[TheForge] oxy-propane after all

[Jerry Frost]

Yes, you can get propane tips for acet torches. They 
work just fine unless you keep track of consumables 
over time. They typically use a lot more oxy for the 
amount of work done than oxy acet. A torch built from 
the regulators to the tip to use propane is far more 
economical, using about half the oxy as acet for the 
amount of work done and about 1/4 the oxy as the 
converted rig.

Do conversion tips work? You bet and if you compare a 
converted torch burning propane to one burning acet 
it's cheaper to use for the work done in spite of it's 
using around twice the oxy. If you compare it to the 
purpose built propane torch though it's much less 
economical, specifically oxy useage.

Frosty
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From: "Larry Ruebush" <lrt at winco.net>


> On my Victor Torch, all I have to do is change the 
> tips
> Larry Ruebush
> west central IL
>
> From: "Robert J Hill" <wskewinu at mac.com>
>
>
>
>> Isn't it a matter of what type of cutting tip you 
>> put on the torch?  I have propane tips for two of my 
>> torches and they work just fine.  Blew through one 
>> inch plate no problem.
>> Rob