[Shop-talk] harris welding torches and blue point jack?

[David Scheidt]

On Nov 30, 2007 9:41 PM, Karl Vacek <kvacek at ameritech.net> wrote:
> That's why you usually buy the tank from the dealer in the first place - you
> get a rusty old beater tank in the first place and never have any higher
> expectations  ;-)
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> Did you actually buy NEW regular-sized tanks ?/  I'm not sure I've ever seen
> really new tanks, except the little portable ones.  I thought they were made
> by gnomes in the forest, and then beaten up and rusted on the way to the gas
> supplier the first time !!
>

I did.  The supplier had them sitting on the dock.  I think they do it
for all the bottles they sell, actually.  The expected lifetime of a
gas cylinder is something like 100 years, would you believe?


> Karl
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> > Yes, exchanging tanks is great, it puts all of the responsibility for
> > testing, etc. on the gas supply company, but it really sucks, the first
> > time
> > you take your brand spanking new tank in for exchange and get a rusty old
> > beater tank in exchange.  <grin>
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> > Jack
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