gasoline torch

Date 07-20-2012 16:51

any of you guys ever seen or used one of these gas torches? i think it is a cool idea but never seen one

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/521953472/CE_approved_handgrip_petrol_cutting_torch.html

check out the pictures of that shop and the oxy bottles

and advantage #2 doesn't give much confidence in the unit "when it works"

and try typing GYJD into google and look at the auto suggest list

By Cumminsguy71 (*****)

Date 08-01-2012 00:15

I can see the plumber or electrician walking by smoking a butt and dropping something on my oxy-boom torch and then it would be curtains for me.

By DaveBoyer (*****)

Date 08-01-2012 21:31

I think gasoline is a safer fuel than acetylene, but the torch as to be made well to be safe, just as with any torch.

By grizzzly (**)

Date 08-02-2012 20:34

i was just starting to wonder if anyone here knew the "history" of acetylene

By Mat

Date 08-03-2012 10:41 Edited 08-03-2012 10:47

Not sure about the history or how it came about, but by dropping calcium carbide into water it would produce acetylene gas.

I've never had experience with a gasoline torch, although there are several websites regarding them.

By rlitman (***)

Date 08-03-2012 11:59

Something like this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbide_lamp

"History

In 1892, Thomas Willson discovered an economically efficient process for creating calcium carbide, which is used in the production of acetylene gas. In 1895, he sold his patent to Union Carbide. Domestic lighting with acetylene gas was introduced circa 1894 and bicycle lamps from 1896.
The first carbide mining lamp developed in the United States was patented in New York on August 28, 1900 by Frederick Baldwin."

By Stringer (***)

Date 08-04-2012 14:59

One of my ancestors invented something called Pintsch gas. It was first used to light railroad cars in Germany. The gas was used industrially and the company was finally swallowed by the military and dissassembled by the French after the war. Apparently it burned really white. Of course, the train wrecks were horrible.

By DaveBoyer (*****)

Date 08-05-2012 04:48

Making the acetylene gas was the easy part, figuring out how to get it into a cylinder under pressure probably caused some excitment...

By jwright650 (*****)

Date 08-05-2012 10:46

LOL @ Dave's comment. :lol:

By grizzzly (**)

Date 08-07-2012 06:11

acetylene can be some dangerous stuff

my dad had an acetylene generator and we had several close calls with that thing before he got stopped using it