I live near the Kennet & Avon canal and was speaking to a local glass blower I know today. He said he knows of someone that has a ceramic kiln on their narrow boat, also a chap that has a forge on his. I have seen the forge boat near me several times but not known what it was. Its actually 2 boats, a normal narrow boat for the living quarters and a
1/3rd size >Hi,kilns
Sep 05, 2004
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I would be really hesitant to take flammable gasses with me inside a boat.
There are a series of safetly regulations in place for UK boats, which must pass these to be licensed for UK waters. These include ventilation requirements to deal with the presence on most boats of Calor/propane gas for cooking and heating. You cannot store the gas canisters inside the boat, they require a separately vented external locker for such things, so if they cook with gas, having a tank available for torching isn't impossible.
-Su
don't y'all use propane for stoves on your boats? same type of tanks??? As far as a workshop on land, great idea as your clients will want a place to come see your work .
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