[TheForge] 1 forge message coming in - propane/oxy torch questions

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Ben:
The compromise tool many of us use most is the oxy- propane "rosebud" 
tip attachment...You'll have to crank up tjhe propane and OXY pressures...pf

Ben Barrett wrote:
> Thanks much, James & Jerry.  I do have the correct T-grade hoses
> setup, and will see how much better a tip change does me.
> I'm looking forward to one day getting the AllStates torch, and sooner
> would be nicer than later of course, but for now I'm happy
> to be doing more with what I already have.  I'm surprised that I was
> able to get much of a blue cone off the standard acet tip --
> it felt like it sucked but that was only tuning the handle's knobs
> (the regulators were both set nearly as low as they'd go,
> I think the oxy tank I'm using is nearly empty anyway :)
> 
> Way better'n nuthin!
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Ben
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 11:45 AM, James Binnion <jbin at well.com> wrote:
>> You can buy LP (propane) cutting tips for most brands of torch. And yes you
>> definitely want one as propane in an acetylene tip sucks big time. Also you
>> need to get new hoses (grade T ) as the propane will eat acetylene (grade R)
>> hoses
>> On Jun 29, 2008, at 10:10 AM, Ben Barrett wrote:
>>
>>> That advice is solid, I think, but... until I save up for it, any tips
>>> on adjusting what I have now?
>>> What is a conversion tip?  The only thing I changed was the hoses, for
>>> the propane...
>>> Should I *not* be using a standard (acet cutting) tip?
>>>
>>> ~ben
>>>
>> James Binnion
>> jbin at well.com
>>
>>
>>
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