I got a bit excited this morning...

I was torching an old PTO knuckle off a gearbox I'm salvaging to use
on my new strawberry plant digger. The aceteline line laid in a pile
of slag and burned a hole in the line. Made a three foot flaming wild
snake.

Wouldn't have been half as scary but I was working inside cause its so
f#$%ing cold outside.

On Monday, February 17, 2014 3:12:13 PM UTC-5, Karl Townsend wrote:
I got a bit excited this morning...

I do not blame you for being excited. I trust you were not hurt badly and the building did not burn. Take care , you have used all your luck for February.

Dan

Karl Townsend wrote:

I got a bit excited this morning...

I was torching an old PTO knuckle off a gearbox I'm salvaging to use
on my new strawberry plant digger. The aceteline line laid in a pile
of slag and burned a hole in the line. Made a three foot flaming wild
snake.

Wouldn't have been half as scary but I was working inside cause its so
f#$%ing cold outside.

Not fun. Acetylene always makes me a bit nervous given its explosive
potential. I like the plasma cutter when viable to use since it's
seemingly a bit safer. Of course I've managed to burn a hole in my knee
kneeling on a hot plasma cut dingleberry. That healed really fast
though...

On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 14:12:13 -0600, Karl Townsend
wrote:

I got a bit excited this morning...

I was torching an old PTO knuckle off a gearbox I'm salvaging to use
on my new strawberry plant digger. The aceteline line laid in a pile
of slag and burned a hole in the line. Made a three foot flaming wild
snake.

Wouldn't have been half as scary but I was working inside cause its so
f#$%ing cold outside.

Probably why they always said, "Just open the acetylene a half a
turn.... makes it quicker to turn off" :-)

--
Cheers,

John B.

I can just see the layer of soot that it put on everything G

On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 14:12:13 -0600, Karl Townsend
wrote:

I got a bit excited this morning...

I was torching an old PTO knuckle off a gearbox I'm salvaging to use
on my new strawberry plant digger. The aceteline line laid in a pile
of slag and burned a hole in the line. Made a three foot flaming wild
snake.

Wouldn't have been half as scary but I was working inside cause its so
f#$%ing cold outside.

WOOW! Scary ****!

Brrrrrr!!


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Really?

"Hurt" aint the word.

For Liberals, the truth is like salt to a slug.
Sunlight to a vampire.
Raid® to a cockroach.
Sheriff Brody to a shark
Bush to a Liberal

The truth doesn't just hurt. It's painful, like a red hot poker shoved
up their ass. Like sliding down a hundred foot razor blade using their
dick as a brake.

They HATE the truth."


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On 2014-02-17, Karl Townsend wrote:
I got a bit excited this morning...

I was torching an old PTO knuckle off a gearbox I'm salvaging to use
on my new strawberry plant digger. The aceteline line laid in a pile
of slag and burned a hole in the line. Made a three foot flaming wild
snake.

Wouldn't have been half as scary but I was working inside cause its so
f#$%ing cold outside.

In a related story, I was on fire last week.

My Wal-Mart hoodie, that I was wearing, ignited from welding. I did
not see it because I was welding in a helmet. At some point I thought
that I was awfully warm on the left side. Looked and saw
fire. Extinguished it no problem.

i

On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 14:12:13 -0600, Karl Townsend
wrote:

I got a bit excited this morning...

'Bout time, ya old coot.


I was torching an old PTO knuckle off a gearbox I'm salvaging to use
on my new strawberry plant digger. The aceteline line laid in a pile
of slag and burned a hole in the line. Made a three foot flaming wild
snake.

OH BOY! Did anyone get a video of you doing the dance?


Wouldn't have been half as scary but I was working inside cause its so
f#$%ing cold outside.

I can imagine. g Well, we're all glad you're safe afterwards.

About that 5th wheel, are you going to make it a drop-bed? That's the
only type I'd consider if I were to build one myself. It makes
loading machinery, which you do often, quite a bit easier. And the
look on other people's faces (when you change your flat tire with the
flip of a switch) is priceless. http://tinyurl.com/lwwwwvo (not a
gooseneck, but they're doable.)

--
The most powerful factors in the world are clear
ideas in the minds of energetic men of good will.
-- J. Arthur Thomson

On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 19:27:45 -0600, Ignoramus21685
wrote:

On 2014-02-17, Karl Townsend wrote:
I got a bit excited this morning...

I was torching an old PTO knuckle off a gearbox I'm salvaging to use
on my new strawberry plant digger. The aceteline line laid in a pile
of slag and burned a hole in the line. Made a three foot flaming wild
snake.

Wouldn't have been half as scary but I was working inside cause its so
f#$%ing cold outside.

In a related story, I was on fire last week.

My Wal-Mart hoodie, that I was wearing, ignited from welding. I did
not see it because I was welding in a helmet. At some point I thought
that I was awfully warm on the left side. Looked and saw
fire. Extinguished it no problem.

i

Iggy...wear a leather welding COAT..ok?

This time of the year it wont be "too hot" and it will keep you from
having to trot to the Good Will for a new sweatshirt every so often.


--
"You guess the truth hurts?

Really?

"Hurt" aint the word.

For Liberals, the truth is like salt to a slug.
Sunlight to a vampire.
Raid® to a cockroach.
Sheriff Brody to a shark
Bush to a Liberal

The truth doesn't just hurt. It's painful, like a red hot poker shoved
up their ass. Like sliding down a hundred foot razor blade using their
dick as a brake.

They HATE the truth."


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Sounds like a new sensor project is needed. Spectral lines of low heat
trigger it while welding temp Spectral lines won't. Discrimination
gate... :-)

Over head shower dump if excessive volume of that temp.

Martin :-)

On 2/17/2014 7:27 PM, Ignoramus21685 wrote:
On 2014-02-17, Karl Townsend wrote:
I got a bit excited this morning...

I was torching an old PTO knuckle off a gearbox I'm salvaging to use
on my new strawberry plant digger. The aceteline line laid in a pile
of slag and burned a hole in the line. Made a three foot flaming wild
snake.

Wouldn't have been half as scary but I was working inside cause its so
f#$%ing cold outside.

In a related story, I was on fire last week.

My Wal-Mart hoodie, that I was wearing, ignited from welding. I did
not see it because I was welding in a helmet. At some point I thought
that I was awfully warm on the left side. Looked and saw
fire. Extinguished it no problem.

i

Karl Townsend on Mon, 17 Feb 2014
14:12:13 -0600 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
I got a bit excited this morning...

I was torching an old PTO knuckle off a gearbox I'm salvaging to use
on my new strawberry plant digger. The aceteline line laid in a pile
of slag and burned a hole in the line. Made a three foot flaming wild
snake.

One way to warm up the place. Not a good way, but "a way".

You can probably skip the "stress test" at your next physical too.

Wouldn't have been half as scary but I was working inside cause its so
f#$%ing cold outside.
--
pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although more often, Age travels alone."

Karl Townsend on Mon, 17 Feb 2014
14:12:13 -0600 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
I got a bit excited this morning...

I was torching an old PTO knuckle off a gearbox I'm salvaging to use
on my new strawberry plant digger. The aceteline line laid in a pile
of slag and burned a hole in the line. Made a three foot flaming wild
snake.


I bet it left one hell of a carbon footprint.

Best Regards
Tom.
--
http://fija.org/

On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 22:43:37 -0800, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

Karl Townsend on Mon, 17 Feb 2014
14:12:13 -0600 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
I got a bit excited this morning...

I was torching an old PTO knuckle off a gearbox I'm salvaging to use
on my new strawberry plant digger. The aceteline line laid in a pile
of slag and burned a hole in the line. Made a three foot flaming wild
snake.

One way to warm up the place. Not a good way, but "a way".

You can probably skip the "stress test" at your next physical too.

Indeed!



Wouldn't have been half as scary but I was working inside cause its so
f#$%ing cold outside.
--
pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although more often, Age travels alone."

--
"You guess the truth hurts?

Really?

"Hurt" aint the word.

For Liberals, the truth is like salt to a slug.
Sunlight to a vampire.
Raid® to a cockroach.
Sheriff Brody to a shark
Bush to a Liberal

The truth doesn't just hurt. It's painful, like a red hot poker shoved
up their ass. Like sliding down a hundred foot razor blade using their
dick as a brake.

They HATE the truth."


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On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:36:00 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 14:12:13 -0600, Karl Townsend
wrote:

I got a bit excited this morning...

'Bout time, ya old coot.

Had my 34th anaversary the day before, no excitement there

About that 5th wheel, are you going to make it a drop-bed? That's the
only type I'd consider if I were to build one myself. It makes
loading machinery, which you do often, quite a bit easier. And the
look on other people's faces (when you change your flat tire with the
flip of a switch) is priceless. http://tinyurl.com/lwwwwvo (not a
gooseneck, but they're doable.)

Already have the big one, the third gooseneck I've owned. After
driving these all over the country, I can't tolerate tag trailers.

This one will be custom just for the boat. I found an outfit that
makes them for cigarette boats in SE FL. Price is fair enough that
I'll likely *gulp* just buy it. OTOH, they do it by modifing an AL tag
trailer with a steel gooseneck. So, if the boat I buy comes with a
decent tag trailer, I can do this myself.

Anyway, my next stop is to look at their work. I'll take along a
camera and a caliper.

Karl

On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 05:18:04 -0600, Karl Townsend
wrote:

On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:36:00 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 14:12:13 -0600, Karl Townsend
wrote:

I got a bit excited this morning...

'Bout time, ya old coot.

Had my 34th anaversary the day before, no excitement there

About that 5th wheel, are you going to make it a drop-bed? That's the
only type I'd consider if I were to build one myself. It makes
loading machinery, which you do often, quite a bit easier. And the
look on other people's faces (when you change your flat tire with the
flip of a switch) is priceless. http://tinyurl.com/lwwwwvo (not a
gooseneck, but they're doable.)

Already have the big one, the third gooseneck I've owned. After
driving these all over the country, I can't tolerate tag trailers.

This one will be custom just for the boat.

Oops, I had already forgotten that little tidbit of info.


I found an outfit that
makes them for cigarette boats in SE FL. Price is fair enough that
I'll likely *gulp* just buy it. OTOH, they do it by modifing an AL tag
trailer with a steel gooseneck. So, if the boat I buy comes with a
decent tag trailer, I can do this myself.

Anyway, my next stop is to look at their work. I'll take along a
camera and a caliper.

Gonna measure their mettle, are ya? G'luck!

--
The most powerful factors in the world are clear
ideas in the minds of energetic men of good will.
-- J. Arthur Thomson

On 2/17/2014 4:20 PM, wrote:
On Monday, February 17, 2014 3:12:13 PM UTC-5, Karl Townsend wrote:
I got a bit excited this morning...

I do not blame you for being excited. I trust you were not hurt
badly and the building did not burn. Take care , you have used all
your luck for February.

Dan


Yep, Karl can law-off on his Powerball ticket buy this week!

On 2/17/2014 7:07 PM, Bob Engelhardt wrote:
I can just see the layer of soot that it put on everything G


Totally not politically correct---we call it "little negro paratroopers".

On 2014-02-18, Martin Eastburn wrote:
Sounds like a new sensor project is needed. Spectral lines of low heat
trigger it while welding temp Spectral lines won't. Discrimination
gate... :-)

Over head shower dump if excessive volume of that temp.

Great idea about shower dump

Martin :-)

On 2/17/2014 7:27 PM, Ignoramus21685 wrote:
On 2014-02-17, Karl Townsend wrote:
I got a bit excited this morning...

I was torching an old PTO knuckle off a gearbox I'm salvaging to use
on my new strawberry plant digger. The aceteline line laid in a pile
of slag and burned a hole in the line. Made a three foot flaming wild
snake.

Wouldn't have been half as scary but I was working inside cause its so
f#$%ing cold outside.

In a related story, I was on fire last week.

My Wal-Mart hoodie, that I was wearing, ignited from welding. I did
not see it because I was welding in a helmet. At some point I thought
that I was awfully warm on the left side. Looked and saw
fire. Extinguished it no problem.

i

On 2/17/2014 8:27 PM, Ignoramus21685 wrote:
On 2014-02-17, Karl Townsend wrote:
I got a bit excited this morning...

I was torching an old PTO knuckle off a gearbox I'm salvaging to use
on my new strawberry plant digger. The aceteline line laid in a pile
of slag and burned a hole in the line. Made a three foot flaming wild
snake.

Wouldn't have been half as scary but I was working inside cause its so
f#$%ing cold outside.

In a related story, I was on fire last week.

My Wal-Mart hoodie, that I was wearing, ignited from welding. I did
not see it because I was welding in a helmet. At some point I thought
that I was awfully warm on the left side. Looked and saw
fire. Extinguished it no problem.

i



Years ago, my buddy asked for a light for a smoke so I lit my zippo and
tossed it to him. He was wearing a flannel shirt with a lot of fuzz on
it that caught fire and encompassed the shirt in a second or two. We
both needed new underwear after that and I never repeated THAT stupid
act again.

"azotic" on Mon, 17 Feb 2014 23:59:25 -0800 typed
in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

Karl Townsend on Mon, 17 Feb 2014
14:12:13 -0600 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
I got a bit excited this morning...

I was torching an old PTO knuckle off a gearbox I'm salvaging to use
on my new strawberry plant digger. The aceteline line laid in a pile
of slag and burned a hole in the line. Made a three foot flaming wild
snake.


I bet it left one hell of a carbon footprint.

That too...
--
pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although more often, Age travels alone."

On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 23:26:37 -0800, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

"azotic" on Mon, 17 Feb 2014 23:59:25 -0800 typed
in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

Karl Townsend on Mon, 17 Feb 2014
14:12:13 -0600 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
I got a bit excited this morning...

I was torching an old PTO knuckle off a gearbox I'm salvaging to use
on my new strawberry plant digger. The aceteline line laid in a pile
of slag and burned a hole in the line. Made a three foot flaming wild
snake.


I bet it left one hell of a carbon footprint.

That too...

Not necessarily - if he had the regulator and hose up to full 15 PSI
it might make enough turbulence to mix well with air before it all
burns. Then it won't soot much.

But I'll betcha he has a bit better hose discipline when this is all
over. I have to buy an open-top barrel and make or buy a bar-top
grate (probably make, so I can drop in new bars as they get mangled)
so I can make a Cutting Table. A few inches of wet sand in the bottom
to put out the dingleberries, and they can't bounce anywhere - like my
shoe tongue.

If I put a side bung a few inches from the bottom and an exhaust fan,
I can make it a fume exhauster too.

On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 14:12:13 -0600, Karl Townsend
wrote:

I got a bit excited this morning...

I was torching an old PTO knuckle off a gearbox I'm salvaging to use
on my new strawberry plant digger. The aceteline line laid in a pile
of slag and burned a hole in the line. Made a three foot flaming wild
snake.

Wouldn't have been half as scary but I was working inside cause its so
f#$%ing cold outside.


I'd have bought a ticket for that show, Karl!

Some folks complain about nothing exciting ever happening in their
lives.

On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 05:18:04 -0600, Karl Townsend
wrote:

On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:36:00 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 14:12:13 -0600, Karl Townsend
wrote:

I got a bit excited this morning...

'Bout time, ya old coot.

Had my 34th anaversary the day before, no excitement there

About that 5th wheel, are you going to make it a drop-bed? That's the
only type I'd consider if I were to build one myself. It makes
loading machinery, which you do often, quite a bit easier. And the
look on other people's faces (when you change your flat tire with the
flip of a switch) is priceless. http://tinyurl.com/lwwwwvo (not a
gooseneck, but they're doable.)

Already have the big one, the third gooseneck I've owned. After
driving these all over the country, I can't tolerate tag trailers.

This one will be custom just for the boat. I found an outfit that
makes them for cigarette boats in SE FL. Price is fair enough that
I'll likely *gulp* just buy it. OTOH, they do it by modifing an AL tag
trailer with a steel gooseneck. So, if the boat I buy comes with a
decent tag trailer, I can do this myself.

Anyway, my next stop is to look at their work. I'll take along a
camera and a caliper.

Karl

Boat? In FL? YAY!

"Don Foreman"
wrote in message
On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 14:12:13 -0600,
Some folks complain about nothing exciting
ever happening in their
lives.

Hi Don! Nice to see you posting again, it's been a
while.
How did you solve your problem with tig welding
with a pacemaker? Have any luck with that? One
may be in my future and I'd like your input, and
opinion.
phil