[TheForge] old propane tanks

[Ron Childers]

These are smaller tanks? Wash it out with TSP, fill up almost all the
way with the water almost touching the threads (With the valve out, of
course) and cut out the neck of the tank. Then pour out about an inch of
water, cut it again, then another inch, cut it again and so on until
there is a large opening. At that point a circular hand saw with a
carborundum cut-off blade can be used if a clean cut is needed.
Important: Scribe the line and set the blade depth to very little more
than the thickness of the steel. Saves on blades and is safer. Eye, ear,
nose & throat protection is recommended.  

Ron C
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ben Barrett
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 12:27 PM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] old propane tanks

I don't have that experience, in great part b/c of the danger;
I've only ever heard of filling them with water prior to any cutting or
dilling.
Just in case there's any confusion.  Many of the DIY hang drum plans
call
for used propane tanks, IIRC, so you may find some more details among
that
info :)

~Ben


On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Lucky7Steel <lucky7steel at gmail.com>
wrote:

> In an unrelated discussion about Propane ...
>
> Does anyone have experience welding or cutting old propane tanks? i
have
> been collecting a few empties but i'm a bit scared still to cut into
them!
> any tips?
>
> ~karen~
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