[TheForge] allstate oxy-propane torch

[Jerry Frost]

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From: "Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] allstate oxy-propane torch


> So the remaining Q for Frosty and Clyde is....does the heated work scale
> a lot?
> And while asking, Please compare the kerf size and cleanness..slag
> chipping ease........Pete F
>

Nope, no scale when heating; scale as expected when you take the flame away.

Kerf is consistant with a #0 tip, very clean, even on thick stock, slag is
dead soft and usually comes off with a quick scrape, seldom requires
chipping and never grinding. Acet slag is glassy, brittle and tends to be
much harder to remove though a properly adjusted acet torch and good
technique doesn't produce much slag. Both prop and properly adjusted acet
produce comparable amounts of slag, not much.

Another special trait is it doesn't harden steel like acet. You can chuck a
piece of torch cut mild steel in a lathe and have at it with HS cutters or
pierce mild steel, let it cool and chase the hole with a HS drill bit. Even
high carbon steel suffers much less heat effect.

Frosty
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