G'day from Australia
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 3:53 am
Hi,
New to the forum, learnt to do a little stick welding back in school and now 25 years later have done a couple of TAFE courses on cutting & welding using oxy acetylene and GMAW with the aim to fabricate & fit a few rust repair panels for an old Fiat I have. I only have an oxy acetylene setup at home (Cigweld Comet) and have been doing a lot of practice on scrap and odd jobs around the house including a bit of stainless steel welding for a pizza oven flue - its been a great learning process and a lot of fun but not sure I trust myself not putting too much heat into the panels of the Fiat so may end up looking at a TIG.
A quick question, i've been looking at getting a gas economiser like the Cigweld p/n 308503, however it turns out they don't produce them anymore. There look to be plenty of options out there from the USA (9/16 'B') or UK (3/8 BSP) but of course none have the 5/8 UNF fittings from Australia. Can anyone give advice on whether it would be ok to source one of these and some adaptors to go from these to the standard Australian hoses or was there a reason they stopped being sold in Australia(other than demand)? I'd ask at my local welding supplies shop but the two that were within an hour from me closed down and all that is left is your typical Bunnings hardware.
Thanks for making such a great forum available.
Cheers,
Ed
New to the forum, learnt to do a little stick welding back in school and now 25 years later have done a couple of TAFE courses on cutting & welding using oxy acetylene and GMAW with the aim to fabricate & fit a few rust repair panels for an old Fiat I have. I only have an oxy acetylene setup at home (Cigweld Comet) and have been doing a lot of practice on scrap and odd jobs around the house including a bit of stainless steel welding for a pizza oven flue - its been a great learning process and a lot of fun but not sure I trust myself not putting too much heat into the panels of the Fiat so may end up looking at a TIG.
A quick question, i've been looking at getting a gas economiser like the Cigweld p/n 308503, however it turns out they don't produce them anymore. There look to be plenty of options out there from the USA (9/16 'B') or UK (3/8 BSP) but of course none have the 5/8 UNF fittings from Australia. Can anyone give advice on whether it would be ok to source one of these and some adaptors to go from these to the standard Australian hoses or was there a reason they stopped being sold in Australia(other than demand)? I'd ask at my local welding supplies shop but the two that were within an hour from me closed down and all that is left is your typical Bunnings hardware.
Thanks for making such a great forum available.
Cheers,
Ed