Oxy-Gasoline Cutting Torch

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Guess I should have posted this in the welding forum, maybe one of the moderators can move it.
Anybody got any experience with an Oxy-Gasoline Cutting Torch ??? or know how they compare to an oxy-acetylene torch for general purpose cutting and welding ???
Never heard of one before today. What little research I've done makes them look good, but I find prices from $350 to $3050 for the oxy-gas rig. The $350 one I found on eBay and was from China. Had a shipping cost of $150+ as well.
I could see where using gasoline vs acetylene would be more convenient and maybe cheaper than acetylene. Granted, you would still need the oxygen, but it wasn't too long ago that acetylene was near impossible to get after the fire that destroyed the one big main processing facility.
 
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I looked it up on the internet at: http://www.petrogen.com/

You can buy lots of acetylene for $3,000. and use it for lots of other welding, bending and heating jobs. I'f guess that like a lot of Chinese things, it may not be such a bargain at it's reduced price (in the hundreds) and not easy to get parts for if required.
Call me a skeptic!
 
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The gage you have will work fine. You need a small adaptor to from the acet threads to the pol threads. Welding shop should have it
dave
 
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The gage you have will work fine. You need a small adaptor to from the acet threads to the pol threads. Welding shop should have it
dave
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Really, Thats It? A thread adaptor and I'm good to go? That's awesome.
 
The oxy/propane tips are different also, they mix the gasses different. Tim
 
I just filled my acetylene for $35.00 plus tax for a WQ size tank which is a medium size. Propane is used for cutting because it does not harden the metal much and I guess cheaper to use. My tanks last long, but I don't use them that often, if you need to use them alot I would get the bigger tanks for sure. I don't see gasoline being cheaper than acl or propane in the near future. Acetylene is hotter than Propane and I am not sure about Gasoline.
Paul
 
Boy, putting gasoline under pressure and then mixing it with oxygen and setting fire to it just gives me a cold chill up the spine. Is this for real? 5 gallons of gas in a sealed container yields the same destruction as 1 stick of dynamite.
Tell me I'm wrong and don't know how it is done safely.
NodakGary
 
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