[TheForge] Foundry heat source

Jerry Frost frosty at customcpu.com
Sun Feb 11 14:30:17 EST 2007



From: "Andrew Vida" <osan at netlabs.net>


>
>
> xlch58 at swbell.net wrote:
>
>> I bought one of those Harbor Freight weed burners 
>> years ago for preheating stuff for welding.  About a 
>> year after I got it, it evidently started leaking 
>> around the trigger.  Small leak that went unnoticed 
>> until one day the tip ignited the leaking gas and 
>> the whole unit started to burn along with my sleeve. 
>> No injury other than missing arm hair, and a little 
>> more excitement than I wanted that morning.
>
> I think I'd have paid money I don't have to see that 
> one.
>

While I agree it's always good wholesome entertainment 
I've lit myself on fire often enough and in enough 
different ways it'd have to be a pretty spectacular 
performance to keep me tuned in.

Frosty
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