[Jewelry making - Article 00178] - Re: [Orchid] Recommendations for a mapp/air torch?

[GaPawn]

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>     The reason I can't use an oxygen torch is twofold. Common sense
>     and zoning regulations prohibit me from storing a pressurized tank
>     of oxygen in a residence. Common sense and my condominium's
>     covenants codes and restrictions prohibit me from dangling a
>     pressurized tank of *anything* out a window. So, I have no safe or
>     legal option for storing an oxygen tank at my current residence. 

Natalie,

    I hope you never need to utilize an oxygen respirator in your
    current residence. Your zoning regulations, and common sense, would
    preclude the use of such a life-preserving device in a residence.
    The oxygen for said respirators is nearly always stored in "high
    pressure, compressed gas" cylinders. Not greatly unlike those that
    are used for soldering. 

    The aluminum cylinders that are the most practical for the portable
    oxygen respirators are far more dangerous than the steel ones that
    you would probably use for your soldering torch. For that matter,
    the LPG: Liquefied Petroleum Gas (propane) tank that is dangling
    from the BBQ grill that is likely on your and/or your neighbor's
    back deck, is considerably more dangerous than *any* cylinder full
    of oxygen. 

    Next time, we can discuss the dangers of natural gas that most city
    dwellers use for heat, hot water, and often for cooking. 

    Steve (who would much rather sleep next to an oxygen cylinder than a
    bottle of propane or MAPP gas) Stempinski 

Steve's Place
Jewelry Repair
While-U-Watch
Madison, GA

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