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My dad had a piece of wedge fly off fast enough to embed its self in his hand and had to get the Dr to cut it out.  It is not just getting something in your eye it is being "shot" in the eye with a piece of steel like the kid was.  Ed

I have a peter wright that my wife cant hear from the house 25 yards away with the doors closed.  Just strapped it to the stump nice ant tight.   Ed

Frosty

Not trying to argue that at all just that some of the new regulators do handle both fuels.  I AGREE 100% with your above post. I can say that I am not as careful as I should be and I assume most are not.  What happened with Jonnie is enough to scare anyone just because of what it might be and if we thought about what we sometimes do we should be scared of that to.  Thanks Frosty.   Ed

8 hours ago, Frosty said:

Ed: Was it actually Victor or the guy at the counter who it would work or it was designed to work with oxy propane torches? There is a WORLD of difference. Most acet regulators can not be turned down to low enough pressure and still supply enough volume to make an oxy propane torch work properly. Even the perdoodly poor propane tips they still sell.

In any case that tip is for a brazing head NOT a cutting head. There is NO orifice to allow the oxy cutting jet to pass but the thumb valve is still there on the handle. Those valves are rarely fully gas tight so it's possible line pressure was being trapped against that tip. No tip without a cutting orifice should be mounted on a cutting torch.

No matter how it happened you got oxy injected into the fuel hose. Had it been fuel injected into the oxy hose it well could've exploded.

In what order did you shut the valves off? I've just run into a surprise checking with Harris web site and discovered I can't find a different listing for acet or prop torches. I'm going to have to ask around and see if I'm just behind the times or don't know where to look?

To Alan's point about shut down. ALWAYS shut off the fuel at the handle FIRST. Without fuel oxy will just blow the flame out. Then shut off the oxy. Only then shut off the tank valves and bleed the hoses. I'd definitely bleed the hoses in your case, one serious back fire is enough for me.

Frosty The Lucky.

 

 

It was in the Victor booklet that came with the set.  Ed

Frosty,

Victor said my acetylene regulator would work fine with propane????????  I got it new a couple years and that is what victor said.  Ed

If you need any new tools check out the Amish stores.  There is one just east of Quaryville in an old chicken house that is great.  Don't remimber the name but ask around, you won't find it with out help.  Ed

Good info, Often it is hard to think of the simple things and teach them because they are just things you do and don't have to think about but you are doing a great job.  Ed  

11 hours ago, SmoothBore said:

I have a light chain with a hook on the end, that hangs from a roof truss.

When not in use, it's hooked off to the side.

When needed, it gets looped under the "long" piece in the Forge, and hooked back into itself, at the correct height.

There's another similar chain, hanging near the Welding Table.

Don't know what I'd do without em'.

 

And now that I think about it, ... quite soon, they'll be another one over at the vertical band saw. 

I like that idea.  Thanks   Flemish

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Wow makes my piece of oak fire wood look down right shabby.   Ed

I want to see the cross's you make.  Ed

Note to self keep the cows out of the shop because you have to wait for the pies to dry before you can pick them up.  OK got it.  I'll remember it now.   Ed

I like ti boil them until tender and then roll them in flour and fry.  Very tasty dark meat, but only the young ones the older ones are to chewy.   Ed

Here in the east we have ground hogs.  People have come up with many wild ideas on how to get rid of them, my way is to take a pint of gas and pour it on a rag and stuff it as far down the hole as you can  and cover it with dirt.  It is not as much fun as the ant volcano but in a few days you get to smell the not so sweet smell of success.  Flemish

I have heard that if you want round stock buy square and if you want square you should buy round.  That way you get a true forged product.  Flemish

I just welded a piece of square stock that fit my hardie hole to the side of a pair of vice grips.  I then welded the edge of a big washer to the tightening screw so I have more leverage to tighten it easier.  Works well.  Ed

I weld something to all of the screws on my vice grips. Most things can be tightened with just the screw and you don't even have to worry about squeezing the handles.

To me it seems to be a fluid term.  The meaning can be adjusted to your own will and used to say any number of things.  It is not a word I use because I like words with more solid meanings.  Ed

I am thinking of doing the same thing with the blower out of a clothes drier.  I have the fan and housing, I just need to mount it on a motor.    Flemish

I like the 2nd one buy I really like the first one, beautiful in a rustic kind of way.  Thanks for the pics.  Ed

I like that a lot.  Thanks for posting  Ed

You did well,  Looks good.  I too think she will like it.  Ed

Thanks Tundra and Ironart.  I guess i have some thinking to do to figure this out.  I use a Little Giant from time to time and it is on some about 5" timbers and it is too low to use for long forging sessions and be just right.  Might have to just do what I can do.  Thanks again  Ed

Can't see pic unless I join Yahoo but it sounds good.  Ed 

OK,   ???????

How tall is a tire hammer? I have a short shop and was wondering if I could get one to fit.  My shop is 7 ft  and i am 6'3" and don't want to lower the anvil to much.  Thanks,    Flemish

The first is a twist

The 4th one is a ladder pattern. 

The third might be a random.

Can't see the 2nd and the last looks like it might be a birds eye with all of the holes drilled in rows.  

Not an expert,  Flemish