Re: Price check. Cutting torch

Posted by bc on January 30, 2021 at 20:38:13 from (24.255.129.137):

In Reply to: Price check. Cutting torch posted by wingnuttx on January 30, 2021 at 14:19:36:

I don't claim to be an expert but I can give you my 2 cents worth, well make that 1 cent worth. I would pay more attention to the quality of gauges. All the companies make pro lines and cheapie lines. I got some decent Victor gauges but have replaced one after dropping it. I use the small and cheap Victor 101 series torch which does ok for cutting up to 1" or more. Also use propane from the 20 # grill tanks. Got the hoses that are rated for propane. Last a long time and once some guys on here explained how to cut with it, it cuts great. Rent the 80 cu ft oxygen bottle from Lampton for 200 bux for 10 year lease. Lease is up in 2 years and they are offering a deal to combine acetylene so I may do it. Thought about buying bottles but they swap them out and you will never see your new bottles again. I don't have to worry about expiring tank tests.

You can buy the 100 buck welding cart but they don't work for propane bottles and those little hard wheels don't roll through the yard and mud very well, just on concrete so really you are paying for a stand to hold the bottles. Have a 40 buck regular HF cart with big rubber tires used for everything. Have a flat base and stand to hold the bottles in the barn. If I need to move them, I wheel the cart over and slide it underneath.

In the last 50 years, we have had a few companies come and go or move on to bigger towns. Rented from one that went out of business and the other company wouldn't fill their bottles so had to drive a ways to fill them. If your company is going to be there for the rest of your life or if you are going to be near the company for the rest of your life then great.

I've priced buying tanks before and places like HF, TSC, Orschelns, or online they sell the smaller tanks but when you get down to it, you don't want to be limited to the small size when you can always pay a little more rent to get any bigger size bottle if needed. Every once in a while I wish I had a small set just as a second set to avoid hauling big bottles but the not a necessary expense.

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