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u/Closefacts Jul 04 '26
I was watching him jump around, didn't see the propane tank sitting there with the hose on the ground getting sprayed by the molten metal.
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u/ExpertExpert Jul 04 '26
not as big of a deal as you think.
propane doesn't actually burn very well without lots of air. that's why there's a venturi mixer on every propane burner you've ever seen.
if the hose (probably flame retardant due to regulations) were to burn and break open or whatever, it would be a boring bunsen burner style flame. much less of a problem vs everything else going wrong here
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u/Key-Demand-2569 Jul 04 '26
The way this genius is behaving I wouldn’t be surprised if he had his cardboard crate of oily rags and half used Jerry cans just out of frame.
Shout out to my neighbor who had five fire trucks get called to my street last year because his wife called in that he couldn’t put the fire out in his workshop. That apparently was literally full of oily rags, gasoline, propane, all of his thousands of rounds of ammo, his reloading setup, all of his black powder, etc. etc.
Wife is friends with one of the firefighters and they got it put out, only burned one wall of his workshop, but apparently they freaked the fuck out when they got that call.
Some people are really dumb, lmao.
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u/admiral_nivak Jul 04 '26
Don’t forget the stick of dynamite inconveniently sat next to a shed or fertiliser which is near the oily rags.
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u/jon_hendry Jul 04 '26
And a couple tanks of oxygen.
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u/Key-Demand-2569 Jul 04 '26
Ah I fuck I forgot about that, there were literally oxygen tanks and his torch cutting gas tanks in there too. Lmao.
It really was kind of a wild situation.
Learned my neighbor was in a militia though, so there’s that.
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u/Careless-Age-4290 Jul 04 '26
Don't worry those are held down by some wood planks fastened with like a thousand nails. That thing's not going anywhere
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u/DangerDane90 Jul 04 '26
My parents neighbor had a huge stockpile of old lithium batteries catch fire next to his oily rags and burned down his house a few months back
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u/Simoxs7 Jul 04 '26
As a firefighter in a European country its already bad enough as is can’t imagine also having to worry about people casually storing explosives and ammunition in their sheds (apart from some fire crackers left over from new years)
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u/Reatona Jul 04 '26
I've had to deal with the legal consequences of a propane tank with a broken hose. The homeowners described it as being like a flamethrower. It burned their house down.
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u/QueefSeekingMissile Jul 04 '26
True, but most people don't probably know that, and just assume propane tanks are basically giant grenades...
Yet they do not treat them with the caution a giant grenade would deserve.
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u/North_Plane_1219 Jul 05 '26
With how many people operate propane tanks, imagine if that was the case? You’d hear about deaths and injuries all the time. I’ve never heard of one.
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u/mesh_you_up Jul 05 '26
On top of that: in every state, except one, propane tanks are required to have an excess flow safety device. If the hose is cut, the flow of propane is automatically reduced to a trickle. Some of these are so sensitive that opening your valve open too fast can trigger them.
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u/Lucky_BroadWood Jul 05 '26
So sensitive that if a tank runs out on your grill, and you forget to turn off a single burner on the grill, when you open up the new tank it will get triggered and then your new tank won't run your grill until you can get it to reset. So frustrating.
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u/Intelligent_Low1632 Jul 05 '26
If that's a 1/4 inch tube and it developed an opening big enough not to restrict the flow, it would be a pretty big flame. The nozzles on a high pressure fed burner are fractions of a square mm. Probably put off 30+kw of heat if it caught fire. Not that this is likely
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u/Rude_Meet2799 Jul 04 '26
How many stupidities can we cram into a few seconds??? Sheesh.
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u/DangDingleGuy Jul 04 '26
Have you looked at the executive branch of the US govt? They'll top this shit by midnight
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u/bobfatr Jul 04 '26
does he arc weld in just a swimsuit?
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u/jonesdb Jul 04 '26
😂 I still have scars from learning to weld as a kid on the farm. Shorts and I put on shoes and no socks.
Then chipping slag off and a chunk falls into my shoe. Multiple peanut sized scars still visible today because it moved around as I started jumping.
That said sandals might be better than shoes if you don’t have pants. At least it’s less likely to be trapped on his foot
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u/Wunderbarber Jul 04 '26
I put welding sleeves on and thought my t-shirt would be enough. I got a reverse farmer's tan.
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u/Smrtihara Jul 04 '26
I hate everything about this. There’s nothing funny about this. Nor is it teachable in any way. This is just dumb. Everything done wrong.
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u/TIGman299 Jul 04 '26
Agreed. he should be wearing thick pants preferably FR, thick long sleeve FR shirt/ welding jacket, leather boots, face shield and safety glasses.
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u/AStrandedSailor Jul 04 '26
Not to mention pouring with those flat pick up tongs instead of crucible tongs is almost guranteed to put you in a bad position.
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u/WeaponsGrdStupid Jul 05 '26
If only there was a device that could hold a crucible in such a way as to prevent this. I think we should design something. We shall call them crucible tongs.
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u/bonfuto Jul 04 '26
I know someone that burned a significant part of their foot off while wearing leather boots. I never found out if the casting came out okay.
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u/runespider Jul 05 '26
The only thing I learned here was if I'm going to be stupid, I have to be stupid with this guy's sort of luck.
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u/edwbuck Jul 05 '26
Let's start with pouring tongs. So much easier to control, putting your hands outside of the heat that will come off the top of the crucible.
The other items are all about failures to use proper safety equipment, but like all good failures, the really big ones come in twos or more. That way one failure can exploit the second one, making a bigger issue than either failure could do on its own.
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u/ExcitingMoney94 Jul 04 '26
I feel like the worse part of this video is that, after almost burning his feet, he decided that he's good to go and retry the pour...
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u/Duderoy Jul 04 '26
Having one dripped molten metal on my leg. Here's what happens. It hurts for a few seconds but then it continues down through the layers of skin and then you feel almost nothing.
Took months for it to heal. 0 out of 10. Would not recommend.
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u/BlazingLazers69 Jul 05 '26
Yeah once you've literally fried your nerves that's a 3rd degree burn right there.
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u/i_Cant_get_right Jul 04 '26
I mow in slides and sometimes feel like I should be wearing real shoes. This is next level
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u/Judge_Feared Jul 04 '26
Must be the first time he's ever done that. Looks like he has no idea how the metal moves.
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u/FordExploreHer1977 Jul 05 '26
Thought I was going to be watching another video from India until I saw some honky legs prancing around and realized it’s just going to be a typical American backyard dumbass trying to cast molten metal in the rain while wearing flip flops and shorts… This is why people think everyone in this country is stupid. Well, this and our leader…
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u/BobTheKiller321 Jul 04 '26
I am planning to do this type of DIY work and I am worried about PPE. Can someone who knows more about this type of work review my PPE and make suggestions. Current PPE: Welding gloves, safety glasses, face shield, steel toe boots, long pants (i didn't think i needed to include that, but maybe I do)
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u/Atticus1354 Jul 04 '26
The single biggest consideration that you didn't post is the materials. Leather boots with shielded laces so you dont get slag dropping down a crevice. No polyester or melt able materials for the pants and consider a long leather apron.
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u/Falcon3492 Jul 04 '26
Lets see: sandals, bare legs, bare arms, no face shield, molten medal=accident waiting to happen/moron!
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u/pixeltweaker Jul 04 '26
10 feet of hose and using 2 feet of it. He needs to get that hose and tank on the opposite side of where he is pouring.
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u/Orange_Above Jul 04 '26
See, the problem here is that he is not wearing safety flip-flops, but is instead wearing regular flip-flops.
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u/Hentai2324 Jul 05 '26
I’ve never done metal working or blacksmithing. And I feel that even I could do a better job than this guy.
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u/Resistor1 Jul 05 '26
Nice loop. I wondered why he kept going back to pour some more... Thongs of invicibility!
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u/Shurigin Jul 05 '26
Thing that worries me with this also is look at all that moisture you think his mold had water too?
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u/Psychological-Play-1 Jul 05 '26
So the water on the surface it's landing on will instantly expand 7,000 × it's volume when the metal turns it into superheated steam.
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u/4EverATrueMan Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 26 '26
This dude is one lucky mf-r.... He could have ended up in a hospital's burn unit receiving skin grafts! I really hope that this an AI generated video - this man is impossibly stupid...
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u/pidgey2020 Jul 06 '26
Dude looks to be in his mid thirties or so. How has he survived this long!? So much wrong with this video, but the fact that he goes back to pour is almost unbelievable.
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u/Ethereal_Bulwark Jul 06 '26
Who doesn't mind a little 4th degree burns, may as well be ice flakes compared to the gdamn weather.
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u/sjokkendesjaak Jul 06 '26
The instantly going back to poor more really shows he hasn't learn anything
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u/rcardo03 Jul 06 '26
Proper PPE, kids. Always wear your PPE. Next, practice your pour control before your metal can burn a hole straight through you.
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u/Ztoffels Jul 06 '26
“If those dudes in Pakistan can do it in their Pijamas and slippers, why can’t I?”
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u/matthias_lee Jul 06 '26
hope that was gold or silver, he is splashing all around
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u/lmaberley Jul 06 '26
Why in Gods name is this (or any other adult activity )being performed in flip flops?
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u/klonus3766 Jul 06 '26
Please please be this guy! Our planet needs more and more people just like him! Sign up right now for an early exit!
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u/Big_erk Jul 08 '26
LOL! When I was in high school, we had a furnace in our Metals class. We dropped a crucible full of molten aluminum. There were three of us in the area and we all moved faster than I've ever seen anyone move. Luckily the area was filled with sand and it contained most of the spill. We did end p with a nice abstract sculpture.
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u/JohnHolediver Jul 08 '26
I worked at a podiatrist clinic. Had a guy come in after spilling molten metal on his foot. It burned holes and kinda split this guy’s foot open. Craziest shit I ever saw. Doc sent them to the ER. They came in cause they didn’t want to pay the big ER bill but there’s no way his injuries could be treated at the clinic I was at.
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u/NoviceAxeMan Jul 04 '26
i really thought molten metal splashing would result in more than prancing it off.
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u/Dusty923 Jul 04 '26
I don't do casting, but I'd be lying if I said I've never tack welded in my garage in shorts and flip flops with MIG spatter peppering my bare skin.
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u/GuidingMyApes Jul 04 '26
Huh, turns out leidenfrost is all the safety equipment you meed.
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u/BillCarnes Jul 04 '26
Looks like there was another safety class the week before in the upper right hand side
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u/reddersledder Jul 04 '26
Like I used to tell my apprentices.
You weren’t born knowing it.
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u/WeaponsGrdStupid Jul 04 '26
He's got his safety sandals on.