Welding Tips and Tricks

How many of you carry your own set of torch tips for employer owned cutting torches?

I’m getting frustrated with the 5 or so torches we have in the shop and each one having a different size cutting tip or the top being clogged or damaged somehow.

We mostly run smith torches with a one Harris and one victor in propane. But I’d be looking at a 0,2,4 in sizes for the smith oxy acetylene rigs.

I know of a welder that has his own consumables for TIG welding...

Carried my own Smith handle & tips along with a 5 foot 3/16 whip and unions for years.

NOBODY touches my Original Smith unless they are handing it to me. Unauthorized touching causes hammers to fly.

I always did. I needed all the help I could get. It was pretty simple around here, almost everyone used LA equipment . I remember one guy had his tips in a cotton batting lined drawer. His skill at cutting made that seem the correct thing to do. Too many use torches as hammers.

Downwindtracker2 wrote: Too many use torches as hammers.

I see that all the time. Once the steel is cut and the slag is still holding, then the hot copper is bashed into the steel until it falls off or the determination of more cutting is achieved. It’s like working with cavemen sometimes.

We have a saying, "Some are rough, and some are really rough." Because they aren't getting a good cut they push the tip closer . Then they have a hope in h*** of ever getting a clean cut with that tip.