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01-21-2008

Posted by Wayne Weedon on January 22, 2008, 5:36 pm

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Christopher Tidy wrote:

>
> Depends how he obtained the cylinder. I wanted one for a similar
> purpose, and my local scrap merchant told me he had dozens I could have
> for nothing.

True.. Same around here, and the local council run tip has 100's of the
things too. The latter are a bunch of Nazi's though, claim to be into
recycling and yet NOTHING can leave the tip via the public! Used to be
different when privately managed.

But yes as others have stated here the thread is RH and tapered, and
'Kin tight!

I recently had to remove one myself to "recycle" the cylinder and
convert into a vacuum tank for my vac former.

Wayne.....

Posted by Christopher Tidy on January 23, 2008, 12:36 pm

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Wayne Weedon wrote:

> Christopher Tidy wrote:
>

>>
>> Depends how he obtained the cylinder. I wanted one for a similar
>> purpose, and my local scrap merchant told me he had dozens I could
>> have for nothing.

>
>
>
> True.. Same around here, and the local council run tip has 100's of the
> things too. The latter are a bunch of Nazi's though, claim to be into
> recycling and yet NOTHING can leave the tip via the public! Used to be
> different when privately managed.

Unfortunately, they only seem to have the big cylinders. When I've
needed the cylinders for their intended purpose, I've need the
pumpkin-sized ones, and have unfortunately had to pay the deposit for them.

Chris

Posted by Toby on January 21, 2008, 3:45 pm

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> I know this is`nt model engineering but it`s to do with my workshop.
> I`m thinking of converting a propane bottle into a wood burning stove
> for my workshop. I need to take off the gas valve/tap on the top of
> the bottle so =EF=BF=BDI can fill the bottle with water to get rid of any =

gas

> in there. My question is this, which way does it turn? I`ve tried
> clockwise and anticlockwise but to no avail. Regards Pete

Peter

I've undone a couple of the valves on the cylinders used in portable
gas fires - they were a right hand thread. I wanted to purge them
just as you do to use them as low pressure air reservoirs. I don't
know about the large red propane cylinders.

Hope this helps, Toby

Posted by pete on January 21, 2008, 5:32 pm

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> > I know this is`nt model engineering but it`s to do with my workshop.
> > I`m thinking of converting a propane bottle into a wood burning stove
> > for my workshop. I need to take off the gas valve/tap on the top of
> > the bottle so =EF=BF=BDI can fill the bottle with water to get rid of an=

y gas

> > in there. My question is this, which way does it turn? I`ve tried
> > clockwise and anticlockwise but to no avail. Regards Pete

>
> Peter
>
> I've undone a couple of the valves on the cylinders used in portable
> gas fires - they were a right hand thread. I wanted to purge them
> just as you do to use them as low pressure air reservoirs. I don't
> know about the large red propane cylinders.
>
> Hope this helps, Toby

Many thanks Toby, Pete

Posted by Russell on January 21, 2008, 8:05 pm

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pete wrote:

> I know this is`nt model engineering but it`s to do with my workshop.
> I`m thinking of converting a propane bottle into a wood burning stove
> for my workshop. I need to take off the gas valve/tap on the top of
> the bottle so I can fill the bottle with water to get rid of any gas
> in there. My question is this, which way does it turn? I`ve tried
> clockwise and anticlockwise but to no avail. Regards Pete

Hi Pete

I did this recently and it's definitely RH.

Don't do it indoors. There was a surprising amount of gas remaining
even though it was "empty".

Russell

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