This is a first for me guys. I really don'y know what your talking about. If you talking about when you take a break other that that I have no idea. When I got the torch all set up & strung the hose out to where I had to take it. I started cutting until the job was done. If it took a 1/2 or 5 ho...

Personally, to me setting the gauges I always went for max. Course max for acetylene is 15 PSI. On propane & natural gas I usually turned the gauges up to 40 plus each. Then fine adjust it at the torch. The high pressure that I use is because I don't want to go back & forth to adjust increas...

I've used a lot of different kinds & types of grinding wheels over a 38 year period of grinding chamfers on the ends of pipe as a Journeyman Pipefitter. Other than using a torch to free hand cutting the chamfer. And, the best grinding wheel that I have used in those 38 years isn't any of choic, ...

Back in the old days, when I was still working, now retired for almost 10 years. I learned early on not to use a bandsaw to cut something that has already been flame cut. All you do is ruin blades. Makes the metal harder & puts a real hurt to the blades. And, blades aren't cheap. Why don't you j...

You can use propane with no trouble. But, you can also use natural gas as well. You just have to cgange the tips. But, only if you go from Acetylene to propane & natural gas. Those last 2 gases use the same type of tips. And, you won't have to change the mixer of the torch, either, for any of th...

Good morning, everyone. And, it's good to say my first HELLO, here. And, it is. I came to this site because it poped up in my search of welding machines. Yes, I'm looking to buy a quality welder for a change. I'm tired of wasting my hard earned cash on something that doesn't last as well as it shoul...