Where does acetylene come from???

[dextadriver]

This may sound silly,how is acetylene made.. I do know propane is a byproduct from refining

 

[Johnnybravo]

…by puting baby Acetyl‘s through a blender

 

[tom2207]

…by puting baby Acetyl‘s through a blender

or putting fat ones on a diet ...

 

[Barking Mat]

Acetylene - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

For God's sake, you could have typed that into a search engine.

 

[Johnnybravo]

Something to do with a reaction of Calcuim carbide and water ,if I remember correctly. Not sure if that’s how it’s made commercially,but you can make it with that reaction

 

[dextadriver]

Acetylene - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

For God's sake, you could have typed that into a search engine.

Okay

 

[Brad93]

Calcium Carbide in water

 

[Paul.]

When I first started we used to have acetylene generators, two types they were either water to carbide or carbide to water, we used to have a water to carbide one and a hydraulic back pressure valve to arrest flashbacks, then one day the factory inspector (as they were then called) came in took one look and got a little excited to say the least, the next day it was in the scrap bin and replaced with a DA cylinder.

 

[brightspark]

desolved acetone

 

[Cobbler]

I thought it came from BOC. ……. Sorry, just couldn’t resist it.

 

[optima21]

just google "carbide cannons"

 

[premmington]

Did they not have acetylene lamps in times gone past?

 

[tom2207]

Did they not have acetylene lamps in times gone past?

ive an acetylene torch , does that count ...

 

[Woody.v8]

I knew a welders daughter, She had acetylene tits ...........

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I thought it came from BOC. ……. Sorry, just couldn’t resist it.

Just to be clear, there are other suppliers.

Did they not have acetylene lamps in times gone past?

They did, they do, they will.

I have a few Caving lamps, old bike lamps that run the stuff.

 

[tom2207]

Just to be clear, there are other suppliers.

They did, they do, they will.

I have a few Caving lamps, old bike lamps that run the stuff.

Known as Carbide , it was the standard for cars and bikes for long enough.

 

[tom2207]

Just to be clear, there are other suppliers.

They did, they do, they will.

I have a few Caving lamps, old bike lamps that run the stuff.

Known as Carbide , it was very common.

 

[stuvy]

just google ANYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Just to be clear, there are other suppliers.

They did, they do, they will.

I have a few Caving lamps, old bike lamps that run the stuff.

Was.....................
Can be difficult to find it now.

 

[dextadriver]

ok … I will look up Babbitting and casting new 5inch flat belt drive pulleys for old sawbench