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fixing popping in scrounged O/A cutting torch?
I've been keeping my eye on surplus oxygen/acetylene gear locally and picking it
up when it's cheap, with an eye on reselling. I now have 3 cutting torch attachments all of which are high quality and all of which seem to have the same problem. They pop and go out a lot. I haven't replaced the tips, but I have cleaned the tips including the seating tapers until they are really as clean as they'll get, by soaking in vinegar and salt and gently rubbing with 3M pads. I have also used tip cleaners to try to gently get as much junk out of the preheat holes as possible. I don't know of a good method to clean the seats themselves, though. This is the hole in the actual torch head. It would seem to require some special tool to clean the seating tapers. I believe the popping is simply from improper seating of the torch tips. Is there another common cause? Any of you guys have a good method for doing this job? By the way, Seattle is blessed with a great torch repair place, Hansen & Miller in Ballard, but they are expensive and so are new cutting torch tips. That's why I'm trying to do this by myself. These are all real nice torches or will be once they are fixed. Grant Erwin Kirkland, Washington |
fixing popping in scrounged O/A cutting torch?
Grant:
My old Meco heads were popping and I replaced the "O" rings. Problem solved. Any chance these have an O ring? -Mike |
fixing popping in scrounged O/A cutting torch?
mlcorson wrote:
Grant: My old Meco heads were popping and I replaced the "O" rings. Problem solved. Any chance these have an O ring? -Mike They do, down below where the torch head attaches to the body. I'll look at that area as well, thanks. Grant |
fixing popping in scrounged O/A cutting torch?
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Grant Erwin wrote: I've been keeping my eye on surplus oxygen/acetylene gear locally and picking it up when it's cheap, with an eye on reselling. I now have 3 cutting torch attachments all of which are high quality and all of which seem to have the same problem. They pop and go out a lot. I haven't replaced the tips, but I have cleaned the tips including the seating tapers until they are really as clean as they'll get, by soaking in vinegar and salt and gently rubbing with 3M pads. I have also used tip cleaners to try to gently get as much junk out of the preheat holes as possible. I don't know of a good method to clean the seats themselves, though. This is the hole in the actual torch head. It would seem to require some special tool to clean the seating tapers. I believe the popping is simply from improper seating of the torch tips. Is there another common cause? Any of you guys have a good method for doing this job? By the way, Seattle is blessed with a great torch repair place, Hansen & Miller in Ballard, but they are expensive and so are new cutting torch tips. That's why I'm trying to do this by myself. These are all real nice torches or will be once they are fixed. Grant Erwin Kirkland, Washington Grant you can just buy the replacement o-rings from Harrold at Hansen and Miller. -- "I love deadlines, especially the wooshing sound they make as they fly by" - Douglas Adams |
fixing popping in scrounged O/A cutting torch?
xray wrote:
On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 15:54:40 -0800, Grant Erwin wrote: I've been keeping my eye on surplus oxygen/acetylene gear locally and picking it up when it's cheap, with an eye on reselling. I now have 3 cutting torch attachments all of which are high quality and all of which seem to have the same problem. They pop and go out a lot. Is this while welding or just with the torch lit by itself? I too often get bangs from my torch while welding, but always assumed it was just my poor technique overheating the weld and causing sparks that enter the torch. Just trying to narrow down the symptoms. Nothing to do with welding, this is with the cutting attachment installed, and just in free air, not in use at all. GWE |
fixing popping in scrounged O/A cutting torch?
"xray" wrote: (clip) I too often get bangs from my torch while welding, but always assumed it was just my poor technique (clip) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Based on Grant's response, my reply is a little off-topic, but I will mention anyway: if your torch is in good shape (O-rings OK, etc) then popping while you are welding probably means you are running too small a flame for the tip size, allowing the flame to travel back through the opening. |
fixing popping in scrounged O/A cutting torch?
On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 03:45:45 GMT, "Leo Lichtman"
wrote: "xray" wrote: (clip) I too often get bangs from my torch while welding, but always assumed it was just my poor technique (clip) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Based on Grant's response, my reply is a little off-topic, but I will mention anyway: if your torch is in good shape (O-rings OK, etc) then popping while you are welding probably means you are running too small a flame for the tip size, allowing the flame to travel back through the opening. On mine it was bad "O" rings. |
fixing popping in scrounged O/A cutting torch?
Grant Erwin wrote:
I believe the popping is simply from improper seating of the torch tips. Is there another common cause? There are some causes to popping. If everything is well sealed. * to low gas speed. If the gas is coming out to slow, the flame can burn back (into the tip), get a lot of volume to burn and thus explode. * to much heat. Acetylen is quite nasty. To high a temperature (or pressure), it falls apart with a **bang** * a quite unexpectable but possible cause: if you lead acetylene through a copper alloy above 80% (brass is OK) you get whattheheck. Some kind of explosive that is very sensible. Now if you have cleaned the brass parts with some chemical that dissolves the tin you have 100% copper on the surface. And you get the chemical reaction that will produce the explosive stuff. Best to clean the brass parts mecanical, not chemical. HTH, Nick -- Motor Modelle // Engine Models http://www.motor-manufaktur.de DIY-DRO - YADRO - Eigenbau-Digitalanzeige |
fixing popping in scrounged O/A cutting torch?
On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 15:54:40 -0800, Grant Erwin
wrote: 3 cutting torch attachments all of which are high quality and all of which seem to have the same problem. Maybe the problem is elsewhere? What do all three have in common besides the same problem? What are all three attached to? Try attaching them to something different and see what happens. |
fixing popping in scrounged O/A cutting torch?
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fixing popping in scrounged O/A cutting torch?
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Grant Erwin wrote: [...] Nothing to do with welding, this is with the cutting attachment installed, and just in free air, not in use at all. GWE Try running it in the dark and look for any leaking flame. -- B.B. --I am not a goat! thegoat4 at airmail dot net |
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fixing popping in scrounged O/A cutting torch?
Grant -
I don't have a rig, but is it a heat issue - pre-ignition. Maybe an air leak that the gas that flows sucks in air and ignites poorly. Just guessing - but maybe an idea. O-rings might do this - if high velocity gas is flowing past. Martin Martin Eastburn @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net NRA LOH & Endowment Member NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder Grant Erwin wrote: I've been keeping my eye on surplus oxygen/acetylene gear locally and picking it up when it's cheap, with an eye on reselling. I now have 3 cutting torch attachments all of which are high quality and all of which seem to have the same problem. They pop and go out a lot. I haven't replaced the tips, but I have cleaned the tips including the seating tapers until they are really as clean as they'll get, by soaking in vinegar and salt and gently rubbing with 3M pads. I have also used tip cleaners to try to gently get as much junk out of the preheat holes as possible. I don't know of a good method to clean the seats themselves, though. This is the hole in the actual torch head. It would seem to require some special tool to clean the seating tapers. I believe the popping is simply from improper seating of the torch tips. Is there another common cause? Any of you guys have a good method for doing this job? By the way, Seattle is blessed with a great torch repair place, Hansen & Miller in Ballard, but they are expensive and so are new cutting torch tips. That's why I'm trying to do this by myself. These are all real nice torches or will be once they are fixed. Grant Erwin Kirkland, Washington ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
fixing popping in scrounged O/A cutting torch?
I took 'em out to the torch repair place today. The owner came out and looked at
them all. One, two, three, same story: bad cutting tips. One had a big ding in it, another had been dropped and was visibly out of round, another was badly scored. He also looked at the O-rings and said they were fine. So I ordered some tips, should be here in about a week, will post a summary. GWE Grant Erwin wrote: I've been keeping my eye on surplus oxygen/acetylene gear locally and picking it up when it's cheap, with an eye on reselling. I now have 3 cutting torch attachments all of which are high quality and all of which seem to have the same problem. They pop and go out a lot. I haven't replaced the tips, but I have cleaned the tips including the seating tapers until they are really as clean as they'll get, by soaking in vinegar and salt and gently rubbing with 3M pads. I have also used tip cleaners to try to gently get as much junk out of the preheat holes as possible. I don't know of a good method to clean the seats themselves, though. This is the hole in the actual torch head. It would seem to require some special tool to clean the seating tapers. I believe the popping is simply from improper seating of the torch tips. Is there another common cause? Any of you guys have a good method for doing this job? By the way, Seattle is blessed with a great torch repair place, Hansen & Miller in Ballard, but they are expensive and so are new cutting torch tips. That's why I'm trying to do this by myself. These are all real nice torches or will be once they are fixed. Grant Erwin Kirkland, Washington |
fixing popping in scrounged O/A cutting torch? - SOLVED
Summary: 2 of the 3 were fixed simply by putting in new tips, the other one
needed both a new tip and to have the head reamed. If a cutting torch lights up fine but when you pull the trigger it pops and goes out, a good place to look is at the place where the cutting tip seats into the torch. Look closely at the seating end of the tip. Look for nicks or out-of-roundness. If you find them, replace the tip. If the tip looks perfect or if the problem persists with a new tip, then look closely at the seat in the torch head. If it's scored, the head needs to be reamed by a pro with a factory reamer. On a side note, I wonder if the torch had been one of the el cheapo sets sold by HF if the torch repair place I use would have had a reamer for it. I think cutting/welding torches, like taps and dies, are tools to not cheap out on. I've owned a bunch, but brands I like are Airco, Victor, Harris and even Marquette. GWE Grant Erwin wrote: I've been keeping my eye on surplus oxygen/acetylene gear locally and picking it up when it's cheap, with an eye on reselling. I now have 3 cutting torch attachments all of which are high quality and all of which seem to have the same problem. They pop and go out a lot. I haven't replaced the tips, but I have cleaned the tips including the seating tapers until they are really as clean as they'll get, by soaking in vinegar and salt and gently rubbing with 3M pads. I have also used tip cleaners to try to gently get as much junk out of the preheat holes as possible. I don't know of a good method to clean the seats themselves, though. This is the hole in the actual torch head. It would seem to require some special tool to clean the seating tapers. I believe the popping is simply from improper seating of the torch tips. Is there another common cause? Any of you guys have a good method for doing this job? By the way, Seattle is blessed with a great torch repair place, Hansen & Miller in Ballard, but they are expensive and so are new cutting torch tips. That's why I'm trying to do this by myself. These are all real nice torches or will be once they are fixed. Grant Erwin Kirkland, Washington |
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