Ever seen/used a gas welding set-up like this? Oxy-weld

This is what I have been using to learn how to gas weld. I found it at my dad's house in a bucket years ago and really didn't even know what it was at the time and never thought about it until recently. The name brand is Oxy-weld. It has a #1 tip on it and I'd like to see if I can buy smaller tips, but I can't seem to find any info on it. My local welding suppliers don't seem interested in helping me just selling me a new torch and everytime I do a search using oxy weld I get like 5000 hits on all sorts of welding info. It seems to work pretty good on 18ga with the #1 tip can I get by with what I have? another question I have, is it safe to use this with no spark arrestors? I'm running 5psi on both sides so I figured with that low of a pressure I may be ok without them? I'll order them if you think I need them though better safe than sorry.
Thanks Tim

 

I think that's a Jeweler's torch. Try searching under that.

 

i tend to agree with hank. sometimes finding parts for things like that can be real tricky, everyone has their own product name and who knows which ones are still around. I would probably use spark arestors just to be safe, it doesnt take much to make oxy/fuel setups make very big booms. now that i think about it that kind of looks like a forebearer of the heinrob, I wonder if maybe they might use the kind of tips?

 

without a hand or something to give scale, I'd guess it was similar to the Henrob.

 

You might try contacting Ken White of tinman technologies I think he has seen or owned about every torch you could imagine.

 

Hey Tim,

I've only ever seen pictures of that model of Oxyweld torch. They were never very popular. Victor, Smiths, & Marquette were the bigger brands. I beleve Oxyweld was a cheaper model of Victor, but I cannot remember for sure.

The blow-back preventers are always a good idea no matter what size of torch or tip you're running.

The #1 tip can be used on 18 gage, but may produce a much hotter flame than you would want to use on a flat panel. An #0 & #00 are alittle more useful for sheet for heat control. @ 5# on your regulators you may well get a good flame with the #1 tip, but doubtful it will be very steady for a long period of time. Standard welding regulators work just fine for larger pressures necessary for welding thicker stock, but tend to get kinda un -stable at the lower pressures necessary to weld thin sheet.

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