[TheForge] All States propane torch

[Craig Schaefer]

I found this one:
http://www.allstatesdist.com/Home_Page.html

Craig
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Mudge" <dave at magichammer.net>
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] All States propane torch


> Could you post the link to their web site?
> dave m
>
>
> On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer <
> artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:
>
>> Theforge seems pretty dead...so i thought to post something to see if
>> anyone is still alive here.
>> Frosty has enthusiastically touted these torches for years and i've never
>> been able to afford one new or find one used.
>> It appears that they are really good and efficient at oxy-propane rosebud
>> heating and pretty good at economical cutting.
>> The rest of the claims seem ripe with hype..I say this without ever using
>> one.
>> Using my biggest Victor rosebud for spot heat while forging and
>> bending...I burn a heck of a lot of oxy and the nearest gas distributor 
>> is
>> over the mountain, an hour and a half  drive away.
>> But...The full on, "Magnum" AllStates rig costs around $1500! And just
>> enough stuff to run their rosebud looks like around $1000 according to
>> Darin there.
>> The web site is amateurish, there is no 800# or parts list, or price
>> list... The guy who invented it is RIP.  Wonder how long they will remain
>> in business?
>> Did i mention they also sell riding mowers and guns and ammo?
>> So, if anyone has an allstates torch rig they want to sell cheap..please
>> let me know....
>> Otherwise, it's gunna have to save a whole heck of a lot of oxy to begin
>> to justify the price!
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