Rusty Bowtie
Miscellaneous => Garage Gripes => Topic started by: Rattiac on July 04, 2023, 06:41:31 PM
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This torch is pissing me off🤨.
Had the bottles exchanged and played around with it. Did good. A few days later I wanted to practice cutting metal cause its been awhile. Fired it up and before turning on the oxygen,,, it started ticking.
OK its gonna need a regulator. Nobody else is open except harbor freight. Grabbed one of theirs.
It's too big for my portable kit. Ordered a adapter.
That was just dumb. It stuck out too far, dangerous.
Sent those back and ordered the proper acetylene regulator. I go to put that on and now wrong hose size. 🤬
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Having a hard time finding a replacement. These are shown with a barb type fitting in pics.
Regulator model # FSR160AR
It's a rear entry 200cga tank fitting but a left side, "A" nut for the hose fitting .
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I have both but prefer using my plasma for cutting ..only use the tanks to heat up rusted bolts etc.
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After talking to a gas supplier. He said a replacement is about $145 or I can clip the end off and barb it on there with some hose clamps. It's low pressure and should be fine .
Originally I didn't want to do that but it seems what people are doing. I just hope the hose fits the barb.
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It should be OK, Like you say it's low pressure. My old hoses would probably crack & split. :(
I cleaned up my tank cart. Putoin new wheels new wheels that were laying around and painted it with old partial rattle cans. More a using up crap in the shop clean up scheme than a fix. I don't even want to think about hooking up my old torch set up but it needs to be done. I obviously done use them much any more but the next closest set 7= moles away past the bar. :o
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New regulator is on. Not as soft brass like the original, had to crank down the nuts a bit harder.