Brazing torches recomendations needed

Patrice Lemée

Patrice Lemée

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This started wanting to solder a ring on a little silver heart I made my wife for Valentine's Day. Then I realized that I need something to braze the fittings (brass) for the sheath for the Khukuri I am working on. I started looking at something like this:

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brow...orthington+MAP+Pro+&+Oxygen+Kit.jsp?locale=en

But since I am in this for the long run I started to wonder if I could not bump up my budget and get something a bit better. I don't want to go to the full OA setup for now but I saw some smaller torches that can work off Mapp/Oxy. But I have no idea what brands are better than others, what size is needed (not even sure how sizes are measured, btu's maybe) or what price range I am looking at.

I'll continue to research this but any info you could provide or pointing in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
 
If you're buying oxygen in those little bottles you will go through a lot of $ in disposable bottles.


Have a look at Praxair and the other welding suppliers.

You can get owner sized bottles with no rental fees.

They sell nice little portable units to plumbers.


That will give you a proper torch and then your tip options are much larger.

Once you find what you need see ebay for better prices
 
If you do any amount of brazing at all, those disposable bottles will drain your wallet! They go pretty fast. I'd take the Counts advice and seek out something a little more economical in the long run.
 
The "B" tank with the fine tip is what I use for all my hard soldering. Tanks last forever.
Unless you are welding, you don't need oxygen/acetylene. Rio Grande also sells the Smith's acetylene/air torches and tips.
 
Thanks for the info guys. I would like to stay away from Acetylene of possible for now. When I get a shop separate from the house I will get a full size OA setup. In the meantime I saw a Turbotorch (Victor) that uses LP/Mapp and air. Sounds interesting. Only bad part is that I can find it for about 230$ in the states and 430$ here. :mad: :( Why does everything have to be so much more expensive here, for the same darn product.

Anyway, thanks again and I will keep the Acetylene/air option in mind Bill.
 
Look at Smith little torches for small work like jewelry. I have mine set up with a 20 cubic foot oxy bottle and a disposable fuel bottle. For jewelry I run oxy propane and it will easily braze

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Oxy/propane will work and you can even cut steel with it. Just need the right 2 piece tips. Acetylene regulator goes right on the internal threads of a propane bottle. I used to use propane as a backup when my acetylene bottle went dry. Get the larrgest Oxy bottle that you can as oxygen is cheaper that way.
 
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