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Dimitri
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 Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:14 pm Post subject: Late Christmas Gift to myself |
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Yes that is right a torch, going to pick a similar one up tomorrow, I just broke apart a slab of ice about 275kg/600lb based on my calculations in the driveway.
Not doing that again anytime soon. 
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| Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:28 pm Post subject: Re: Late Christmas Gift to myself |
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 I was expecting a picture of a gun !!!
I guess technically it's a gun of sorts.........maybe ???
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| Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:42 pm Post subject: Re: Late Christmas Gift to myself |
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Huge torch!!
I hope it does what it should for you.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:55 pm Post subject: Re: Late Christmas Gift to myself |
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chambered,
If it was a gun it would not be in Spam-O-Rama.
Geland,
As long something other then my back is doing the ice chipping and moving I don't care if it takes a while longer then expected. 
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Dimitri
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| Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 4:39 pm Post subject: Re: Late Christmas Gift to myself |
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Well if I rigged it up to a tube, ala Australian Biker Gang style, it could in theory be a "gun" of sorts. However I don't think that is practical to me. I need ice removed darn it.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:55 pm Post subject: Re: Late Christmas Gift to myself |
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well then shoot the ice away!!!!
I guess the neighbours may object but hell it would be fun..
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| Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:07 pm Post subject: Re: Late Christmas Gift to myself |
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Wonder is a cracker placed on the ice will do the chipping for you..
maybe just fold a pinch of gun powder into a sturdy cardboard pouch, add a fuse, slip it in a crack or purposely drilled hole and light up.
No need to go overboard, a little pop should do it most of the time methinks.
failing that, just slip in some gun powder into a few holes strategically drilled and well.. you know..
Heck this method has been used for many years and gun powders are easily available on the loading room.
Just remember to offer to do the same to the neighbor's driveway, otherwise they'll get jealous and may cause problems.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 7:15 am Post subject: Re: Late Christmas Gift to myself |
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Dimi
A couple of factors to consider
Ice is a poor conductor of heat so just heating the outside of a large block isn't a good plan.
Water has a very high heat capacity so heating the melted water will waste a lot of energy.
If you want to be green, use a solar cover, the kind used to heat swimming pools. You can seal off around the edges of the cover with weights to keep the warmer air under the cover.
Imo, you will be using and wasting a lot of energy if using lp or propane to melt the block of ice. 
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| Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:00 am Post subject: Re: Late Christmas Gift to myself |
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Besides, Gelan's idea would be a LOT more fun!
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Dimitri
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| Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:52 pm Post subject: Re: Late Christmas Gift to myself |
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Geland's idea sounds good in theory, in practice the girlfriend would kill me if I did that. As she'd kill me if I used a gun to clean off the ice, as its irresponsible.
Vince,
Well I first thought of a oxy-acetylene torch which would melt ice very fast, but then remembered my welding instructor saying cement and O/A doesn't mix.
As for being "Green" I don't really mind being "destructive" to the environment by burning nasty hydrocarbons. I figure the bamboo race car I am building is green enough to offset my wastefulness.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:59 pm Post subject: Re: Late Christmas Gift to myself |
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| Dimitri wrote: |
Geland's idea sounds good in theory, in practice the girlfriend would kill me if I did that. As she'd kill me if I used a gun to clean off the ice, as its irresponsible.
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But.. but.. but... No gun.. only a popper cracker!!
And, if she didn't like it, she can do the ice breaking herself!! 
Just don't tell her its my idea.. 
Um, come to think of it,
How could you get a girlfriend who is not into guns? 
What happened to all those ideals I heard previously?? 
Oh.. and its WET cement and O/A doesn't mix..
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| Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 5:53 pm Post subject: Re: Late Christmas Gift to myself |
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Shes alright with guns, just as shes alright with fireworks. She's just not alright with things being used in ways they were not meant to. Worries about my safety.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:42 pm Post subject: Re: Late Christmas Gift to myself |
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| Dimitri wrote: |
| She's just not alright with things being used in ways they were not meant to. |
One of those women that like to stay between the lines? And put bars on their men?
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