[Vwdiesel] Torches

[Nate Wall]

Acetylene is interesting stuff. In that big orange
bottle sitting in the torch caddy, it is not
compressed. It is disolved in acetone, I believe. If
compressed, it will explode. I read this in a 1917
college chemistry book and the pictures look amazing
like today's torch rigs. Spelunkers (sp)? i.e. people
who explore caves, sometimes use carbide lamps. You
can get cans of calcium carbide (just add water) at
outdoor outfitters, and some hardware stores. But its
fairly expensive. The reaction with water makes
acetylene.

--Nate

--- Harmon Seaver <hseaver at cybershamanix.com> wrote:
>    One thing about acetylene -- I've always wanted
> to get an acetylene
> generator. They used to use them in factorys a lot,
> a guy I knew had one up in
> MN. Pretty neat -- you just put in carbide and
> water. Much cheaper to own. I've
> found some made in India, they were pretty cheap,
> don't know how much shipping
> would be tho, from India. Seems like they're used a
> lot in the 3rd world. I
> think you could probably make your own, for that
> matter.
>
>
>  --
> Harmon Seaver
> CyberShamanix
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