[modeleng] Re: Torches & Boilers
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 18:21:30 -0800 (PST)
Ian,
What pressure in psi do you set your regulators to
deliver the two gases to the torch?
Al Messer
--- Pendragon <idpriest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Gents,
>
> I agree, I use oxy/acetylene and a soft flame does a
> far better job. =
> There
> are also technical reasons but I won't go into them
> at this stage.
>
> Regards IP
>
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> intention of =
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> safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but
> rather to skid in
> sideways, Champagne in one hand - strawberries in
> the other,=20
> body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and
> screaming WOO HOO - What a
> Ride!"=20
> =20
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: modeleng-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =
> [mailto:modeleng-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Jesse Livingston
> Sent: 08 January 2006 18:01
> To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Torches & Boilers
>
>
> Harry, Tel, et al,
>
> In my experience, what little I have accumulated in
> 55 years at the=20
> machinist trade, the main thing with using
> oxy/acetylene torches for=20
> silversoldering is to make sure you have a soft
> flame. I have had =
> better=20
> luck by leaving a bit of a "feather" in the flame
> which shows an excess =
> of=20
> acetylene. This cuts down on the possibility of
> oxidizing the =
> copper/brass/
>
> steel, whatever by overheating in a localized area.
> A large welding =
> tip=20
> should work as well as a cutting or rosebud as long
> as the flame is not=20
> "hard" with excess oxygen. Just my two cents worth.
>
> Jesse in very windy/warm West Tennessee where it
> ought to be at least =
> cold,=20
> but is instead 64=B0F outside. My 5' x 6' US flag
> is standing straight =
> out=20
> right now.
>
> >>>No Harry - the cutting tip is by far the best way
> to go - Tel
> >
> > I don't dispute either of you, and I plan to
> look into this matter =
>
> > further, but still it puzzles me because in 40
> years of readings of=20
> > decades of resources (all the usual suspects) and
> discussions not a=20
> > single word of using a cutting torch for boiler
> building has ever been =
>
> > mentioned. You can
> > understand my skepticism.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Harry
>
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