Fuel tank welding fire - GIF

**Toolmaker51** · Jul 19, 2021, 09:25 PM

Finally!
A mishap video without 3rd world players?
Equality achieved!

**DIYSwede** · Jul 20, 2021, 08:13 AM

Originally Posted by Toolmaker51

Finally!
A mishap video without 3rd world players?
Equality achieved!

-I might be wrong, but this looks very "Only in Russia" to me...
Perhaps being a "3rd world player" isn't just geographically restricted - but rather "a state of mind"?

-"What is reported as an individual tragedy, could also be a bliss for the human gene pool".

**Toolmaker51** · Jul 21, 2021, 10:12 AM

Originally Posted by DIYSwede

-I might be wrong, but this looks very "Only in Russia" to me...
Perhaps being a "3rd world player" isn't just geographically restricted - but rather "a state of mind"?

-"What is reported as an individual tragedy, could also be a bliss for the human gene pool".

There is a distinct possibility.
3rd world is more "a" than "the", so isn't socially restricted, geographical, hindered by borders or patented.
How is it so many have torches, yet such incidents not as plentiful?

**Hoosiersmoker** · Jul 21, 2021, 01:48 PM

Originally Posted by Toolmaker51

There is a distinct possibility.
3rd world is more "a" than "the", so isn't socially restricted, geographical, hindered by borders or patented.
How is it so many have torches, yet such incidents not as plentiful?

I'm sure there are hundreds if not thousands of these events. They can probably get them because the equipment (torches) is 30 years old... they just don't have the resources for the recording devices to capture them for our enjoyment. Maybe in 30 years!

**IntheGroove** · Jul 21, 2021, 02:02 PM

They do have dash cams that give us many hours of enjoyment...

**Moldyjim** · Jul 27, 2021, 02:57 PM

I really didn't expect him to be standing after the explosion. I have roosters that are smarter than that.

**meyer77** · Jun 25, 2022, 08:08 AM

A machinist friend of mine would use a small gas motor and hook a hose to the exhaust of it and put the other end in the tank he was welding, no explosions!

**Toolmaker51** · Jun 26, 2022, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by meyer77

A machinist friend of mine would use a small gas motor and hook a hose to the exhaust of it and put the other end in the tank he was welding, no explosions!

I can see mostly burnt fuel and other emissions keeping unburned gas and vapor from igniting, that's using the ol' noggin.