Grant Erwin wrote:
That would have been a tad high around here, but it's a reasonable price
IF those are owner tanks. Many many tanks sold as owner tanks are
actually rental tanks, which you find out when you go to the welding
supply to swap bottles, and they say "oh, those are owner tanks, thanks
for returning them" and you're out your $$$. Hopefully this isn't the case.

When a regulator's secondary gauge shows a steadily increasing reading,
you have a bad seat. Your seat seems to be a little sticky but working.
I'd just go ahead and use it until you have reason to believe it isn't
working. Victor regulators can be rebuilt, don't worry.

Pay close attention to the setup in that book, and follow the steps
exactly. Especially set your gas pressures as it indicates. If you don't
know what to set them to, try 6 and 10 for your acetylene and oxygen
respectively, for a small welding tip.

I've been using 5 and 25... but the manual says 5 and 20, though... next
time I'll try that and see if I'm still getting the aggressive flame.

To shut off the torch, quickly shut off the gas valve on the torch, then
repeat with the oxygen valve. Then go to your cylinders, and shut off
both cylinders, then open one valve on the torch to bleed off the
pressure, then the other, then spin out the regulator handles until they
turn freely. This last step is important, otherwise when you open the
cylinder valve again the seat will slam against its stop and over time
it will fail much more quickly.

Thanks, it always helps me to know why I'm doing something and what the
consequences are of not doing it. Otherwise it's a dry old "insert tab
A into slot A".

er
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