[TheForge] Re: oxy or acet off first?

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Depending on the book, you can find authorities who insist on one 
way or the other. They are all very sure they are correct and the 
others are terribly wrong.
When adjusting a gas saver, the oxy should shut down slightly 
before the acet to avoid popping which can blow out the pilot light.
I've been shutting the oxy off first for 40 odd years ( very odd 
years) and have yet to suffer the consequences...save for little 
squiggly black acetylene ashes behind my ears.

Fred Zickrick wrote:
> At 08:09 PM 11/28/2006, you wrote:
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>> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:27:33 -0800
>> From: Garden Gates by Gary Meyer <gardengates at earthtravel.net>
>> Subject: RE: [TheForge] Gas saver
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>> Yes you are correct.  acetylene FIRST.
> 
> I've been taught last on, first off.  Get rid of the smoke on the 
> acetylene, then add oxygen to get flame desired.  Shut off the oxygen or 
> it will pop, then shut off the acetylene.
> There is an online reference which agrees with what I've been taught.
> http://www.stanford.edu/group/prl/documents/pdf/OAweld.pdf
> 
> Reference is step 7 in the "Welding" section.
> 
> Or did I misunderstand the question? :-)
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> Fred Zickrick, fredz72 at cableone.net
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