[TheForge] cutting propane cylinders

Justin Fellenz sunironworks at yahoo.com
Thu Mar 24 11:46:33 EST 2005


Fill it with water and use a sawzall? Maybe overkill but better than
the alternative.

Justin.
--- Gladish Family <gladish at cnw.com> wrote:
> Now, how do you go about safely cutting propane cylinders?
> I need to make something cool out of one of those hundred pound 
> cylinders (about five feet tall and a bit over a foot in diameter).
> 
> Just remove the valve and wash it out, or do I need to fill it with 
> water like you do a gasoline drum?
> 
> I kind of hate to bring this up again, since it's been done to death
> in 
> the past, but it's a bit scary to contemplate taking a torch to a
> fuel 
> cylinder...
> 
> Thanks for any info!
> 
> Andy Gladish
> 
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