Mad Dave's Five Hour Forge

[Gumbob]

Superb mate :You_Rock_

Great tutorial and pics. This is one project I will be trying.

Many thanks...Gumbob

 

[longshot]

dave,

how did you clean the tank to get all the propane out? i want to make one but i really dont want to cut into the tank and have a bomb in the shed if you know what i mean.


thanks
dean

 

[jdlenton]

wow great work that man

James

 

[led]

Dave said he removed the valve (which is made much easier by removing the top guard). When I did it, I then filled the bottle up with water to ensure that all the gas was removed. It will still smell 'gassy' even then, but should be perfectly safe. The only thing to be careful about is if the bottle was galvanised. The zinc fumes given off when heated aren't good for you!

 

[maddave]

dave,

how did you clean the tank to get all the propane out? i want to make one but i really dont want to cut into the tank and have a bomb in the shed if you know what i mean.


thanks
dean

Hi Dean
It's like I said in the tutorial. Get yourself in a wide open space, put a spanner on the valve and give it a few blows with a mallet to start the thread turning. Then set your tools down and unscrew the rest by hand. There will still be liquid gas even in a seemingly empty bottle so you will get a rush of gas when you get the valve off, hence needing to keep the bottle well away from any source of ignition, fire, cigarettes, light switches, torches etc. Filling the bottle with water just ensures you dispell any residual gas or vapour lingering in th bottle. Tthen just empty it and chop away

 

[longshot]

thanks Dave, i did read that but jsut didn't process thanks again, i'll post a few pics when i get mine done and get back to ya'll


dean

 

[g4ghb]

I seem to remember reading somewhere that the gas soaks into the metal a tad so the soaking in water is a good precaution!

 

[Indi]

Great toturial, thanks for sharing!

 

[Spikey DaPikey]

Nice one Dave

 

[dommyracer]

Haha that's awesome!

Wish I had a shed......

 

[Grimnir]

Very nice - now if only I had a shed I could get into!

 

[Spikey DaPikey]

*** BUMP ***

As folk were asking about making a forge

 

[Simon E]

That was so good I'm not going to say a word about those welds.

Me either

 

[Too Much Kit To Carry]

Fantastci tutorial and you got a really good functional end result :You_Rock_

Thanks for sharing with us Mad Dave.

Cheers,

Phil.

 

[ESpy]

Missed this the first time round... For longish objects (like blades), I've got a similar forge - albeit side draft - with deep notches cut out of the front & back, so I can build a good bed of fuel over a trench for the beasty.

Remember that in supposedly smelling gas, you aren't smelling the gas but the mercaptin used to give you some way of detecting leaks... The smell of that stuff lingers *long* after the gas is gone.

 

[woodmunky]

I used to lug those things around in my first part-time job... didn't realise how many uses they had!

I'm impressed! ... and a bit hungry now too lol

 

[Cap'n Badger]

Nice one bro!!......that was a joy t' read mate.....rolled about at the Vader pic......dude :You_Rock_ :You_Rock_

 

[Eric_Methven]

Excellent! Now I know what my next project is. Are the Camp Xray coveralls compulsory?

Eric

 

[bushwacker bob]

Excellent! Now I know what my next project is. Are the Camp Xray coveralls compulsory?

Eric

He aint called MADDAVE for nothin

 

[Big John]

Hi all,

I might be able to lay my hands on a couple of old gas bottles (same size as Dave used) from my Scout Group if anyone's interested in making one of these. A couple of conditions:

- Although they are likely to have some gas in, they are fire damaged (could have been a VERY exciting evening!) so not for re-filling.

- You'd have to be able to pick up them from my place in Redhill, Surrey.

If you're interested then let me know ASAP, they were planning on getting rid of them but I think they're still about.