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[memphis]

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I think the I need to finally give up on fluxcore. What’s a good brand of gauges worth looking at? I know nothing about them… but will any old thing do? The gas isn’t cheap and I’m assuming I don’t want these things leaking so… fire away
 
I bought victor gauges. I think it's what my welding class used. I wouldn't be able to tell you a difference between these and harbor freight.
 
RunningProblem said:
I bought victor gauges. I think it's what my welding class used. I wouldn't be able to tell you a difference between these and harbor freight.
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in 30 years, they will still work

I have been running the same sat since the 90's
and I run hand-me-downs that who knows how old they are, still going. and I run gas almost every day in one form or another

when they do get sticky, you can easily send them in for a rebuild

scored a bunch of them off of job sites that were physically broken in the trash, I would bring them home and send them in for parts, come back brand new condition :smokin:
 
airco double diaphragm :flipoff2:

or just whatever trash is on ebay, it ain't that difficult
get the cga320 one for co2, it is way cheaper for way more gas
 
SomeGuyFromOlympia said:
Victor or nothing at my shop

and turn your bottles off like you were just told
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Yup, same for me Victor or nothing.

I have a set of Victor dual diaphragm regulators I bought used in the late 60s. I had them rebuilt last year, regulators built in the late 50s and still had parts for them. I have 7 Victor regulators and 2 Victor flow meters.
 
SomeGuyFromOlympia said:
how?
....it is a flow meter :grinpimp:

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30 years of doing it every day, I have never had one of these fail ....ever
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I’m not complaining. It’s in my Amazon cart. Just waiting for that Christmas bonus. A Q sized cylinder of gas is $320 here on sale at the moment
 
And watch FB or CL for used bottles. I see them going for $100 regularly.
 
[memphis] said:
I’m not complaining. It’s in my Amazon cart. Just waiting for that Christmas bonus. A Q sized cylinder of gas is $320 here on sale at the moment
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maybe I read that wrong

I got the tine that you were hesitant because it was 'fancy'

..never had one fail, I was trying the give a little confidence :grinpimp:
 
SomeGuyFromOlympia said:
maybe I read that wrong

I got the tine that you were hesitant because it was 'fancy'

..never had one fail, I was trying the give a little confidence :grinpimp:
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I should have added more to my
Post than I did, just got busy and hit send. I was going to say fancy… something like this?

I answered my own question
 
bgaidan said:
And watch FB or CL for used bottles. I see them going for $100 regularly.
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I have to be careful with that here. Suppliers do not fill tanks. If I bought a power tank brand new, none of the distributors would fill it. TSC/Peavy Mart will likely be my go to as they are open 7 days a week. Price be damned…

The stupid thing is Praxair won’t swap TSC tanks. And praxair supplies these tanks to them. If I wanted to buy a huge bottle I have to lease it
 
[memphis] said:
I have to be careful with that here. Suppliers do not fill tanks. If I bought a power tank brand new, none of the distributors would fill it. TSC/Peavy Mart will likely be my go to as they are open 7 days a week. Price be damned…

The stupid thing is Praxair won’t swap TSC tanks. And praxair supplies these tanks to them. If I wanted to buy a huge bottle I have to lease it
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Flap wheel (doesn't leave as obvious grinder marks) the neck and paint the whole top 6" of the cylinder a safety color.
 
Since we are on the subject of my buying crap. I want to upgrade my cheap auto darkening solar hood. It’s a princess auto special… it was $75 back in the day. When I’m welding in the container I am getting flashed. It’s easily 15 years old and I only have one set of eyes… so I need to stop being a cheap ass with some tooling.

$300 USD and under recommendations? Some limp wristed admin silenced me on some BoomerBook post I made on a welding page

Esab Sentinel got some praise… I can source it through work if I increase my budget
 
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