You are correct. You can't use a cutting torch to make a clean cut on cast iron. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Franklin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 5:04 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Freakin termites.
> Just as a point of interest, I don't think that you can cut cast iron with > an acetylene torch. I remember a long time ago needing to get some final > drive gears out of a heavy casting and having to use a DC welder to cut > open the cast iron. I could be wrong but that's my story and I'm sticken > to it. > > > > Paul Franklin > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 2:25 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Freakin termites. > > > > Dan: I thought it would be really cool to use a cutting torch too, until > I actualy did it. I cut a gear shift handle out of an old deralict truck, > and it's the only time I can recall actually being scared of a tool. It's > loud, and obviously you're going to need gloves a hood and a mask, and > it's really hard to tell where you're actually cutting. I had a sighted > flunky er employee standing by to give directions, and I still managed to > set the floor mats on fire. And, that much cast iron would take a mighty > long time to cut anyway. I vote for shattering the thing. Not only willl > you accomplish your aim, but it could be a great stress reliever. Maybe it > could be a neighborhood thing, a case of beer or so, and invite the > neighbors to come and show off how much arm strength and how well they can > use a sledge. I'd say a sixteen pound sledge would be about right for > this, and then too, one of them is bound to have some kind of vehicle to > use for disposing of the debris when > you're done. > > Bill Stephan > Kansas Citty MO > Email: [email protected] > Phone: (816)803-2469 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dan Rossi <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2010 7:30 am > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Freakin termites. > > Max wrote with regard to the removal of my cast iron radiator: > > > > > I'm betting that you will end up cutting it into smaller pieces > > to get rid > > > of it. Maybe with a cutting torch? > > > > OOO BABY! Now that sounds like fun. > > > > -- > > Blue skies. > > Dan Rossi > > Carnegie Mellon University. > > E-Mail: [email protected] > > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 5087 (20100505) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 5087 (20100505) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 5088 (20100505) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 5087 (20100505) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5087 (20100505) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
