Lucky escape , check your blowlamps
Just had a near miss using a small gas cylinder powered blow lamp, the type with disposable canisters . It's been in my garage for a couple of
years or more I took it out as I need to use one and thought I'd better try it so opened the valve and light it up, no problems I thought, any
how went to clean the dust and cobwebs off of it and removed the plastic (push on) baseplate and the actual torch . After a few seconds I smelt gas,
on inspecting the cylinder I found where the base plate had been in contact with the cylinder the cylinder had rusted resulting in a jet of gas
escaping and being ejected from the cylinder a good couple of feet . Anyone who has one of the blowlamps gathering dust in your garage or shed CHECK
IT OUT
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