[TheForge] propane lines

[gladish]

Interesting that my hardware store plumbing guy said NOT to use copper for
any propane lines...
Maybe it's different in this part of the country, or maybe even as hard as
they try to cover themselves, they really don't know ^*%. Probably the
latter, and it's easier to miss a soldered joint than a doped and threaded
one, for most people.

> for high pressure propane gas, copper pipe may be used.
> it has to be the type l or acr copper pipe.
> please refer to the below urls for more information.
> http://fuelgas.copper.org
> http://piping.copper.org

> you really do not want to get in a pissing contest with
> an insurance company, whether it is your home/shop insurance
> company or your propane services company's insurance company,
> over an accident and/or fire.

Terry, not only do I not want to get into a pissing contest with an
insurance company, I don't want to get into a pissing contest with anybody.
I just want to get into my shop and run my gas forge, and, face it, there's
no totally safe way to do that. This is definitely one of those "Don't try
this at home, kids" activities! Nobody should do this without full Kevlar
gear, in an industrial building with full fire suppression equipment,
really.
Building a 2400 degree open fire in my workshop and flinging yellow hot
steel around?!? Getouttahere! Coal is bad enough!
But I DO appreciate your points, and I'm really watching the details to get
this right.
Look at the bright side- a lot of guys are running forges off propane
bottles (definitely not rated for indoor use!) in their garages and
basements. I see propane bottles indoors as a much greater hazard than
carefully assembled iron lines with appropriate valving and regulators.
Ideally, I'd hire my buddy at $65/hr., have it inspected, have a big (I'm
thinking about 4000 square feet to start) shop with a slab floor, etc...
Maybe some day...
Thanks,
Andy G.