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11-17-2005, 09:14
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Ten minutes seems awfully long, as you discovered. 
What kind of flashback did you get through the hole at the bottom?
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11-17-2005, 09:17
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ROFL!
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11-17-2005, 09:38
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Ten minutes seems awfully long, as you discovered.
What kind of flashback did you get through the hole at the bottom?
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I wasn't in a position to actually see the blast out of the "flash hole", because I positioned myself on the other side of the pipe, away from the seam. It did blow the torch out of my hand. I'd estimate, by the size and weight of all the crap in the pipe, and the distance and velocity it flew, there was at least 600psi pressure.
Edit by the Team Sergeant:
Reason, Stupid people do not need recipes.
VM, you should know better......
Edited one more time by the knifemaker because the big clue was still there. VM, you could work here anytime 
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11-17-2005, 09:44
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Damn I wonder what VM does when he's BORED??
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11-17-2005, 10:07
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Damn I wonder what VM does when he's BORED??
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I try to find ways to get down range for a few weeks. Hanging out at little FOBs with you guys and taking incoming usually does the trick.
My apologies, TS.
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11-17-2005, 10:59
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"VM, you could work here anytime "
Thanks Mr Harsey, but I've already got a really cool job that I love, and to me, job satisfaction is more important than money. Like you, I get paid to design, build, and integrate specialized equipment that is used by specialized people in interesting places. Most of what I build are one-of-a-kind, made to order, quick-reaction systems, and I do most of the fabrication myself. I am fortunate enough to work almost exclusively with Army SF and their MI guys. I also provide on-site support, no matter where the site, so occasionally I end up in some interesting situations. Most importantly, I can still serve my country and support the Soldiers, even though I'm now a civilian.
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11-17-2005, 14:43
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I wasn't in a position to actually see the blast out of the "flash hole", because I positioned myself on the other side of the pipe, away from the seam. It did blow the torch out of my hand. I'd estimate, by the size and weight of all the crap in the pipe, and the distance and velocity it flew, there was at least 600psi pressure.
Edit by the Team Sergeant:
Reason, Stupid people do not need recipes.
VM, you should know better......
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Okay filled the bag with the approrpriate stuff............standing here with my lit match.........but someone took out the distance recommended..........I assume it was like 2 or 12 something........will get back and let you know if it worked.......
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11-17-2005, 14:46
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A suitable firesuit negates the distance requirement.
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11-17-2005, 16:09
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A suitable firesuit negates the distance requirement.
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Not if the yield strength of the pipe is less than the obstruction.
Then you need a blast suit with ballistic protection.
TR
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11-17-2005, 18:23
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Bladesmith to the Quiet Professionals
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I'm glad Velicimorte survived his danger close fusing experiment.
The reason I'd inquired about the water dowsing is that it looks like I'm getting new neighbors to the south of me. The first thing they have to do to get the bank loan to build is find potable water so they hired a water witcher to come out and show where to drill the well. They set up on the hill about 25 feet from my fence line and drilled to two hundred feet without finding water. I didn't think that was possible around here.
My hope was that the water witcher was right so when they capped the good well I could truthfully tell them I'd buried two horses just 50 feet up the hill from there.
Darn water witcher ruined all my fun.
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11-17-2005, 23:08
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So is marrying ones sister and placing your hand in a bag of live rattle snakes......
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that's rather harsh...i never so much as dated a girl i met at a family reunion... 
as far as dowsing goes, i had a hydrology professor that swore by it and a groundwater professor that thought it was BS...so much for scientists...
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12-02-2005, 13:52
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Does sewing a 3 inch ax gash in your leg up with fishing monofilliment and a canvas needle count as fieldcraft, or does that go under Darwin Awards?
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12-02-2005, 14:05
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Does sewing a 3 inch ax gash in your leg up with fishing monofilliment and a canvas needle count as fieldcraft, or does that go under Darwin Awards?
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That's just a nick.
How it healed up determines which category this belongs in.
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12-02-2005, 14:20
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Does sewing a 3 inch ax gash in your leg up with fishing monofilliment and a canvas needle count as fieldcraft, or does that go under Darwin Awards?
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After several unsuccessful treatments (freezing, chemicals, etc.) in college, I removed my own plantar warts from my left foot and treated thim this way. No canvas needle was available, so I used a sewing needle.
JAGeorgia likes to tell that story. Those warts have never come back!
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12-02-2005, 14:29
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That's just a nick.
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Damn Bill, I would've just used duct tape on a nick! Anytime I can see three inches of shin-bone, I try to make more permanent repairs though. I was able to continue splitting wood without an annoying and time-consuming trip to the hospital where they would have done the same thing I did, albeit under more sterile conditions. It did heal up nicely with no infection, but I do carry an assortment of sterile sutures in my kit now.
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