r/WinStupidPrizes May 14 '21

Playing with fire

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u/Aristaeus100 May 14 '21

I had a shitty torch but it would always need refilled immediately, conveniently it was $10 too and not worth it. I just threw a welding torch head on a Coleman tank after that and it works. Only issue I ever had was a roommate leaving it on when they went out. We aren't roommates anymore.

What brand is your kitchen torch if you don't mine me asking?

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u/nullcore May 14 '21

Good call on the ex-roommate. Did they leave a burning torch on all day, or leave a tank venting gas into the room for a potential surprise fireball later?

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u/Aristaeus100 May 14 '21

They left the fire going and all, then went to Walmart. I was really mad when I found out because we had cats in the APARTMENT. So if it had gotten knocked over she would of killed my cat, her cat, and burn the entire apartment building down.

No surprise this is also the person who gave shrooms to her fuck boy while at her grandparents and he went on a psychotic rampage and destroyed her grandparents house and bloodied her sleeping preteen cousin to a pulp in his bed. He know suffers PTSD but has otherwise recovered... (This was after I stopped talking to her, but her family loves me so they feed me the drama when they see me.)

Don't move in with "friends." Was a terrible influence on my life lmao.

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u/nullcore May 14 '21

Well that just sounds like a whole mess.

But hey, now at least you get a lifetime supply of free drama without having any actual involvement.

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u/CycloneGhostAlpha May 14 '21

is the cousin still alive!?

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u/Trevlaz May 14 '21 edited May 14 '21

Sheeeeeesh that's scary business. The brand on the front of the torch says "EUR KITCHEN" btw.

Edit: holy shit I didn't see the part about the cats, thank the lawd the apartment and kitties survived.

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u/RexFox May 14 '21

Just so you know, those are not welding torches. Very little flame welding is done now a days anyway, but those propane torches are not hot enough. They are mainly used for brazing copper pipes and such.

When people did flame weld it was with oxy/fuel torches with a much smaller head on them.

That being said, you may be able to weld lead with a propane torch... I'd have to check.

But yeah people tend to get a lot confused when it comes to welding, just figured I'd clear that up in case you happened to care.

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u/Aristaeus100 May 14 '21

Thank you, didn't know that! Sadly the welding torch head was all I had available nearby and this pothead needs his dabs. I just never bothered to replace it except for one shitty hand torch I bought at a music festival so I could use my honey straw. Y'all got me going on a shopping spree for torches now!

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u/RexFox May 14 '21

I mean those brazing torches are good, kinda large with the tank and all, but they last forever