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tank
Location: foxton
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 Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:06 am in need of... |
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i need to get my hands on the bottem half of a welding gas bottal
i need it becoz it has a very good dish in it perfect for armouring
if any1 has 1 or knows where i can get itld be apreshated
also im after a good place to pillage / buy offcut leather suitable fore straping armour togeather
allso any1 know a good place to get leather suitable for armour straping
and whateva in the manawatu aria
cheers chris
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Bogue
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Location: Palmy
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 8:04 am In need of |
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See your local BOC gases depot and grovel nicely. (Tremaine Ave Palmy)
The big Oxy bottles are a good size.
Cheers
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tank
Location: foxton
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:19 am |
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way ahead of you there bogue
the guy behind the counter said that he had been after the same thing and couldnt get them eather
btw never cut a gas bottal in half anyone it dangeras
thats y im asking if any dose have one already cut lol
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SilverStag
Location: Whangarei
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:15 am |
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| Why don't you go to your local bottle tester and see if they have any decommisioned bottles that you can have they alredy have a hole in them somewhere so they are safe to cut where ever you want. |
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tank
Location: foxton
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:41 am |
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they dont just need to have a hole in them the testers acturly have to cut them in half by law
even if it dose have a hole in it the metal is still dangeras to cut
because the steel when under pressure (from compressed gasses)
will absorb some of the gasses into it thus making it dangeras to cut without proper eqwipment same with 44 gallon drums never cut them open with a grinder or gas axe ether they are known to blow up aswell
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hopies
Location: Taumarunui
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:53 am |
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see I tried to tell Justin this BEFORE he plasma cut ours in half.
the gas bottle didnt blow up - but he lost his eyebrows when he cut the kerosene drum (without rinsing it)
I tuly love the kiwi "shee'll be right attitude" - make natural selection that much easier
S
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tank
Location: foxton
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:37 pm |
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hahah thats justin for ya
hurd to many storys of guys blowing there heads off while cutn drums and gas bottals to risk it
ofcourse there are some lucky buggers that get away with it
natural selection? lol yep
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Bogue
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Location: Palmy
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 4:21 pm That ain't a deer it's a propane tank. |
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And Tank did say:- | Quote: | | ofcourse there are some lucky buggers that get away with it |
Yeah me repeatedly. So far.
Done everything from lpg small to LPG really big (The ones that the petrol stations used to have above ground, had to weld three of them into a big cylinder after cutting the ends off.)
Oxy is OK to do if you are sensible and careful but don't think about doing Acetylene cylinders.
Always make the first cut into the cylinder when it is full of soapy water. This is of course having drilled out the bronze fitting to get the water in. Drill it slow.
Got a mate who needs his handgrips on his Harley modified so he can ride because of the old 44gal drum and a gas axe trick.
Cheers
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tank
Location: foxton
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 4:43 pm |
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well bogue ur just speshal 
bwt would u or any1 else know a good place in palmy or whereeva to get rawhide/ leather suitable 4 straps for the armour i build?
how come u dont show up to training anymore? its been a long while anyway scots captan atm if u didnt know
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Ben
Location: Auckland
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:42 pm |
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Always make the first cut into the cylinder when it is full of soapy water
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Dead right there - only way to be sure the gas is out.
Guess what's more dangerous than a tank full of LPG...
...a tank that had lpg and is now empty cos now its full of vapour
Same goes for kero and other volatile liquids (compressed flamable gasses are worse...) |
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Thaner
Location: New Plymouth
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 6:10 pm |
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CO2 sparging is your friend
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