Anyone got one they wanna sell? I just need the torch setup kit, torch, regular, and such, and a bottle of acetylene. Somewhere around 40 cubic foot capacity. Anyone got one they wanna sell?
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Anyone got one they wanna sell? I just need the torch setup kit, torch, regular, and such, and a bottle of acetylene. Somewhere around 40 cubic foot capacity. Anyone got one they wanna sell?
do you mean an acetylene torch?
isnt that what i said...:)
i talked to botco and they said they were all out of sedaline....but they had plenty of acetylene....BTW you know that you will also need an oxygen bottle with that as well...
you can't get out of this one :gigem:
no i dont need oxygen for what im doing.
please tell us what you need it for...
He's a huffer.
oh dear, this must be leading up to a great idea.
my guess is "sedaline" injection on a ford 6.0
what's that? drowning yourself? You dont need sedaline, oxyjin, or even propain. Just a bucket and some water.Quote:
Originally Posted by jwingfield2k
or doing some work on a bed pan...i mean plate.Quote:
Originally Posted by robertf03
too funny boys. soldering 2" copper mainline on this old old house's sprinkler system. Old copper line run as the mainline after the doublecheck valve. so old its still got brass hallomatic heads for those of you that know little about sprinkler systems.
And despite yalls beliefs, there is a thing called the bed plate on my engine. since my oil pan is quite large (15 qts for my engine), its wider at the bottom to hold a large quanitity of oil, so the bottom of the pan is wider than the engine block, therefore the bed plate is like an adaptor to mate the two.
No, but I'm looking for a biodiesel co-op to buy fuel for my truck though. My fuel bill is huge.
man, between wingfields spelling and his ideas for projects...it's almost like Leebo "Lww K" and chadnutz had some sort of butt baby.
$20 bernzomatic propane kit
yah, ive got one of those, it doesnt put out enough to heat up that size pipe. thats why im needing a larger one. ive got like 3 of those things in my garage running mapp gas and propane. i gotta get the whole pipe heated up at once, those little torches wont do the trick.
sedaline is the new roofie, don't you fawkers know anything. Roofiecoladas are a thing of the past, the new thing is a sedarita...
How about this one Jerry, "All I need is some Chloroform and she'll be mine..."
What's song is that from, Mr. Muppet Movie? :flipoff2:
Sorry google only turns up some Flickerstick lyrics on that one, but if that's the case you didnt quote it right.Quote:
Originally Posted by BMFScout
I did this Jeporady quiz thing the other day, and one of the questions that was asked was "What is one of the chemicals in plants that is involved in Photosynthesis?"
One of the adults jumped up and screamed chloroform :-\
you might want to give brazos valley welding supply a call...its located on 2818 before 21....i got a cylinder for the mig there....i have no idea what they charge for acetylene though...
It was flickerstick, and you are dumb, I am right!
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Originally Posted by BMFScout
All she needs is some chloroform
And she'll be mine
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Originally Posted by jwingfield2k
you do realize that without the oxygen part...the gas will not be that hot....have you tried using the yellow cylinders of Mapp Gas...you can get them at any irrigation supply house or at Home Depot or Lowes or ect or ect. Mapp gas will work for what you are doing. the temperature of Mapp gas is around 5300*F while propane is around 3900*F and Mapp gas is far superior to acetylene for brazing and it is even better for cutting if used in place of acetylene in an oxy-acetylene setup.
anything else you wanna know about sprinklers you let me know....
EDIT: why are you going to use a copper mainline. i know that you say it already exists, but why not use a compression fitting or somethign of the like to get to PVC. makes noe sence and is far less headache....also where in the hell are you that a house uses a two inch mainline. that is usually reserved for larg comercial jobs.
They have torches that just run off the acetylene B tank. I have one that's called a Turbotorch. I use it for sweating in the copper drains and refridgerant lines on a/c units. Its nice to not worry about blowing holes in the copper and the rig is also lighter. You buy the torch/regulator and pay for the tank once and exchange it just like every other tank. But the larger the pipe the more time it'll take to heat up the pipe to take the solder. It should be fine to use with 2" though, be sure to rough up the ends and use flux.
And the mapp gas will work too if you're not doing this everyday.
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Originally Posted by jwingfield2k
Don't you mean...
One of the chemicals in plants that is involved in Photosynthesis.
Then someone jumped up and screamed...
What is cloroform?
I may be going out on a limb here, but I'm guessing you're no Ken Jennings.
good - oll LeeBo... :gigem:Quote:
Originally Posted by Fredo
HUH HUH....I GAHT LOCKA....AN DANA FOTY-FOR....HUHHUH :gigem:
Say it with me Wingfield "Mondo Body Damage"Quote:
Originally Posted by StevenAg03
its "MONDOH BAH-E DAMAGE"...and hearing that on the phone when you call and ask how everyone is fairing in cruces while your 600 miles north in montrose is priceless....Quote:
Originally Posted by Snatch Adams
ahhh damn it Jerry...that also reminds me of when me and Doug beat him back home and the putrid odor emitting from the "licked clean" plates hidden under his bead and other things in that room was almost too much to handle. hell he hadn't been there in a week to fabreeze it every day....
ahhh but it reminds me of when everyone pissed, err...pitched, in on a bottle of Southern Comfort for lee....was that the same night i decided it would be a good idea to finish mowing the lawn at 2am and the neighbors asked Doug not to start his bronco that late at night....nahhh different night...
but then there was the time that Crystal Wash-n-banger IMed him under an alias screen name and he said "I have an athletic build and look sexy playing pool nekkid"....the pool table just wasn't the same after that....hmmm....there are quite a few stories revolving around that girl and her need for oral fixation....even if the receiving party hasn't showered after several days of working on ones bronco....
and then there was the freezing cold ass raining night that Doug shook his weener at Dustin to get him to fight....
i don't know weather to hate or love that house we lived in....i think it was too much of a party street...I'm the only one affiliated with that house that stayed in school...Doug come back after a couple year hiatus
EDIT: i almost forgot about that FHK girl that took a full shot of everclear cause we told her we would give her a case of beer(of which we only had 5)...them FHK ones are crazy
Thank you for clarifying the spelling, I was at a loss as to how to spell like it is pronounced.Quote:
Originally Posted by StevenAg03
Now you're making me remenisce about good 'ol 1503 Austin. Had to burn the house down after we left you know, too much of a disgrace to the Muslims that owned it. I think it was all the porkin'. :flipoff2:
(Isn't lee still on here occasionally)
dont know nor do i care...its what it was...i cant go back and change it...
I appreciate the offer, but my dad has done sprinklers all his life. First off one little bottle of MAPP gas won't do the trick for heating a 2" line at once. It works (used it this morning) for doing half inch lines and 1" lines, but when you do two inch you need to whole pipe to be hot at once, and don't have to wait around all day for it to get heated up.Quote:
Originally Posted by StevenAg03
And he never used oxygen when he had his installation company (now he just draws the plans on autocad). I'm still guessing no one has a tank and torch kit they need to sell, and still as it stands I don't need oxygen for what I'm doing. But if you need any sprinkler help, feel free to ask.
Oh and the house that uses two inch mainline is a house that was built in the 50's (more than likely). Over off of Inwood and NW Highway area for those of you that know the area. Huge lawns, pools, yada yada. The house itself has two water meters. Same area that Ross Perot lives (not something to be proud of that is), but rather large houses.
yes I know where your talking about...most all the houses by White Rock Lake have all copper systems...and they are the biggest pain in the ass to repair....
So your dad is now one a landscape architect that draws sprinkler plans up huh? I hate some of those guys cause they are always dicks and think their sprinkler designs always work in the real world like they do on paper and it rarely happens. What company did he work for? My dad is the commercial superintendent of Dallas operations for Choate Irrigation(the largest commercial and residential sprinkler company in the US) and i have my irrigation license and worked for my "step-mom's" irrigation company(not my dads, that would be a conflict of interest) when I'm home so i wont be needing any help...but if you have any questions feel free to ask :flipoff2:
maybe a pain, but not compared to replacing the entire plumbing in 30 years or so when the galvanized iron pipe starts to corrode from the inside out. Ask my Al, I'm sure he'd love to talk pipe and how to lay it! :laughing:Quote:
Originally Posted by StevenAg03
FYI they dont use galvanized pipe anymore and it is very rare to find it in a house say less then five to ten years old
Acetylene burns really dirty and bright by itself. We braze stuff at work with both oxy. and ace. I also ran the chilled water lines for our psychrometric test facility (a/cs) and it was 2" copper pipe. You will enjoy the extra heat and clean burn, I promise.
just jb weld the SOB!
There is actually a torch designed to just use acetylene. Of course it also mixes oxygen from the air. It doesn't burn like acetylene coming out of an oxy/acet torch with black wispies. I've seen AC people use them and have also seen them used to repair brass instruments.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chadnutz
i use the acetylene only torch at work a lot for soldering brass. it siphons air and burns it with the acetylene. works good.
i've got a snake.
My dad owned a company called Main Three and Associates. Every new school that goes up, he draws. He does all the Eckerds, Chilis, Mac Grills, Tony Romas, all of Brinkers stuff, did willowbend mall, did stonebriar mall. He designs it all. And I totally agree with what you said about design guys being dicks, because theyve never been in the field. (That where alot of my repairs come in, moving heads to right spots). But he was design and install, and then sold his company and went straight to design. Not to take a wack at your dad, I'm sure he does great work, but Choate doesn't do the highest quality of work in the area.
Dad isnt a Landscape Architect, he's irrigation if I mistyped something earlier.
And still a little mapp gas bottle isnt enough to heat up a 2" pipe by itself. I'm just gonna take two torches to it tomorrow and cover both sides is what I'll end up doing. Pain in the butt, but it'll get it working.
Steven, do you work in Dallas area?
AgJohn and Doug hit it straight on the head. Thats what I was needing. the acetylene torch just like theyre talking about. Doesnt need oxygen.
And yes old old houses did come with galvanized. When one of my friends bought his house it had galvanized house mainline. He's taking care of all that this weekend. :-D
Steven sorry if I came across rude, I didnt' know you actually knew what you were talking about (compared to some people in here). But you are knowledgeable, and no harm meant. But still as it stands, I just need an acetylene only torch:-D.
Heres a pic of the doublecheck... two inch copper through the whole thing, old house. all the heads that were original were copper and sweated on throughout the whole system. This house has 12 zones, probably a few acre lot I supposed, two water meters for this property. And heres a pic of those old HallOMatic valves... PITA little butts. The diaphram on this valve went out, but the good thing about these old ones is that I can flip the rubber seal upside down cause its not all jacked (which I'm thinking the other side is). Hopefully thats the case and I won't have to put in a new valve and dig a massive hole. Oh and compression fittings aren't the most reliable things in the world for this situation, thats why I'm not going that route.
Oh, take a look at the new Weathermatic SL1600 controller and the weather station. Weathermatic took us out to III Forks the other day and showed us all about it. They're sending out a guy to install outs and the weather station this friday afternoon for free. I think I got a 12 station controller at john deere landscapes for 160+tax today, and if you buy a weather station the controller is free right now. Theyre the best controllers out there right now, and I wired and programed 12 stations in less than 30 mins for my first time messing with this thing outta the box. http://www.weathermatic.com/smartline/index.html
Until next time.