now, but otherwise I survived to never use compressed air again!
Next time, I'll stick with blowing into the horn and holding it there. I just was so amazed that the air was actually able to go through that base plug and push out the linseed oil. Still interested in that, but damned if I will test it again LOL.
A good note, the epoxy I use to make sure my base plugs are solid and air tight, held together perfectly. The horn is what sheered off and ripped apart. I ended up cutting an inch off and made a new plug for it and shes setting up now, ready to be finished tomorrow.
The blow out happened at an area that was less than 1/16" thick. Awesome for carrying powder, not worth a damn for holding air pressure.
I just finished this horn up, rubbed everything down and made it look pretty, fit a spout plug and went over to the air compressor to blow any dust out.
I normally pressurize them a little to test for leaks. Nothing, all sealed up!
I noticed the linseed oil I had rubbed on to the cap had little air bubbles. I thought that was interesting how the air was working itself through a 1" thick pine plug and I wiped it off and went to pressurize the horn again so I could get a better look at the air bubbles coming through. Boy, I guess I should have cut loose the previous pressure because when I hit the handle, a huge explosion took place, my vision went blurry, pine plug shot out and hit me in the collar bone - base of throat before bouncing up and hitting me under the chin. It had enough force to smash my jaw up and chip a tooth off. Super super sore right now, but otherwise I survived to never use compressed air again!
Next time, I'll stick with blowing into the horn and holding it there. I just was so amazed that the air was actually able to go through that base plug and push out the linseed oil. Still interested in that, but damned if I will test it again LOL.A good note, the epoxy I use to make sure my base plugs are solid and air tight, held together perfectly. The horn is what sheered off and ripped apart. I ended up cutting an inch off and made a new plug for it and shes setting up now, ready to be finished tomorrow.
The blow out happened at an area that was less than 1/16" thick. Awesome for carrying powder, not worth a damn for holding air pressure.
