[TheForge] Welding copper (was:fountains)

Thu Jan 24 08:33:00 2002

I have just finished a welding course at our local technical college.   

The order of difficulity was tig, stick and a close tie between flux core
mig and oxy/act.  I will take mig and oxy/act over tig and stick anytime.
One of the beauty parts about oxy/act, with thin sheet metal, you can weld
without a  rod and you can even use a coat hanger as a rod.  An oxy/atc was
the first outfit I bought.

Bobby Hart
Huah Puppy Forge
Griffin GA.  63 degrees and cloudy at 8:00 A.M.
OBG, AFC

At 08:01 PM 1/23/02 -0800, you wrote:
>At 12:03 PM 1/23/02, you wrote:
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>Yup, the TIG will make really nice welds in almost any metal...the cost 
>disappears when you consider the finishing time you save.
>In reality, you can do it with an acet/oxy torch too, but the learning 
>curve is steeper.
>Maybe you could  trade the pills for a Henrob......Pete
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>>Ok Pete, you are right.  The pills didn't work.   Will a TIG do the job?
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>>  :)
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>>Adam
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>>At 10:22 PM 1/22/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>>>At 09:43 PM 1/22/02, you wrote:
>>>
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>>>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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