[TheForge] Re: Kaowool

[Mike Porter]

Frosty,
Petrogen seems to be thinking they are the only game in town, to judge by
their outrageous pricing. oPetral is a Chinese outfit and StarPetrol is the
American importer who thinks to horn in on Petrogen's "fat pickings." The
interesting part of all this is that StarPetrol is busily paying the bill
for UL listing and all the rest of the paper trail to completely legitimize
their imported product. Of course, once all this work has been done there is
nothing to stop the Chinese company from dealing with many others, and since
the retail pricing on both these products is in the stratosphere, it will
likely plummet once the playing field is leveled. Naturally, there is also
nothing to stop India, Italy, and England's merchants from further reducing
prices, is there? So far, the only beneficiaries of this technical
innovation are a few  greedy merchants; it is always so when they can
control a market. Competition will spoil their game, and help both the torch
manufacturers (who employ working men) and the craftsmen who use the end
products. These are my only concerns--not fat-cat middlemen.
Mikey 


-----Original Message-----
From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jerry Frost
Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 9:12 PM
To: Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: Kaowool

I'm familiar with the Petrogen, heard of it anyway. Not the oPetrol though.

Despite the recent discussion, I don't consider brazing welding and I can 
braze with charcoal and a blow pipe.

I thought my All States oxy prop rig was kind of spendy but it's way cheaper

than one of these.

Think I'll hold onto my money for a bit.

Maybe for a forge burner though? <grin>

Frosty
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From: "Mike Porter" <michael.a.porter at comcast.net>


> Cutting Only:
> PETROGEN, INC. P.O. Box 1778 San Leandro, CA 94577 Tel: 1-510-569-7877
> Toll Free: 1-877-88-888-6724 Fax: 1-510-569-8070 Home page:
> http://www.petrogen.com/petrogen_doe.html  E-mail: torch at petrogen.com
>
> Cutting & Welding:
> oPetrol Tel: 86-10-51290845  Email:
> http://www.opetrol.com/contactopetrol.html or email: info at opetrol.com  or
> email: oPetrol at hotmail.com. SKYPE account is oPetrol. Several models of
> oxy-gasoline and oxy-kerosene cutting torches, along with an oxy-gasoline
> welding torch are available. The mechanism of their torch is different 
> from
> Petrogen's, which makes their welding flame easier to control. Their 
> present
> version of welding torch can perform braze welding.
>
> In the USA, StarPetrol, 635 Woodford Dr., Debary, Fl 32713 Tel:
> 1-813-915-0079 Home page: http://www.gtorch.citymax.com  Email:
> starpetrolmarketing at yahoo.com Their products have CSA certification, and a
> UL listing has been applied for.
> Mikey
>

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