[Vwdiesel] Tradeoffs and Cheap Lube (long)

[Val Christian]

>  Me, I mostly use it to start brush piles. This weekend, we had a fire and
> when it burnt down some I put a very old and rusty metal 2 1/2 gallon gas
> can with a little oil in it on top of the coals. A very satisfying jet of
> flame, maybe 10' worth, shot out of the spout after it was preheated
> sufficiently, and persisted for some time. It was so fun I had to dig it out
> and refill it once it had cooled down, this time full to the brim with oil.
> Great fun!

Don't forget placing old oil in a small compressed gas cylinder, and adding
O2.  Somewhere above 800 pounds pressure, the oil ignites and exceeds
the containment strength of the cylinder.  Usually the tanks don't
shatter, they just look like they were bubble gum for some monster
blowing bubbles.  

Paper sandwich bags with O2 and acetylene are much safer fun.

Anyone into acetylene powered spudzookas?