[AT] Torch kit

[Cecil Bearden]

I cut on propane and also have acetylene as I have 5 or 6 torch sets 
stowed in the sheds around here...   It really chaps my butt to find I 
left the acetylene valve on and it leaked a tank out....   If I forget 
and let a tank of propane leak out, it is not a big loss, I just go fill 
it out of the 1000 gallon house tank...   I also have a miller portable 
welder that runs on propane and I just hook a regulator to the propane 
tank and only have to carry an oxygen tank to have a complete cutting 
and welding setup.

Cecil in OKla



On 2/14/2016 11:40 PM, Greg Hass wrote:
> I personally would not use LP gas. I know they say its cheaper, but as
> someone else has mentioned, if using only one or two tanks a year it is
> not a big deal. My brother worked 17 years as a tool and die welder in a
> factory. Some times if I have a bigger part I have to heat with a
> rosebud, he tells me it is very important to heat it as fast as
> possible, because if the shaft or whatever you are trying to get it off
> of heats up to the part you are heating you have lost the battle and
> will not get it loose. That tells me that with a rosebud you want the
> hottest gas possible. I have a neighbor who used to cut up a lot of
> scrape into short steel. He used to tell me how he could go through over
> 2 tanks of oxygen a day. Even on days when I used my torch a lot for
> repairs or building and heating I could not come close to even one tank
> a day. He used LP and I am thinking with the lower heat it took a lot
> more oxygen to cut. I can not say for sure that is the reason but it
> makes sense. Two and a half miles from me is a multi-million dollar
> scrape operation. Most things like farm machinery and cars they shear
> but things like plow beams, truck rear-ends and some huge factory
> equipment they cut with big LP torches. The difference with them is that
> they have a large liquid oxygen setup to supply that need. As for
> tanks,which I own, I bought the bigger size. The ones I leased were
> smaller and it seemed like one or the other was always  low. With the
> bigger tanks, they hold twice as much but are almost the same price. As
> for upkeep, the company I am with takes care of all maintenance and
> every 3 or 4 years I get a bill for around $16 a tank to cover the cost
> which I feel isn't too bad.
>         Greg Hass
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