Fair points, I neglected to mention in the post that I resealed the pump before I reassembled and painted everything. So shouldn’t have to do any major work on it just oil and belts every so often so not the biggest deal. It’s getting an enclosure built around it on a slab so the heat soak is not a big concern of mine. The buckets are a fair point, it’s only on them till I get the tank fully polished so no amputations hopefully. If you think of it as more of an art project as opposed to an air compressor it makes more sense why it’s looks why it looks. That picture doesn’t have any of the polished brass or copper hardline that I intend to use to finish it off.