On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, John T. Blair wrote:
> I'd like to also add that you might also want an oxy-acetylene tourch
> also. When you really need heat for bending a piece of metal they
> come in very handy, plus the cutting tip for cutting things up.
> However, unless you have a shop I'd suggest the small bottles so the
> unit is portable. My dad has an oxy-acetylene rig with the tall
> (5 - 6 foot) bottles. However, they are almost impossible to transport.
> I've been cutting up some cars with some of my friends and could have really
> used the tourch, but we couldn't move my dad's
> rig.
>
> Another alternative to the cutting tourch is a Saws-all. They are
> great. We've cut up about 4 cars with one of them.
Your dad's nobody's fool. When I had the big tanks, they stayed right
there in my garage. My saws-all, however, disappeared the next day after
I bought it, and was not returned until my daughter was finished with it.
Us fathers prefer big tools, chained to the floor.
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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