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Tim Simmons · 16th December 2007, 08:26 PM

Robert you may be right about the dripping water. How one would have used the gas created I do not know but that is the genius in simple processes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetylene

It has just come to me like a bolt of lightening. They make licquid Acetylene then use a low pressure primus stove type of torch simple. How dumb am I

. The sword could be 19th century. Skilled work

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16th December 2007, 08:26 PM	#39
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,925	Robert you may be right about the dripping water. How one would have used the gas created I do not know but that is the genius in simple processes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetylene It has just come to me like a bolt of lightening. They make licquid Acetylene then use a low pressure primus stove type of torch simple. How dumb am I . The sword could be 19th century. Skilled work . Last edited by Tim Simmons; 16th December 2007 at 08:41 PM.