[TheForge] cutting propane cylinders

[RICK KORINEK]

If there is any chance of propane remaining in the tank, do 
you really want to fill the tank with compressed air?  Sounds 
like a bomb to me.  Would those with more info on propane 
please respond?
-Rick


---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 07:33:44 -0500
>From: "Barking Crow" <mail at barkingcrow.com>  
>Subject: Re: [TheForge] cutting propane cylinders  
>To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>
>When doing the fill it with water and then plasma cut thing 
on a cylinder,
>can you plasma cut below the water level or do you have to 
cut just above
>the water level?    Just curious down here in Tallahassee 
where I just
>welded a 1/2 tee to the top of an old small propane cylinder 
that I hope to
>turn into a portable tank for compressed air when I find the 
piece to let me
>fill the tank, a valve stem set up I assume.
>
>Jeff Valentine
>
>
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Rick Korinek
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