[TheForge] Why an acetylene leak is not desirable

[CraigSchaefer]

The folks from Orange County Choppers.    Relevant about 7 years ago.  Now, not so much. 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Frost" <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> 
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Friday, December 9, 2011 1:50:46 PM 
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Why an acetylene leak is not desirable 

Miss who? 

In my more adventurous youth a couple friends and I . . . Oh, that's right I 
don't talk about the oxy acet, the 10' weather ballon and the two 10' 
methane ballon lift units nor how many blocks away wondows broke . . . Nope, 
I never mention such things, not me. 

Jer 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "CraigSchaefer" <calvinjean2 at comcast.net> 
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 4:26 PM 
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Why an acetylene leak is not desirable 


> 
> 
> "TW, i just saw a commercial for for an upcoming Orange Count Choppers 
> episode where they filled a 55 gallon garbage bag with oxygen and 
> acetylene... if a static spark had set off that mix, the series would 
> have ended right then and there..." 
> 
> 
> 
> Is this one of those 'tree falls in the woods' things? Would anybody miss 
> them? 
> 
> 
> 
> When a bunch of us were greater miscreants than we are now, we used to 
> fill plastic milk jugs with oxy/acet and set them off with a rifle. They 
> made a pretty good blast at that small size. 
> 
> 
> 
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