[TheForge] cutting propane cylinders

[Doug Ayen]

I'm setting up to make a propane cylinder forge, I'd been planning
on the old-fashioned "discharge, fill with water, cut" method,
but now I'm getting tempted to shoot it with a saboted slug from the
12 gauge from a distance with a flame source nearby.

;)

--doug

Thus Spake Ralph Sproul (brhlbsmt at mcttelecom.com):
> I discharge a CO2 fire extinguisher into a tank, then continue to
> chargedisplace fuel tanks volume with CO2 and run a flow meter into them at
> 40 cfh the entire time I'm welding..........no explosions have occured.
> 
> Ralph
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 2:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] cutting propane cylinders
> 
> 
> > An old dodge for welders arc welding potentially explosive tanks was to
> > direct the exhaust from their gas welders into the tank to displace any
> > oxygen with essentially inert gases.    You need a long hose to make
> > sure any sparks are out by the time the exhaust gets to the tank.   Even
> > then, explosions do ocur.
> >
> > Charles
> >
> > Gladish Family wrote:
> >
> > > Only just after washing it.
> > > I figure if the candle is suicide, then so is the hacksaw (sawzall),
> > > since it throws sparks.
> > > If I let the candle burn down and out, then the O2 is exhausted and
> > > the I have a neutral atmosphere inside.
> > > AG.
> > >
> > > Bruce Freeman wrote:
> > >
> > >> Would you burn a candle in an old gasoline tank?  Sounds like attempted
> > >> suicide to me.
> > >>
> > >> The reason for filling a tank with water is to displace the air (which
> > >> may contain an explosive concentration of fuel) and to cool any sparks
> > >> that might otherwise occur.
> > >>
> > >> Bruce
> > >> NJ
> > >>
> > >>
> >
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