Re: Cutting down old drums
You are quite right to bring the safety issue up, Susan. One of the
caveats is to try to make sure drums are empty *and* dry before cutting.
After draining I leave them uncovered in the sun for a couple of months.
Screw caps must be off when cutting also.
Susan George wrote:
>
> >
> >Last year I adopted an idea I once saw in a BBC gardening TV programme
> >with some success - Plant containers for large bushes or trees made out
> >of oil drums cut in half. You cut the oil drum halfway down, drill
> >drainage holes in the bottom and paint it
>
> There are a series of WorkCover (Government Compulsory Insurance to cover
> accidents at work that all employers must pay) advertisements on Victorian
> TV at the moment about trying to increase safe work practices - one of them
> shows someone in the background in a factory cutting down old 44 gallon
> drums with electric cutting tools - while in the foreground a WorkCover
> Inspector is talking to the supervisor cautioning him about the practice -
> needless to say the remanents of the flammable substance in the drums is
> ignited by the sparks of the cutting tool... lots of yelling and drama...
> I'm sure that you get the idea... and who says the TV doesn't influence!!!!!
> So my only advice is be careful
>
> Susan George
> McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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