[TheForge] Old style propane bottles, was compressor

[Cameron Stoker]

Do you think it counts as 'welding' if you run a gas forge with the 
propane and do some forge welds?



Jerry Frost wrote:
> I knew the commercial end wasn't subject to the rule but didn't think of
> stenciling my tanks.
> 
> Thanks for the head slapping, I needed it. <grin>
> 
> Frosty
> ------------------------
> If it ain't forged
> it ain't real.
> Wrought iron is.
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> 
> Meadow Lakes, AK.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JOHN CHOBRDA" <jchob at verizon.net>
> To: "'Sponsored by ABANA'" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 4:22 AM
> Subject: [TheForge] Old style propane bottles, was compressor
> 
> 
> 
>>FWIW
>>Old style propane tanks CAN be filled according to para. 2.1.3.5 of
>>the "Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code" Exception No. 1, which states "All
>>cylinders used in industrial truck service, including forklift truck
>>cylinders and cylinders identified and used for industrial welding and
>>cutting gases". These tanks are exempt from the rule of having the new
>>valve. I have marked all my old style bottles " For industrial use,
> 
> heating
> 
>>and cutting of metal" and have had no problem getting them filled.
>>


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