Oxy acetylene

2002 MOT tester Hi I am an NT who has been testing for 17 years + Posts: 305 Class tested: 4 Last Online: Apr 16, 2024 6:56:25 GMT 1 Likes: 115	Oxy acetylene Aug 22, 2018 12:21:48 GMT 1 via mobile Back to Top Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by 2002 on Aug 22, 2018 12:21:48 GMT 1 We still have oxy acetylene bottles which we only use now to heat stuff up and free parts off. Not used more than twice a month at most but insurance not keen on them . Any one using some thing else which works well.

baldrick VTS Council member Posts: 670 Class tested: 4, 7 Last Online: Feb 13, 2024 11:22:14 GMT 1 Likes: 395	Oxy acetylene Aug 22, 2018 12:54:32 GMT 1 Back to Top Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by baldrick on Aug 22, 2018 12:54:32 GMT 1 Got a small gas torch from snap-on that works really well . Runs on lighter gas It's performance really surprised me .

mike617 AE/Manager/Owner owner ae tester Posts: 1,006 Class tested: 4 Last Online: Apr 25, 2024 18:43:04 GMT 1 Likes: 498	Oxy acetylene Aug 22, 2018 13:54:44 GMT 1 David and peter like this Back to Top Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by mike617 on Aug 22, 2018 13:54:44 GMT 1 heat induction tools,Pichler is the best if you can afford it, we have a miniductor mk2 its not the best cost around £500 compared to the top range ones costing £2500

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Post by peter on Aug 23, 2018 7:49:57 GMT 1

Aug 22, 2018 13:54:44 GMT 1 mike617 said:

heat induction tools,Pichler is the best if you can afford it, we have a miniductor mk2 its not the best cost around £500 compared to the top range ones costing £2500

Agree with this! I have one called a "Bolt Buster", US made and maybe not the best but still a splendid piece of kit. Quicker and far safer than using Oxy Acetylene.

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Aug 22, 2018 12:21:48 GMT 1 2002 said:

We still have oxy acetylene bottles which we only use now to heat stuff up and free parts off. Not used more than twice a month at most but insurance not keen on them . Any one using some thing else which works well.

Have you considered the small bottle pack?

2002 MOT tester Hi I am an NT who has been testing for 17 years + Posts: 305 Class tested: 4 Last Online: Apr 16, 2024 6:56:25 GMT 1 Likes: 115	Oxy acetylene Aug 23, 2018 12:07:25 GMT 1 via mobile Back to Top Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by 2002 on Aug 23, 2018 12:07:25 GMT 1 I did think about small bottles but do they lower the risk if there a fire.this has come up due to fire brigade wanting a workshop plan to where they are stored.

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Post by nt on Aug 23, 2018 12:40:21 GMT 1

we bought a one off payment its not acetylene its, a mix fuel (pro fuel) and oxygen we bought it off our local parts supply, company called sgsgases.co.uk. its not as good as oxy/acetylene but up 90% has good boss use's it a lot, there is no rental fees either.

here is what we bought.

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Post by peter on Aug 28, 2018 17:57:22 GMT 1

Aug 23, 2018 12:11:42 GMT 1 mercedes said:

i still use acetylene too heat stuff but its expensive £140.00 a bottle is not cheap i just dont know about theses induction heaters if they do what they say on the box

My induction heater will bring a 12mm bolt/nut up to bright red in less than a minute. Then douse it in whatever your favourite releasing agent is (I use Holts Rustola but there are plenty of others). Clouds of smoke but no risk of fire and try it again. Repeat as necessary!
I'm sold on it, wish I'd bought one sooner but the price has come down since I first saw one so maybe it was a good move to wait.

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