[TheForge] Recommendations on gas welding set

[Woolley]

Jerry,

I've never heard of this setup, it sounds well worth looking into. 
 Thanks. Cheers...................


Jerry Frost wrote:

>One last thing.
>
>The conversion tips and multi-fuel torches suck big time running propane.
>They're just not designed for it, they'll eat oxy at least twice as fast as
>the same torch running acet and at least four times as fast as the All
>States torch. I know, I've used them and paid the bills. $$$
>
>The lowest you can reasonably set an acet regulator is around 2+/- lb. When
>I'm piercing 4-5" the All States is running around 7 oz. of propane.
>
>I only have an 0 cutting tip and just by changing the regulator setting (you
>only set the oxy, the propane is metered from a sealed regulator) I can cut
>20 gage without warping it or crank up the psi and pierce 4-5" of steel.
>
>Another thing oxy prop lets you do acet won't is machining a torch cut.
>Propane doesn't add carbon to the steel so I can pierce, let it cool and
>chase it out with a HS drill bit or torch off a chunk of rnd, chuck it in my
>lathe and face it off with a HS cutter. I'm speaking of mild steel of
>course.
>
>The slag is also low carbon, very low and almost always cleans off with a
>quick scrape on a table edge, etc. I almost never have to grind slag off.
>
>One of the techniques you use with the All States cutting torch is rolling
>the tip. The oxy jet will cut cleanly up to 9" from the tip so for cuts
>shorter than say 10-12" you hold the torch in one place and roll it in your
>hands to direct the oxy jet across your cut.
>
>After a little practice you'll find yourself cranking the pressure high and
>going really fast. I can make a nice, straight clean cut in a piece of 1/2"
>x 12" in maybe 2-3 seconds, tops.
>
>There's no need for a fuel saver as it has a thumb valve on the body, set it
>once for a job and light it when needed. You can get an auto-light (or
>could) so you don't have to mess with a striker but I just clip my trickle
>charger to the torch and ground it on the table. Flick the thumb valve and
>brush the tip on the table . . .POW it's going, properly adjusted and ready
>for action.
>
>The "rosebud" or "Heater" (All States name for it) is smaller than the end
>of my middle finger and will melt 1 cu/in of steel in under 11 seconds.
>
>If you think you may want to use oxy acet, get a second rig. Don't
>compromise with a conversion or multi-fuel, they don't cut it.
>
>Frosty
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>it ain't real.
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