I'd like to do some aluminum casting and watched some videos. I don't have the link handy but one guy used a metal cutoff wheel on a grinder looking device to cut open an oxygen tank which he then lined with a blanket of that ceramic thermal fiber stuff.
So my questions are:
1. WIth all the sparks flying, could the oxygen ignite inside the bottle? Not sure if it's flammable.
2. Yesterday, someone threw away this can for helium. Would that explode if cut into; or perhaps the top can be pulled to let the helium out?
I definitely don't want to do something that would earn me the coveted darwin award!
thanks
btw, I didn't see a section on the forum on metal casting or foundry like for blacksmithing. If anyone knows a forum or site that deals with those 2 areas pls let me know, as the links would not IMO compete with this.
thanks
So my questions are:
1. WIth all the sparks flying, could the oxygen ignite inside the bottle? Not sure if it's flammable.
2. Yesterday, someone threw away this can for helium. Would that explode if cut into; or perhaps the top can be pulled to let the helium out?
I definitely don't want to do something that would earn me the coveted darwin award!
thanks
btw, I didn't see a section on the forum on metal casting or foundry like for blacksmithing. If anyone knows a forum or site that deals with those 2 areas pls let me know, as the links would not IMO compete with this.
thanks