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1. Oxy Acetylene Torches (score: 1)
Author: Matt Wehland <mattw@webtripper.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 12:06:46 -0500
So I'm finally breaking down and getting the blue wrench I always wanted. I need to change rear suspension bushings in my mustang, and won't even try it without a real torch (last time I did bushings
/html/shop-talk/2003-07/msg00072.html (9,003 bytes)

2. Re: Oxy Acetylene Torches (score: 1)
Author: David Scheidt <dmschei@attglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 12:53:23 -0500
I've used cheap torch sets of several different brands, and they've been cheap for a reason. They tend to have shitty regulators, valves that don't stay adjusted right, low-quality hoses and such. T
/html/shop-talk/2003-07/msg00073.html (8,328 bytes)

3. Re: Oxy Acetylene Torches (score: 1)
Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 14:00:18 -0500
Money and Tools.... Hmmm now well those two go together defies description doesn't it.... Anyway.... I've always been of the opinion that I'd rather have High quality Used tools everytime over low qu
/html/shop-talk/2003-07/msg00074.html (9,444 bytes)

4. Re: Oxy Acetylene Torches (score: 1)
Author: Diane and Roland Dudley <csx2282@juno.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 14:23:44 -0700
Sounds like good advice. I've been considering an oxy/acetylene setup too, but had been thinking more in terms of a Port-A-Torch because they're fairly inexpensive and portable. I don't anticipate a
/html/shop-talk/2003-07/msg00078.html (10,736 bytes)

5. Re: Oxy Acetylene Torches (score: 1)
Author: "Steve Dillen" <SDILLEN@telus.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 13:30:47 -0700
To echo a number of points that David made. . . A year ago I bought a cheap offshore welding outfit (IO-Oxygen brand). The package came with 3 tips, a cutting attachment and a rosebud as well as a B
/html/shop-talk/2003-07/msg00079.html (9,585 bytes)

6. Re: Oxy Acetylene Torches (score: 1)
Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 17:12:24 -0500
I'm really not that familiar with bottle sizes or what the best is.... I know that Victor has given the world great products for a number of years.... the real question is can you buy the quality els
/html/shop-talk/2003-07/msg00081.html (12,035 bytes)

7. Re: Oxy Acetylene Torches (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 17:42:11 -0500
Renting bottles is an option, as is buying your own new bottle and having it refilled every time, but the simplest is to go to a welding gas supplier and buy into his pool of bottles. You theoretical
/html/shop-talk/2003-07/msg00082.html (8,876 bytes)

8. Re: Oxy Acetylene Torches (score: 1)
Author: David Scheidt <dmschei@attglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 22:47:49 -0500
Sure. Harris and Smith both make equipment that is every bit as good as Victor's stuff. /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.net/mailman/lis
/html/shop-talk/2003-07/msg00085.html (8,078 bytes)

9. Re: Oxy Acetylene Torches (score: 1)
Author: David Scheidt <dmschei@attglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 22:48:30 -0500
All DOT-spec tanks are required to be requalified periodically. (For most bottles, it's a visual inspection and a hydrostatic pressure test, though ultrasonic testing is becoming more common.) How o
/html/shop-talk/2003-07/msg00086.html (10,446 bytes)

10. Re: Oxy Acetylene Torches (score: 1)
Author: doug shook <dirtbeard@pacbell.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 21:53:38 -0700
Thank you for the best post I have seen on this topic. As a person who owns tanks, this has been extremely informative. thanks again, old dirtbeard los angeles '72 BSA B50SS '74 Triumph TR6 '01 HD X
/html/shop-talk/2003-07/msg00087.html (11,071 bytes)

11. Re: Oxy Acetylene Torches (score: 1)
Author: David Scheidt <dmschei@attglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 01:51:13 -0500
One other thing I should have mentioned in the previous post. People frequently ask about the expected life time of cylinders. It's pretty well close to infinite, barring physical damage from an out
/html/shop-talk/2003-07/msg00088.html (8,724 bytes)

12. Re: Oxy Acetylene Torches (score: 1)
Author: Matt Wehland <mattw@webtripper.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 03:04:14 -0500
Thanks for all the replies about torches. I think I will wait and check the pawn shops this week and some local welding shops. First off I am planning on getting large bottles, I had just stated in o
/html/shop-talk/2003-07/msg00089.html (9,587 bytes)

13. Re: Oxy Acetylene Torches (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 12:11:32 -0400
...I remember a story, perhaps from somebody on this list, where a person had a pair of tanks from Nazi Germany that they still used. I recall that the swastika had been crudely "disguised" by adding
/html/shop-talk/2003-07/msg00099.html (8,889 bytes)


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