[TheForge] petrogen and opetrol oxy-gasoline torches

[terry l. ridder]

hello;

i like the petrogen oxy-gasoline torch. seening it demonstrated twice in the
past several years. the only down side it is a cutting torch only.
cannot be used to weld or braze.

there is a through review of the petrogen oxy-gasoline torch in the
department of energy innovative technology summary report.

innovative technology summary report
http://apps.em.doe.gov/ost/pubs/itsrs/itsr1847.pdf

there is a chinese made oxy-gasoline torch from http://www.opetrol.com/ .
the opetrol.com people have a oxy-gasoline welding torch.

welding torch
http://www.opetrol.com/Weldingtorch.htm

the opetrol people do have a rather nice 21 page pdf brochure. the
brochure contains the review of the opetrol oxy-gasoline torch at the
american farm show.

opetrol brochure(pdf file)
http://www.opetrol.com/PDF/Brochure.pdf

for those who do not want to download the brochure pdf here is the farm
show test and review.

farm show tests new gas torch
http://www.opetrol.com/farmshow.htm

while i have not seen the opetrol first hand i do like the stainless
steel braided hose.

the opetrol oxy-gasoline torch product no. c600 has a maximum steel
thickness of 24 inches. that may sound like overkill but it does have
advantages. using that torch it would be cost effective to flame cut an
anvil from a good size piece of steel.

details on making anvils
http://www.metalwebnews.com/howto/anvil1/anvil2.html


On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Michael H. Murphy wrote:

murf>
murf> After reading through this whole thread (and getting some good info out of
murf> it), I figured this one would really get everyone going.  N.B. I've never
murf> tried it, nor talked to anyone who has, so I'm not claiming anything.
murf> 
murf> http://www.petrogen.com/
murf> 

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terry l. ridder ><>