I worked with an ozzie guy who used air/acetylene never seen one before or since
only had to carry the one bottle super fast
has anybody any info ?
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I worked with an ozzie guy who used air/acetylene never seen one before or since
only had to carry the one bottle super fast
has anybody any info ?
HI Guys and Girls
There have been many advances in technology since 2008 when this post first started. At the ARBS exibition in Sydney this year I saw the new system - It uses a map gas and same size oxy bottle, only weighs about 7kg or less. Can do what the old oxy accetalyne did and costs about Au$500 for regs and hoses. Does anyone know how to make this message box I'm writing in bigger?
I would post a link if I could, but uniweld's website have air-acetylene handles listed.
There was one in the tool store when I worked at macca's - I used it once on a comp change in a ceiling with difficult access.... for the hassle it was to use and relatively poor heating I would have been better to have taken the time to drag an oxy bottle up as well.
turbo 200 torch sold in Australia which is Mapp gas plus oxygen and is only 100 degrees cooler then oxy acetelyne. Tesuco sell here.
Is this the one?
http://techweld.co.uk/index.php?act=...&productId=619
Does this use the normal mapp gas bottles and is it available through any uk refrig. wholesalers?
Map gas is very convenient, I also have an oxy turbo kit, but it isnt that good. Flame always cuts out and on a windy day forget it.
looks good, I am really interested in it too.
I have the standard hand held single mapp gas torch and I don't like it at all. Only have it for roof tops, ceiling spaces and for when I'm up a ladder. It does an inferior job to oxy/acet by a long long long way. I wouldn't dream of using it for a compressor change or any piping over 5/8"
Even last week I was installing plumbing for my kitchen, and the little MAPP gas torch was a massive fail and I had to get out the oxy/acet. It was just a 1/2" tee piece and the MAPP would rather spend 10min trying to burn my house down and not heat the copper up, while the oxy/acet did the job in 40 seconds.
But I'd rather have more room in my vehicle, (would allow me to have another cylinder of refrigerant in there) and stop paying $30 a month cylinder rental to BOC if a small mapp/oxy setup with disposable cylinders was around and well priced and readily available.
FSW do a oxy mapp set up that has a refillable oxy bottle and uses standard mapp bottles, theres no rental charge as you own the oxy bottle. Dave says its very good but i've not tried it yet. FSW and Climate do the smaller sets where both are disposable.
Called in my local calor place recently and found they do returnable mapp bottles, am thinking of giving them a try as the disposable ones seem quite wastfull.
Jon :)
I've had a turbo 200 for about 6weeks now.
I've used it to repair a cracked 1 1/8" pipe with no dramas and a compressor change.
I still use my mapp gas on most smaller jobs, the turbo 200 where I need extra heat in a hurry and drag my oxcy out of the office when I have larger install jobs.
I think the only problem I'll have with the turbo 200 is the oxcygen time only lasts 25min approx. and they cost $40 - $50 a bottle.
Cheers Nick..
Hi Guys
Update - the company I work for is in the process of issuing each tech with the Turbo 200 and just keeping a few BOC welding sets ( like 1/5). I have had one for a year now. One good trick I found with sweatting off a larger pipes is to use a Mapgas as well as the Turbo 200 (with the biggest tip), where I work there has to be a fire century for safety which makes it easier.
Is that the microflame/scorpion set that HRP also do?
I was about to order the turbo 90 yesterday from SRW until stumbled across the 200, looks alot better piece of kit for the extra £70 or so with the gauges etc also will only have to buy the oxygen refills as already stock mapp like everyone else. Just need to find a supplier.
Just like Pooh, been in the business too many years(almost 30) and i have been brought up on oxy acetylene, and only use Mapp gas for drainage work, soft solder etc. Oxy gives a cleaner smaller, hotter, quicker flame and i certainly prefer it. As a manager i try and get all my engineers to do the same, but having just done my 2079Fgas i was quite surprised when i was asked to prove my brazing skill's with Mapp gas, the answer came back that if i could do it with Mapp gas then i'd be fine with Oxy.....
i would always have both available as an engineer, both have their uses..
Attachment 6722have u guys read the data sheet for mapp gas-be carefull-
i aint missing out on overtime to go to ur funerals!
The slow boat from Europe got here and my local wholesaler is selling the oxyturbo turboset 200 now. ~ au$320 though, + $60 for the cylinders.
But bought one today because I have a welding job on a 2 storey roof to do, good incentive and the one job will pay for it.
Still don't think much of a stand alone mapp gas turbo torch to be useful for anything except 1/4" 3/8" 1/2", copper to copper though. Worth having one for those times, but I don't even think about using it for anything larger, or brass/steel etc.
you can use MAPP gas just for soft drawn tubes, but in hard drawn oxy-acetylene still effective.