Scooby074
Super Member
For the price of a Petrogen your getting into brand name plasma terratory.
I just dont see the benefit of a thousand dollar plus o/a type tourch? Is it worth the extra just so you can burn gas instead of ace? I think theres a reason that you dont see these things everywhere, if they were better or cheaper to run, everybody'd be using them, like the scrap places.
A large enough OA torch will do almost everything you see in the vids. Blowing through the large gaps between pieces is a nice trick however.
A quick search on the welding boards turned up this:
WeldingWeb™ - Welding forum for pros and enthusiasts - View Single Post - petrogen gasoline torch
Our Ironworker Union bought the Petrogen Torch. The salesman can get it to do all sorts of wonderful things just like it was a circus act. Our resident welding instructors tried to stage a demonstration with it and although they followed the video and instructions closely they couldn't get that thing to do chit.
Now it sits neglected in a shack out back.
I was disappointed in the outcome. Had to drive 30 miles for the demo and it was a bust.
I think thats pretty close to the truth
RE
rices (from the miller board)
Just got my info pack and talked to the rep in medicine hat. seem really cool but a little pricey($2100 for hand torch 100ft. of hose , tank, tool kit and 2 tips $69 bucks each and $850 for a torch for my bevelers. so almost 3grand Canadian) Expensive but cool! Jef
I just dont see the benefit of a thousand dollar plus o/a type tourch? Is it worth the extra just so you can burn gas instead of ace? I think theres a reason that you dont see these things everywhere, if they were better or cheaper to run, everybody'd be using them, like the scrap places.
A large enough OA torch will do almost everything you see in the vids. Blowing through the large gaps between pieces is a nice trick however.
A quick search on the welding boards turned up this:
WeldingWeb™ - Welding forum for pros and enthusiasts - View Single Post - petrogen gasoline torch
Our Ironworker Union bought the Petrogen Torch. The salesman can get it to do all sorts of wonderful things just like it was a circus act. Our resident welding instructors tried to stage a demonstration with it and although they followed the video and instructions closely they couldn't get that thing to do chit.
Now it sits neglected in a shack out back.
I was disappointed in the outcome. Had to drive 30 miles for the demo and it was a bust.
I think thats pretty close to the truth
RE
Just got my info pack and talked to the rep in medicine hat. seem really cool but a little pricey($2100 for hand torch 100ft. of hose , tank, tool kit and 2 tips $69 bucks each and $850 for a torch for my bevelers. so almost 3grand Canadian) Expensive but cool! Jef