no Self control
I went and got the kit anyways. It was a good deal and I wanted it. I planned to use it to fix my exhaust, so hopefully, that will recoop some of the cost.
I spent yesterday morning taking the exhaust out of my car again. It wasn't sealed right after the last time, and I could see daylight through the flanges for the muffler. I need to get it inspected this month, so, rather than pay a lot to have it fixed, I did it myself.
I used the new oxy-cetylene torch kit to cut the bolts off and pierce through the holes. It worked great, but I accidentally cut a little too much off and had to use a washer to bolt it back together. Anyway, I put new gaskets on each connection and bolted it all back in. Presto -bammo! The exhaust was fix. Put your hand over the pipe and it causes the engine to bog down.
Today, I tried to burn out that damn stump again. While I was doing that, I thought about the mystery barrel. I have 55-gallon drum in my back yard, and had no idea what was in it. It didn't use to bother me until I read that story about the guy who discovered that his mother who had left him 23 years earlier had been murdered by his father and stuffed in a 55-gallon drum in the back yard. So, now, I was curious.
I took the top plug out and to my relief (and then annoyance) there was no corpse, just about three gallons of used kerosene. I drained as much out as I could and then thought about cutting the top off with my torch, but, I didn't want to introduce pure oxygen into a sealed petroleum container at 2000 degrees. So, I took an axe and cut through the lid like a can opener. There was a residual amount of kerosene sloshing in the bottom so I lit an oil rag and tossed it in to burn off. After about a half hour, it was still burning. I am a little impatient so I took the side plug out to allow more air in. That didn't help, so I took my leaf blower to the side plug. Now that worked!!! My wife came down to see what the roaring sound was. She said from inside the house it sounded like a jet engine.
After a couple of minutes, the kerosene (and the dirt, grass, rag and some of the paint) was burned off. I let the barrel cool and then cut the hacked up lid of with my torch.
This week in welding, we are going to start arc-welding. Once I learn more about it, I am going to take the barrel over to my friend's house who has a welder and make a rudimentary forge to play with later in life.
Did I mention, that when you cut steel with a torch, you aren't melting it, you are burning it away with oxygene. Very cool.
I spent yesterday morning taking the exhaust out of my car again. It wasn't sealed right after the last time, and I could see daylight through the flanges for the muffler. I need to get it inspected this month, so, rather than pay a lot to have it fixed, I did it myself.
I used the new oxy-cetylene torch kit to cut the bolts off and pierce through the holes. It worked great, but I accidentally cut a little too much off and had to use a washer to bolt it back together. Anyway, I put new gaskets on each connection and bolted it all back in. Presto -bammo! The exhaust was fix. Put your hand over the pipe and it causes the engine to bog down.
Today, I tried to burn out that damn stump again. While I was doing that, I thought about the mystery barrel. I have 55-gallon drum in my back yard, and had no idea what was in it. It didn't use to bother me until I read that story about the guy who discovered that his mother who had left him 23 years earlier had been murdered by his father and stuffed in a 55-gallon drum in the back yard. So, now, I was curious.
I took the top plug out and to my relief (and then annoyance) there was no corpse, just about three gallons of used kerosene. I drained as much out as I could and then thought about cutting the top off with my torch, but, I didn't want to introduce pure oxygen into a sealed petroleum container at 2000 degrees. So, I took an axe and cut through the lid like a can opener. There was a residual amount of kerosene sloshing in the bottom so I lit an oil rag and tossed it in to burn off. After about a half hour, it was still burning. I am a little impatient so I took the side plug out to allow more air in. That didn't help, so I took my leaf blower to the side plug. Now that worked!!! My wife came down to see what the roaring sound was. She said from inside the house it sounded like a jet engine.
After a couple of minutes, the kerosene (and the dirt, grass, rag and some of the paint) was burned off. I let the barrel cool and then cut the hacked up lid of with my torch.
This week in welding, we are going to start arc-welding. Once I learn more about it, I am going to take the barrel over to my friend's house who has a welder and make a rudimentary forge to play with later in life.
Did I mention, that when you cut steel with a torch, you aren't melting it, you are burning it away with oxygene. Very cool.