[Shop-talk] Is this a shutoff?

[John Miller]

> I'm pondering how one would re-solder a pinhole leak in a copper gas
> pipe system.  I can't think of a way that doesn't involve the solderer
> becoming an involuntary astronaut.

I guess you'd want to be isolating the area you're working on and 
purging it with something inert before you light up.

I don't imagine this kind of thing would be widely accepted by 
authorities overseeing much residential/light commercial construction.

John.