[TheForge] treadle stand for gasaver

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Ralph N:
I came up with the pop-up torch around 1991 or 2 when a well known 
demonstrator said " you can't do that". It was an adolescent reaction on 
my part and I built it half tongue-in-cheek.....but I've been using it 
constantly ever since. I've demoed it at the CBA meets several times, 
starting in '92 I think, and a number of folks have built their own 
versions.
The gassaver is mounted atop a fixed pipe welded to a base.
The torch lays in a cradle  atop  a flat bar running  parallel to the 
gassaver pipe.
The foot pedal pivots on a fulcrum welded to the base and lifts the base 
of the flatbar.
About 1/2 way up the flatbar is a swivel that allows the flatbar to rotate.
 The flatbar has  a twist  above the swivel and runs through a slotted 
guide ( welded to the pipe) just  above the twist.
There is a linkage chain from the flatbar to the gassaver lever.
When the pedal is pushed down, it pushes the flatbar up from the bottom, 
causing the torch on top to rise.
As the torch rises, the chain on the flatbar goes slack allowing the 
gassaver valve lever to rise and open.
When the rising flatbar comes to the twist as it goes through the 
slotted guide, the torch swings around as it rises past the pilot light 
on the gassaver....thus lighting itself.
There are some adjustments where the torch cradle mounts to the top of 
the flatbar to allow for alignment of the torch to suit different sized 
torch tips.
There is a removable clip on the end of the linkage chain so that it can 
be unfastened and the gassaver can be used as designed without the foot 
pedal.
Plans??? We doin't need no stinking plans!!! We rely on the fiddle factor.
Hope this helps........Pete F

Mlforge at aol.com wrote:

>I have seen some workshops done for a treadle stand for a weldit gasaver  for 
>use with welding torch. Anyone have plans or photo's of this stand. Thanks,  
>Ralph Neumeister
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