Oxy/acet tank ownership transfer

[ultrarunner]

I have no use for small bottles. and don't have any. Run time for me is way too short. No medical gas here unless it's the natural kind that I pass regularly, much to my wife's chagrin.

I just can’t take a big set with me everywhere.

I did a field repair for a neighbor recently and hauled my smallest set twice to the roof at work…

Having options is a good thing…

4 sets of tanks and regulators from ultra portable MC to full size.

This is the tanks on my smallest set.

 

[5030]

.......Bottles, not tanks.... I looked at a set a while ago but again, run time is the issue for me.

 

[big bubba]

glad to still have the Smiths torch set i originally bought in '71. working perfectly, always thought Smiths was more refined & well machined than Victor, but don't want to start any wars...

 

[ultrarunner]

glad to still have the Smiths torch set i originally bought in '71. working perfectly, always thought Smiths was more refined & well machined than Victor, but don't want to start any wars...

Smith and Victor both have very loyal following.

Victor more popular here because it was homegrown West Coast made in San Francisco CA until relocating to Texas after 50 years.

A welder from the east coast was hired at the shop and he liked Smith and when I asked he said the Victor Torch bodies have exposed thread where tip attaches and Smith doesn’t…

 

[big bubba]

i like the o rings on Smith, maybe victor has them now.

 

[ultrarunner]

i like the o rings on Smith, maybe victor has them now.

At last both still made in USA as far as I know…

 

[WranglerX]

not the grill portable type, but larger 100 lb (i believe) bottles

Actually grill bottles are at marker/hardware store exchanges.... ... 5 Gallon or 20 pound whatever you prefer to describe them as .... Tare weight of tank is about 19 pounds so full tank is about 40 pounds....... 100 Pound is 25 gallons and stand over 4 feet tall and weighs in about 170 pounds when full... And if you want to play with the math propane weighs 4.25 pounds to the gallon... And commercial fills are at 80 percent of tank (water) volume...

 

[big bubba]

yes, agree, grill gas is groc store exchange, the larger propane tanks filled by suppliers that are under State Regs (in my State) to fill only those that are transported upright. regards

 

[ultrarunner]

This is the set I use the most when I need to be portable…

I’ve used it to cut out cross members and quarter panels in salvage yards back when I was actively restoring cars…

My next size with full size Oxygen never leaves the shop and is chained in the corner…

The biggest set is always outside under a awning where I would do my sanding and grinding… I would go through several oxygen for every acetylene refill…

Didn’t realize but I have 7 sets at the ready… plus a few spare full oxygen and nitrogen for purging.

Never had an issue with refills but always had to pay for hydro :-(

I refill my small O2 bottles using the same set up as the gas plant… bern a real money saver over the years.

 

[not2old]

Auto wreckers here won't let you use torches or grinders. Too much risk of fire.

 

[ultrarunner]

Auto wreckers here won't let you use torches or grinders. Too much risk of fire.

It’s been awhile and one of the salvage yards I patronized turned out to be a toxic waste site… 75 years dismantling vehicles on a coupe of acres of dirt…

Antifreeze, oils and fluids overtime…

Not many battery tool options existed in the 80’s like today… a battery sawzall can do a lot…

One of my projects was taking two damaged Model A roadster bodies and making one…

Plus I cut up a few wrecks to fit in my box trailer to take to the scrap yard…

The Roadster was all with oxy-acetylene torch and my friends could not tell where I had joined the bodies…

A lot of these skill sets are fading along with the generations that used them…

Growing up in suburbia there were always dads with home shops… maybe a drill press, air compressor, router and a table saw… a few did welding which made them a great resource for broken bikes and mower repair.

I can’t think of anyone around me with anything more than maybe a cordless drill… they are more 3D printer types and gamers…

I put together a nice set for my nephew on the farm but the folks rightfully raised concern about fire danger and they live in a high fire danger area… so I still have it.

 

[lostcause]

Auto wreckers here won't let you use torches or grinders. Too much risk of fire.

Last (and only) time time i ever got away with that was the early 90's. junk yard let me pop off some u-bolts with my portable torches to get a truck axle out.

Also got the ok to go in with a 1kw portable gen and a corded sawzall once back in the 90's too, before battery tools. had a family member encounter a small moose that went up over the hood and through the windshield and almost into his lap (folded the steering wheel back) I cut out the windshield posts on both sides of the donor vehicle with the sawzall then he OA'd them back into his with a coat hanger. windshield did require a bit of goop for a perfect seal, but it all did the trick. In some ways I kinda miss the days of my youth... Do they even make metal coat hangers anymore?