A really sick kid decided that he wanted to do research on the effect of acetylene on the internals of his neighbors cat. No, this was not me. He coaxed the cat into his father's welding shed on the back of the property one cold winter day. Somehow, with great patience since the pressure of acetylene is only around 10 PSI he managed to fill the cat's intestinal tract with acetylene gas. Not impressed with his accomplishment he let the cat go. The cat ran for his life with his bloated belly and headed home. We all heated with wood back then in that rural part of Oregon. As a neighbor later related the tale to me the cat came into the house but would not let anyone touch it. It finally tried to hide behind the cook stove which was going to keep the kitchen warm. All would have been fine if the cat had not farted.
The acetylene ignited and burned back to the cat which now was a partial fireball with rocket assist. The cat ran to the wife who picked it up while sitting in front of the fireplace. She put the fur fire out and again things would have been fine if she had not held the cat as tightly. The remaing acetylene escaped and ignited in one last "woosh" that re-ignited the cat and the wifes cotton shawl. The husband was quick witted enough to douse the flaming wife/cat combo with milk from a pitcher left over from dinner on the nearby dining room table. Despite the cold they kept the windows open in their house to rid them of the smell of burnt milk, burnt shawl, and burnt cat. Not being technically minded they never quite figured out how it all happened. I declined to assist in the investigation since I knew too many parts of the puzzle. I did suggest that my other neighbor get his kid into sports or something to occupy his time. There was one more incident that involved the kid's curiousity with jellied gasoline which is also called Napalm. Not too surprising it also involved the same cat and the same neighbor with similiar results. I've already related that story so I won't
repeat myself.

Bet that little Johnny works for NASA now! For some reason when I was younger and had access to crats and acetylene it never occurred to put the two together. Guess that's why I'm not President of some big multinational like Dow Chemical........

Dan

Pres., TYHC

www.JATO.Crats

To bad the kid did not set the torch mixture up to cut. If he had, the crat would have been a walking bomb. ie: perfect fuel mix. One fart = dead crat, and instant redecorated kitchen.

Hog Killer

70/30 probably would have done it,acetylene is pretty unstable stuff,if abused,,The thing would have never made it over to light up mommy,,,,Clay

Claybuster,

What is 70/30?

70% ace./30% oxy.,,,,,,,,Have fun!!!! Clay

To illistaight my point above:

Try this, set cutting torch up for a neutral flame. Take a welding glove and knock out the flame, place cutting tip into a small zip lock bag, and inflate. Seal bag up and relight torch, or if you want to pull a prank on someone else, (that is cutting or welding) throw it under where they are working. BOOM

Hog Killer

H.K. I think I have a new somum to try out!
This is going to get ugly 338vt

I always used balloons for makin' acetylene bombs. Never thought of using ziplock bags.....or crats.

Anyways you know some morons delight at popping balloons at parties with a lit cigarette. An acetylene balloon will cure that habit real quick

I can see it now. A balloon filled with 70/30
is wiped with juice from cat food can and then staked out on lawn. Several candles are placed close but not too close to the ballon. Sicko bastard hovers near window in house waiting for cat to appear. I hope he has a video camera.

Candles ?
For a cat's last meal?
In a word
Incendiary
or maybe even Tracer... should give the same effect it only has to get a spark to go off/up , ,,,Candles cost money you know ...

JMHO
BIll G.

Envision a simple model airplane glow plug, bellwire and battery, plug placed in a large, gas filled, happy cat birthday balloon, weighted down by a short string to a partially opened can of "Cat Suprise Dinner", wire and battery in a certain hunter's hand, camera at the ready......

N.S.,,,,It might be a little cheaper to pick up some model rocket ignitors,,rather than glow plugs,,,Theyre kinda like little electric matches,,Just a thought,,,Have FUN!!!!!!!Clay

Thanks clay. You know I'm a dyed in the wool luddite who didn't even know about electric matches. Still 47% flintlock.

No problem Ned,,they work rather well when tyed in with a 9v battery and a mercury switch from a old house thermostat

I'm surprised nobody suggested Nichrome wire...


Toolmaker

This numba 10 way cook pussy GI's! Sometime it go Boom, make numba 10 mess. Reave funny taste on cat too, customer no rike!

I am not a fan of this type of thing. To much waist of you have one undercontrol. I would rather just club it skin it and mark it with a T and put it in the oven for doggy and me .
I have filled car headlights with butain though.
Back To the Stove
Turtle

I'll bet, Mr. Turtle, that headlights filledwith butane ARE de-lightful.

First off. Hi Derfy...Craybuster.....all you guys.
As you know I love to have a gas tube put up my ass . I made a sport of it realy . I remember one day I ignited and flew about 1/4 mile into a tree . Now that was great fun. It beets getting run over on I95 by tem tlucks thats for sure

Well hello and NOW
I gas up at My Bowl
Birman

Birman~san, you never be guest of honour at Golden Chopstix II when have gas. It bad form for main course passy gassy on tabre when chef chop chop. Pop Pop, cumstomer go "eeeeewwwwwie", leave no pay. You numba 10 bad pussy!

Wooooooooooooooooooooops

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Run like hell to get away now.
I hide at My Bowl
Birman