Robert's Oxygen. Anywhere cheaper in te Dc area?

Sounds cheap to me. In Germany it is $110 for 40 liters.
Steve
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Robert's Oxygen. Anywhere cheaper in te Dc area?

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Robert's Oxygen. Anywhere cheaper in te Dc area?

Can't help with DC, but certainly call around. And inquire
about the refill price for larger tanks. I pay around $65
for a refill on a 330CF tank.

Ned Simmons

Ben wrote:
Robert's Oxygen. Anywhere cheaper in te Dc area?

CeeKay (local welding gas distributor) quoted me $40
for an 80 CF tank. I got a half-price deal on the first
fill, but am ready for my first full-price refill.

I quickly switched to gas lenses in my TIG torch, and it
seems like I can work with a lot lower Argon flow rate.
These things look like they pay for themselves in about an
hour or two.

Jon

Hey Jon,

On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 02:00:52 -0500, Jon Elson
wrote:
SNIP
I quickly switched to gas lenses in my TIG torch,
SNIP

Jon


What are "gas lenses"?

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.

On Sat, 3 Jul 2004 10:35:37 -0400, Ned Simmons
wrote:

===In article bc436b41.0407020149.188f2962
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=== Robert's Oxygen. Anywhere cheaper in te Dc area?
===
===Can't help with DC, but certainly call around. And inquire
===about the refill price for larger tanks. I pay around $65
===for a refill on a 330CF tank.
===
===Ned Simmons

I pay 19.00 in my area for a 50 / 55 cubic foot tank of
argon.........South Central Alabama

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I can't help for the D.C. area, but here in Washington State I paid
about that much for a 50 cf tank of C25. That included a recert of
the tank and the cost of the tank. I took in a CO2 tank that I got at
the scrap yard that was about twenty years out of cert. So can't
complain about paying for the hydrostat.

Dan



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Robert's Oxygen. Anywhere cheaper in te Dc area?

On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 08:07:15 -0400, Brian Lawson wrote:
What are "gas lenses"?

TIG torch collet body that uses a wire mesh or honeycomb to straighten
the flow of shielding gases. They produce a straight laminar flow which
allows the tungsten to stick out further from the cup without losing shield.
Generally, you can reduce gas CFH flow rates substantially when using
a gas lens, or safely stick the tungsten way out for getting into tight
spots.

Gary

Brian Lawson wrote:
Hey Jon,

On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 02:00:52 -0500, Jon Elson
wrote:
SNIP

I quickly switched to gas lenses in my TIG torch,

SNIP

Jon



What are "gas lenses"?
It is a gadget that fits in place of the front collet part in a TIG torch,
and provides approximately laminar flow of the shileding gas. You can
actually see the turbulence in the Argon if you hold the torch sideways
against a bright light. When you put in the gas lens, you can actually
see a nearly perfect laminar stream flowing from the cup.

It seems to require a larger cup size, and may require changing a
gasket in the torch. Other than better coverage of the weld area
with shielding gas, you can cut the flow rate about in half with a
gas lens. At the cost of Argon, it will pay for itself very quickly.
I just bought a set of gas lenses, cups and gaskets on eBay for
under $10.

Jon

I found my receipt. I paid $23.05 for 50 cf of C25 including the haz
material fee but not the sales tax.

Dan