gas and van explosion

Cylinders are kapok packed and the gas dissolved in acetone and can burn internally somehow, needing prolonged cooling.

Used to be used as an anaesthetic!- and I still have a Premier carbide caving lamp, good illumination.

(extra trivia) Looking at my wrist, it also makes a horrid weeping burn and permanent scar when no oxy present in the flame
 
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Leaning on a soldering iron & wondering what that smell is gets the same sort of results.
So does holding on after the angle-grinder has cut through the bar...
You can buy some lovely silver-impregnated dressings from french pharmacies. They work wonderfully, I've tried.
 
this is why I'd never have a workshop pit. I prefer gas welding especially on more modern cars or trucks acetylene is fine if you treat it with the contemp thats needed. I have always used flash back arresters on my bottles but there are people who dont !
I know these days people go on about mig being the best, but last week for example I welded our fourtrac first using mig but dicided to get oxy acetylene to get it done much faster ( Chasing rust ) years ago I made a living just gas welding classic cars and trucks
There was a problem getting acetylene from BOC a while back I'm not sure of the reason as I cancelled my account with em as their far to expensive for bottle rentle
 
mtb said:
this is why I'd never have a workshop pit. I prefer gas welding especially on more modern cars or trucks acetylene is fine if you treat it with the contemp thats needed. I have always used flash back arresters on my bottles but there are people who dont !
I know these days people go on about mig being the best, but last week for example I welded our fourtrac first using mig but dicided to get oxy acetylene to get it done much faster ( Chasing rust ) years ago I made a living just gas welding classic cars and trucks
There was a problem getting acetylene from BOC a while back I'm not sure of the reason as I cancelled my account with em as their far to expensive for bottle rentle
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Gas is great- I now spatter about with an oil filled Oxford stick welder. Arresters de rigeur, I had a pit, self dug... once had to go under a burning Austin 1100 to cut the handbrake cables to roll it out of the garage. (later saved with a scrapper interior) Air Products much more liberal on bottle rental..
 
NickRobinson said:
Gas is great- I now spatter about with an oil filled Oxford stick welder. Arresters de rigeur, I had a pit, self dug... once had to go under a burning Austin 1100 to cut the handbrake cables to roll it out of the garage. (later saved with a scrapper interior) Air Products much more liberal on bottle rental..
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you had some bottle going back in I had some plastic fuel lines on a rover coupe go I was out of the shed so fast but the owner went back in and blew em out, you could see the fuel oozing out alight
tried air products their just the same now on costs. those big oil filled arc welders are great I brought mine at an auction for £36 had to renew the cable connections where the brass rods go throught the top. I used stainless steel bolts to sort it out it runs nice, I have it connected to three phase but my mate says its on a single phase !!
 
Seeing that video reminds me of some film I saw some time ago. It was of a Bloodhound missile being tested at Woomera, and fired against a Meteor target. The cameraman was focusing on the Meteor, and you can see these pieces of debris flying out, falling down to the ground, towards the camera …
 
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