AP, Not disagreeing with you, just not not understanding how some one who seems to be so enlighten managed to bring home a bottle of Acetylene and then discover its potential.
In fact I agree that Acetylene has no buisness in ones residence but not because of its exposive potential. I have electricty in my house but I don't use my disc grinder or welding machine in it.
You read some information and you and got so paranoid you failed to complete your research. Do you really think that all those folks using and handling Acetylene are relying on just dumb luck every day?
Or is it possible that at some time some smart guy or girl (maybe as inteligent you) came up with some ideas to make it safe for the rest of us dummies.
Just think if them poor miners way back when knew they were carring Acetylene bombs around on there heads they may have invented electric lights a lot sooner.
So are you going to find another hobbie or safer gas? By the way if you really wanted to you could bury the bottle in the back yard and run a soft hose to where you work. It won't explode in a soft hose.