I've got gas

[botree]

That is DO I have the RIGHT gas. I have a Used Hot Head torch and was told the only gas I could use was MAPP. I haven't found a local bulk seller (too expensive to handle) but can get propylene and already have propane. Can anyone help???

Thanks...Bo Whalen

[Dale M.]

That is DO I have the RIGHT gas. I have a Used Hot Head torch and was told the only gas I could use was MAPP. I haven't found a local bulk seller (too expensive to handle) but can get propylene and already have propane. Can anyone help???

Thanks...Bo Whalen

Propylene is a acceptable fuel for Hothead. It burns hotter than propane and is very similar to MAPP.

Here is in depth information about gases and Hothead torch...

http://www.artglassanswers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7

Dale

[wendbill]

You can use propane. I'm running my hothead off a bulk tank of bbq gas propane.

[wendbill]

Dale,

Just read your article on the hothead. I was surprised at the PSI of gas running through the torch being somewhere between 60 and 100 - Particularly when the fuel/oxy torches run at around 5/10 psi mix (if I've read the other threads in the Tips section correctly).

That makes the hothead ridiculously inefficient in comparison doesn't it?

[botree]

Is the psi at the torch tip controlled by the valve on the torch? Or does that limit the volume?

[Dale M.]

Is the psi at the torch tip controlled by the valve on the torch? Or does that limit the volume?


It limits volume....

Dale

[Dale M.]

Dale,

Just read your article on the hothead. I was surprised at the PSI of gas running through the torch being somewhere between 60 and 100 - Particularly when the fuel/oxy torches run at around 5/10 psi mix (if I've read the other threads in the Tips section correctly).

That makes the hothead ridiculously inefficient in comparison doesn't it?


Maybe - maybe not.... It works pretty well for $35 considering it costs you more than $350 to setup fuel/oxygen torch...

Dale

[wendbill]

Can't argue with that...