Regulator settings ?

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What do you guys set your oxy accet regulators at...and what would you recomend ? Probably pretty general question..Im mostly heating and welding/brazing...cutting occasionaly..
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Reply:Hey Brainfarth, on the gas pressure columns, what does the 1/2 or 8/18 mean?Is that 1-2 or 8-18?
Reply:You know, I never looked at it that way before.  It's supposed to mean 1 to 2 or 8 to 18 for the pressures.Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
Reply:I set mine @ 5 and 20 should do the job for most of ur cutting!!5 being accet and 20 the ox!
Reply:Kinda depends on your torch.  I cut 3/8" with my Victor J100 at 3# acetelyne and 20# O2 with good travel speed and little or no slag on the underside.I've found that my cuts are cleaner using the least amount of fuel gas that will get the steel hot enough to burn.  It's kinda trial and error, dontcha think?Be well.hankj
Reply:for welding tips the correct ratio is 1:1.1 . meaning if you are running a number 3 you should have 3 psi of acet. and 3.3 of 02- knowing how to balance a torch properly is probably the most important thing you should learn in this trade.Keep your stick on the ice
Reply:Thanks for all the replys...
Reply:Originally posted by dob for welding tips the correct ratio is 1:1.1 . meaning if you are running a number 3 you should have 3 psi of acet. and 3.3 of 02- knowing how to balance a torch properly is probably the most important thing you should learn in this trade.
Reply:Hey guys, along this same line.  If you are using a cutting tip to heat metal for bending do you use the same pressures as you would for cutting that thickness of metal but stay off the cutting lever?  The other day I had a bow in a sheet of 1/4 plate and was trying to heat it and bend it back, and this question came up.