So a buddy asks if I wanna big cutting torch.......does a bear shite in the woods was my reply.
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A few days later to my great delight he turns up with one of these:
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Harris 62-5EL 21" torch
https://www.harrisproductsgroup.com/en/Products/Equipment/Torches/Straight-Cutting/Model-62-5E.aspxYou little beauty, wonder if it's an LPG Oxy model......yep specified as multi fuel and it has the 2 piece LPG Oxy tip comprising of 01/2 VVC & VVCU inner and outer and spec'ed for up to 1 1/4" cutting. And with Harris flashback arrestors ! You treble little beauty !
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Tip chart attached.
Always wanted one of these after using a mates Harris torch when helping him with a big sheet piling job some years back.
Today rainy so some time spent down the shed attempting to get this fire breathing dwagon up and running for some upcoming steel cutting chores.
But first find a suitable LPG regulator as these LPG Harris torches require just 2 PSI and barbeque regulators just don't supply sufficient pressure but luckily amongst the
never throw away stash, a spare pair of old but serviceable OXY Acetylene regulators.
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The 2 PSI required hardly registers on a 0-15 working PSI Acetylene gauge however adjustments down this low are indeed discernible but when attempting to couple this Acetylene regulator to an LPG bottle the mongrel didn't fit !
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Both LH thread but different sizes ?
![WTF? :wtf:](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/wtf2.gif.pagespeed.ce.pxLiY5pjs4.gif)
Didn't see that coming but luckily the brass tube the bottle nut runs on was the same diameter on each regulator so with a dismantle and mix and match performed allowed the Acetylene regulator fitment to the LPG bottle.
![Phew :phew:](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/phew.gif.pagespeed.ce.n2uLOVFYMP.gif)
again !
Question time, any issues I need be aware of using an Acetylene regulator for LPG ?
Or should I bodge a barbeque regulator to deliver the required 2 PSI ?
Tomorrows task, shove some Oxy into the mix and really see what it can do !
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