[TheForge] Freak accident

[David E. Smucker]

Ron,  Hope you get back in action soon -- I know how those "it came loose 
falls" can really be bad.  Happened to me with my big pry bar on the 3 point 
a few years ago.

Those welding cylinder caps get traded around from bottle to bottle in 
welding supply house -- even new, they might be on a different cylinder from 
a different supplier.  Good to pass on the problem.

Dave Smucker
Brasstown, NC

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From: "Ron Childers" <ron at munlaw.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 7:48 AM
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [TheForge] Freak  accident

> Guys, please accept a word of admonition from an old buzzard: Yesterday
> I was moving some large oxygen cylinders and since I had to  drag them
> over some clutter I inserted a "T" hook into the slot in the cap and
> proceeded to haul one out. Just as I had all my weight pulling on it the
> cap came off and I fell backward into a junk pile.  The cap looked brand
> new and tightened down just fine. It was the same cap that was on it
> when it came from the welding supply place (a shiny new red one), but
> the lateral movement must have disengaged the threads. When my buddy got
> there he screwed the cap down tight and the same thing happened but he
> was ready for it. Anyway, it really racked my frame. Bad timing; I have
> three classes to teach at the conference in Barberville, Fl the 2nd
> weekend in October. Ron C
>
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