Comments on Profile Post by BillOhio

  1. dmckean44
    dmckean44
    It's more like a giant cigarette lighter shaped like a gun than a real flame thrower.
    Jun 11, 2018
  2. Elnrik
    Elnrik
    He's Elon. He does what he wants. Personally... I want a flame thrower. I can see why burn victims, the pyrophobic, and Rosanne Barr would disagree.
    Jun 11, 2018
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  4. BillOhio
    BillOhio
    #Freedom
    Jun 11, 2018
  5. JustAnotherRando
    JustAnotherRando
    He's selling propane torches. When the news of this came out several months back I googled personal use flamethrowers, and there is some impressively scary stuff out there- shoots liquid flame 20 feet. No license requirements.

    http://xm42.com/ (good video)
    Jun 11, 2018
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  6. BillOhio
    BillOhio
    As I read on this, very casually, I guess the flame on Musk's thrower is 2 feet, and that anything up to 10 feet doesn't need a license in California.
    Jun 11, 2018
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  7. DigMe
    DigMe
    Then why the hell did he stop at 2 feet??
    Jun 11, 2018
  8. Thad E Ginathom
    Thad E Ginathom
    As others have said, yes, he is selling "flame throwers."

    @BillOhio says they are propane torches. But I have read that they are actually pretty tame. Real propane torches are damned dangerous things. May not be oxyacetylene, certainly won't weld or cut steel, but would make short work of flesh.
    Jun 13, 2018
  9. Thad E Ginathom
    Thad E Ginathom
    Mine was a pro tool, hose, cylinder and all, but anyone who wants to play with flame that's more than moderately hot temperature could always buy one of those disposable-can things from the hardware shop. And there's this new, even hotter thing, since I was doing that stuff, call MAPP gas.
    Jun 13, 2018