Torch problem

[Pilot]

Got gas set for 10 and oxy set for 20. What should they be set for? I can feel a little oxy leakage blowing against my wet lip. Trying to light the torch it blasts & pops and quits. Shutting off the oxy all the way, it still does the same thing. Haven't used the system for a year or more. Suggestions?

 

[Oldpath05]

It's been a few months since I used mine but I'm thinking I set mine at 5 on acc and 20 on oxy for cutting 3/16"-3/8".
5 years my cheap Victor stile torch was acting up so I took it to welding supply store that sells torches and know more then I do and he said something about mixing tube was messed up, couldn't be fixed and is unsafe trying to use. So I bought a Uniweld torch, just wish I bought one with trigger on top.

A-Style Hand Cutting Torches Uniweld Products, Inc..

 

[WranglerX]

Might want to review regulator settings... Not sure about your comments "can feel a little oxygen leaking" means, and you don't mention whether it heating tip or cutting tip.....If oxy valve on mixer body is fully closed there should be no leaking...... Get you acet flame correct then add in oxygen...

https://www.esabna.com/shared/documents/litdownloads/56-3260.pdf

Dale

 

[jaxs]

Oxy/acety equipment is dangerous under best conditions,10x times as dangerous if attempting to use when mal-functioning.
Best advice I have is have someone examine and test intire set,repair if needed then show you how to use it. I couldn't make much sense of what you wrote so I doubt you would make sense of answers to questions I didn't understand.

 

[yomax4]

1st I would suggest that you don't blow oxygen on yourself and then light your torch. I know a guy who lost his hair and beard after cooling him self down with his torch prior to lighting it. For the most part 20 & 5 covers it but you can look at cut charts on web for free. While you are there you can also browse the Victor safety manual. If your valve is leaking you can open it and tighten the gland nut below it 1/8 turn and see if that fixes it. If not do another 1/8 turn. If that doesn't do it you need to decide if it's worth it to take it in. Good Luck..

 

[big bubba]

assume you have flash back safety valves on your equip? might try installing a large welding tip to see how that works. or give a 2nd cutting tip a try

 

[stuckmotor]

Got gas set for 10 and oxy set for 20. What should they be set for? I can feel a little oxy leakage blowing against my wet lip. Trying to light the torch it blasts & pops and quits. Shutting off the oxy all the way, it still does the same thing. Haven't used the system for a year or more. Suggestions?

Am I correct believing that you bought a welding torch for $10.00 and a cutting torch for $20.00?
Were these used or a "too good to be true" deal on new imported equipment?
What brand is the equipment?

 

[WranglerX]

Am I correct believing that you bought a welding torch for $10.00 and a cutting torch for $20.00?
Were these used or a "too good to be true" deal on new imported equipment?
What brand is the equipment?

Believe the 10 and 20 values are PSI setting at regulators...

Dale

 

[Industrial Toys]

Question I might as well ask here. Is there anything special about Torch "O" Rings. 90 Durometer OK to use? What about cheapies?

 

[jaxs]

Question I might as well ask here. Is there anything special about Torch "O" Rings. 90 Durometer OK to use? What about cheapies?

:thumbsup: I recconize and appreciate your humor I.T. so I'll defer to the in house experts to give advice on Durometer o-rings. You do make a valid point about questions, subsequent answers and advice on this forum.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I have had too many used torches and parts over the years that I freely would care to admit. Seems the "O" Rings are usually the culprit in failure. But no one repairs all kinds of weird torches anymore and if they did, the prices would probably be close to someones sale price on new torches.

 

[jaxs]

I have had too many used torches and parts over the years that I freely would care to admit. Seems the "O" Rings are usually the culprit in failure. But no one repairs all kinds of weird torches anymore and if they did, the prices would probably be close to someones sale price on new torches.

Linking to what you say would answer all those asking about HF and other El-cheapo sets. The hook that get's customers is "Victor Type Torch". The ONLY thing those torches have in common with Victor is that Victor tips will fit them. Well maybe tips aren't the ONLY thing they have in common,the same hoses will work.:laughing: Noone has parts for them and they WILL NEED repair long before you are ready to buy another set. Victor isn't the only quility brand,there's others that are equal to and even better. Makeing it even worse is supply houses that don't even want to exchange bottles for hobbiests,much less repair equipment. If you have a pile of parts,I suggest finding a mom and pop that can be trusted and have them tell you what can be fixed or should be saved for parts. Case in point. I gave my nephew a Craftsman set that had been in the family farm shop since 1965 and not used in recent years. He wanted it for nostalgic wall art. He later asked what to use to polish it up so I suggested he take it to the mom and pop I use to have it cleaned and install new guage lens. They totally restored it so that he could use the same torch his dad used more than half a century ago. I suprised but the shop tech told me equal quility and size (the thing is huge) is expensive today. I would have had it serviced years ago had I known parts were still available.

 

[user.69169]

Got gas set for 10 and oxy set for 20. What should they be set for? I can feel a little oxy leakage blowing against my wet lip. Trying to light the torch it blasts & pops and quits. Shutting off the oxy all the way, it still does the same thing. Haven't used the system for a year or more. Suggestions?

You please put flag up when you post enuf information to begin to know what you talkin bout.

 

[radios1]

you can't just open the valves on the torch fully, and expect it to work properly, open the acet a little bit so the torch lights, then bring it up to the point before it blows out, then add oxy so you get about a 1" inner flame..

 

[stuckmotor]

Am I correct believing that you bought a welding torch for $10.00 and a cutting torch for $20.00?
Were these used or a "too good to be true" deal on new imported equipment?
What brand is the equipment?

Believe the 10 and 20 values are PSI setting at regulators...

Dale

Thank you, DL. I get a little bit dumber every day.

 

[jaxs]

you can't just open the valves on the torch fully, and expect it to work properly, open the acet a little bit so the torch lights, then bring it up to the point before it blows out, then add oxy so you get about a 1" inner flame..

You are correct but would you agree that one should at least know that before surfing the web with troubleshooting questions?
Along the same line as asking "which is full thrust and which is full flaps on a Boeing 747"? Many people own a 747 for their personal use,would you answer such question had Pilot asked?

If when op said " I can feel a little oxy leakage blowing against my wet lip." didn't tell you he need's training,yomax's response certainly should tell you so. I appreciate people wanting to be helpful but it seems that TBNers don't know when it's best not wadeing in on every subject that come's up.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I had cutting torches about twenty years before someone told me how they operates, with the perimeter holes heating and the middle doing the cutting. Amazing how you can do a better job when you whow what's going on.

 

[stuckmotor]

One of the best people I've ever seen use a cutting torch goes by I C Weld on YouTube.

 

[nybirdman]

We always set ours on 7 and 30 psi;light the acetylene then turn the oxygen on.40 years in the pipe trade.

 

[WranglerX]

These people have always been my online go to people if local shop could not help me....

Regulator and Torch Exchange, Inc. – Regulator and torch repair, parts, and service.

Dale