Quote Originally Posted by Steve View Post
I also must warn everyone that welding GALVANIZED pipe or anything galvanized can kill you. I gas welded my pipe and did it with the correct ventilation and wore a proper air mask that filters out poisonous gasses and such. I made sure that I did not breath the fumes from the welding of the galvanized pipe. The burning of the zinc on the pipe coating will give off fumes and those fumes have killed people. So if you don't know what you are doing, don't do it!

There are plans on the internet to build the Franzinator without welding. That may be a better way to go as it is far less dangerous if you can only find galvanized pipe. Black pipe is better but rusts.
Post a link to verify this assumption (in red above).

Metal Fume Fever is what it is called. Can't upload a *.PDF file so here it is in text from the American Welding Society.

Metal Fume Fever.txt