[TheForge] Thanks for the info: learning to use a cutting torch properly

[Gladish Family]

Great batch of info- thank you all who replied!
I've been buying steel at a shop that does a lot of cutting jobs on thick
(1" to 5") stock- torch cuts that look almost like laser...made me ashamed
of mine. Have seen some awful plasma cuts here and there too, so I suppose
that's not a magic bullet either...
Couple of further questions:

1) I usually hold the torch so that the cones are just barely off the stock-
is that the right distance?
2) When you say correct gas pressure, do you mean fuel or oxy, or both? Is
one more critical?
3) Always thought that 35 ox was about right for general work- is that what
makes my cuts slaggy on the far side?

Andy Gladish



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