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May 07, 2008

When in Doubt, Refill them Both

When I went to exchange cylinders on Friday, they were out of 80's and gave me a 60 acetylene instead. Well I burned through that dude pretty quickly and today I went back to exchange my 60 for an 80. I got home, got the regulator screwed tight and promptly ran out of oxygen within ten minutes of cutting triangles.

The pressure gauge is jammed on the oxygen regulator and I just have to wing it when it comes to the level remaining. It's cheap compared to acetylene, plus I have a much larger oxygen tank, so I don't mind refilling it a bit more often than I might if I bled it dry each time. I usually take them both in and exchange them at once, however having had the smaller acetylene tank, I figured I had plenty of oxygen to go.

Another hour round trip in the car tomorrow morning. Bah.

I'm off to coach Kelly's baseball game in an hour. Going to pitch three buckets of balls to her in the front yard first to get her warmed up. Hopefully she'll be driving the ball well in the game tonight.

Wish her luck!

16:31 in Sculpting |

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Good Luck Kelly! but from recent reading, I'm guessing that she's got enough skill that she doesn't need much luck.

Posted by: Dawn | May 07, 2008 at 19:26

Good luck Kelly!

Posted by: brettdl | May 08, 2008 at 08:20

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