Any one have an idea of some alternatives to renting oxy bottles. Im doing my engine bay and need to heat some spots to help shape the bay. Any ideas. Cheers
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, Jul 16 2016 08:29 PM
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Posted 16 July 2016 - 09:00 PM
Bunnings sell them outright
A bit expensive to start with but no rental and reasonable refill/exchange price
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Posted 16 July 2016 - 09:46 PM
Bunnings sell them outright
A bit expensive to start with but no rental and reasonable refill/exchange price
It's not an outright buy scheme. The bottles are D size and you pay a deposit of $200.00 per bottle + the cost of the gas in the bottle but you never own the bottles.
When the bottle/s is/are empty or you are finished with it/them (note: the bottle/s may still contain a quantity of gas - sorry no refund on unused gas) you take it/them back and they refund your deposit/s. If you wish to get fresh bottles you again pay the deposit/s + pay for the gas. The advantage is you can have the bottles for years and they will cost no more than $200 per bottle.
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Posted 16 July 2016 - 10:43 PM
If you're only looking to heat stuff, just get yourself a handheld LPG torch and use the bottle off the barbie.
Pretty sure you can even get cutting attachments for LPG, you just have to connect compressed air to do the actual cutting?
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Posted 16 July 2016 - 10:54 PM
Wish my local bunnings had that deal, its an absolute bargain!!!
Bigfella, usualy oxy/lpg systems still use a compressed oxygen system, not sure how a compressor would go but it would probably work, albeit being a bit ugly of a cut due to the impurity's in the air.
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Posted 17 July 2016 - 09:01 AM
Wish my local bunnings had that deal, its an absolute bargain!!!
Yep, better bargain than those overpriced disposable map and oxy gas bottle set ups.
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Posted 17 July 2016 - 10:10 AM
I rent a G size bottle of oxygen ($222 / year) and use the LPG regulator and tips. It works well for small jobs and there is less soot when brazing. Smaller gouging tips seem to work ok too. When you get into big stuff, like cutting anything more than 20mm, or when using the 2 inch (diameter) heating tip, I think the LPG regulator is a bit beyond its limits.
E2 size Argon is $202 / year over here through BOC.
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Posted 17 July 2016 - 11:33 AM
Do you already own regulators and a handle with tips? It would take a fair bit of work to pay off the LPG gear if you are switching over from oxy / acetylene.
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Posted 17 July 2016 - 01:16 PM
Any one used this to put some heat into the metal before. Would it work. ?? https://www.bunnings...ch-kit_p5910244
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Posted 17 July 2016 - 07:41 PM
Ring your local BOC agent and ask about their D Plan deal.
Cheers Mark.
Cheers Mark.
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Posted 18 July 2016 - 08:31 AM
Any one used this to put some heat into the metal before. Would it work. ??
It depends on what you are doing with it. Those propane and MAP setups are OK for brazing thin copper pipe. They would definitely get a 50 cent sized piece of panel to cherry red. But you might be battling with thicker parts like spot welds. I don't know much about panel beating so my knowledge is at its limits here.
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Posted 20 July 2016 - 05:18 AM
I hired a bottle from boc gases for around 80 plus daily hire fee of about 50cents a day. I already had the oxygen bottle so saved hiring both bottles. Cheers for all the help to everyone that commented. 👍👍
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