[TheForge] Welding copper (was:fountains)

Wed Jan 23 01:18:00 2002

At 09:43 PM 1/22/02, you wrote:

The Henrob is an odd little  low pressure oxy-acet torch  with a clunky 
cast aluminum pistol grip handle that looks like something made by some 
guys in their garage after WW2.  It is kind of a throwback to early 
oxy/acet. They used to be sold under the name Dillon Mark 3.
They are promoted with the  level of hyperbole generally reserved for 
guaranteed diet pills that enlarge your member.  A fair part of the promo 
material is sheer BS.  For example, they are a lousy cutting torch and the 
flame isn't any hotter than other torches.
On the other hand, they do have a very nice soft, low velocity  flame that 
is good for small welding...IF you are already a good welder.
I think you can do almost all of what a henrob does with a good small torch 
run at low pressures, perhaps with properly modified tips.
Yes , I own one. You can often pick them up cheap from guys who see them 
demoed at the fair or the small aircraft shows, bring them home, and find 
they are short a few months of practice....so they put them on the shelf in 
the garage...and there they sit.
Save your money for a TIG, is my advice.........Pete F

>I think the best answer to that question is, "yes!"
>The Henrob is a brand of torch, but it is designed differently from most
>torches... I sure wish I had one!
>I did a search for Henrob Torch and came up with quite a few sites that
>would love to sell you one... one of which is
>http://www.interking.com/m/o/henrob_torch.html  I know nothing of this
>company, it was just an easy link.
>
>
>At 11:28 PM 1/22/02 -0600, you wrote:
> >Is a "henrob" a special torch, or the brand name?
> >
> >Larry
> >
> >Roger R Degner wrote:
> >
> >> I have welded using a henrob oxy/acet torch using a piece of the parent
> >> material or copper electric wire as the filler
> >> Roger R Degner
> >> Franklin,Minn,USA
> >
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