Torch poll

Reenie · #1 2006-09-28, 10:30pm

thought I would add a poll to my previous thread. If you answer in the other section...please add what you use.
Thanks again
Irene

Kikki · #2 2006-09-28, 10:43pm

I use a Betta.

evolvingBeau · #3 2006-09-28, 11:24pm

I have been using a National for years.. 8M with the premix ryder.. I do my soft glass beads with the SM-7 surface mix tip and often use a #2 or 15 hole hush tip for alot of my boro work.. I also have the SM-21 tip that really puts out but don't actually use it much..
I think every boro worker should have a 3A blowpipe with a stand. They are cheap, really versatile and have a focused intensity that is hard to match with surface mix torches and comes in handy for some projects.
Even still, I'm kind of in the market for a new wide-range bench burner myself and am really going to have to go around to try the ones I'm looking at to really decide, I won't feel content with my decision otherwise..
There is a nice surface-mix bead torch that I found locally that comes from Cezchoslovakia and sells for $175. I'm probably going to pick one up to try asap. I checked it out (it wasn't hooked up to try though) and it looks really solid with a nice tip configuration similar to a minor but much more solid.. we'll see..

Kevan · #4 2006-09-29, 1:16am

Oh, shouldn't we be able to pick more than one?

We have a minor, a pirhana and a cheetah.

My DH loves the cheetah and I bought the pirhana, but I like using the minor better. I just have never taken to the pirhana and it hums.

dogmaw · #5 2006-09-29, 5:28am

There isn't space for multiple torches! I have a National 8M, betta, minor, and HH

RSimmons · #6 2006-09-29, 5:52am

Bethlehem Betta with a Minor as a spare when I have a guest in the studio.

Robert

e. mort · #7 2006-09-29, 5:59am

I have a Delta. I don't use the outer ring much yet, but I figure I will eventually and this way I won't have to buy any more torches.

Cosmo · #8 2006-09-29, 6:12am

6 Minors, MidRange Plus, Bethlehem Betta, Barracuda, and Tiger Shark. Going to be adding one of the larger GTT's to that soon, once I see what I can afford. Maybe a Python...

whispering beads · #9 2006-09-29, 6:30am

Betta and hothead....

ElizabethCreations · #10 2006-09-29, 6:34am

I have a Bobcat AND a minor.. Planning to get a Mini CC
I also have a HH somewhere....

Kalera · #11 2006-09-29, 6:54am

I have a Barracuda for my primary torch, and also have a Midrange Plus, three Minis and a Minor.

Bunyip · #12 2006-09-29, 7:05am

Minor & a Hot Head. Looking for a third torch!

lainee733 · #13 2006-09-29, 7:08am

hot head, and primary torch is a mid range

DesertDreamer · #14 2006-09-29, 9:24am

Midrange Plus with a premix on top for me. I've had it for 6 years and love it! (Had a Minor for 3 years before that.)

G.L.McBead · #15 2006-09-29, 11:34am

I have a Knight Bullet it is a great torch.I use concentrators for the center and tank for the outter.
G.

Dana L · #16 2006-09-29, 3:40pm

I have a minor and a Bobcat.
D

lldesigns · #17 2006-09-29, 8:39pm

I'm on a Hot Head now but I just bought a Mini CC!!!

WhiskerWood · #18 2006-09-29, 9:23pm

Minor, Lynx & Barracuda

barbbbeads · #19 2006-09-29, 9:33pm

Mid-range plus with a minor on top. Love it! I can do larger stuff on the mid-range and beads on the minor top without having to switch anything out. Just turn the different burners on.

Lisi · #20 2006-09-29, 9:51pm

Mini CC, Bobcat, and two Hotheads. The reason I have the Bobcat is because a friend broke off a piece of cleaning wire inside a gas port on my Mini. I have yet to send it in for repair, and that's on my soon to be done list.

I do love the Bobcat though and I'm so glad I picked it as my emergency replacement torch. The folks at Flametree shipped it to me within two days when they were still in FL.

mtarara · #21 2006-09-29, 11:12pm

Started on a Hothead, now on a Betta. Love it!!!
Mary T.

Kevan · #22 2006-09-30, 1:35am

See? You can't just ask which torch. It's which torches. lol

suzanne · #23 2006-09-30, 2:32am

I started out on a HH, switched to a minor and one concentrator, switched to a lynx with two concentrators, and I am now the proud owner of a barracuda and three concentrators. I run my cuda on two concentrators and it works like a charm . I have a third to give it a little oompf when needed ( I haven't used it so far).

I love my cuda, and I think it's the best torch ever ( untill I get a new one that is

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Reenie · #24 2006-09-30, 2:35am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevan

See? You can't just ask which torch. It's which torches. lol

OMG You are sooo right! Geez I had no idea there were so many that had quite a few. Well I'm in a small area in house..Yea I know....But hoping to go NG pretty soon..I 'm kind of next to fireplace so it should be pretty simple but my area is only like 5 ft by 4 ft or so. On a corner unit from Walmart if that gives u an indication. Would love my own room but with 4 bedrooms and they are all used, I'm gonna have to wait till one of my kids move out!
Not hurrying them out but just the same.
Boro I would love to try but my beads are pretty small. Normally no larger than 18mm in size.....Most of them are about 10mm rounds and such.
I don't really see that changing anytime soon. The only one's that are bigger are because of presses but I normally use the middle of the 3 designs.
Now on a Oxycon....what's a good standard to get? I know there are alot of outputs on these things...
And the biggest thing of all...which doesn't have to be repaired as much??
Okay that's today's questions folks, I'm sure they're will be more to follow.
Thanks
Irene
PS how can u hook up two torches at the same time and only have to turn on whatever one your using?

Kevan · #25 2006-09-30, 1:00pm

I only use one torch at a time and I'm tanked.

Good question, though. How do you do that? Is there some kind of splitter invovled?

chrisann · #26 2006-09-30, 2:49pm

yes a splitter. I have a minor on concentrators and a cudda on tanks with a mini cc on the shelf. I run both torches off the same propane with a splitter.
chris ann

maddog1050 · #27 2006-10-02, 2:51pm

I have five - a minor, mini cc, midrange plus, lynx and barracuda. I've been switching between the lynx and barracuda lately. I have a oxygen generator but think I probably need a second one to really get all the oomph out of the barracuda. Also, my clear seems clearer with the lynx. Not sure why but I think I'm getting more scumming with the barracuda. I've been using both Vetro clear and crystal clear.

Ro · #28 2006-10-02, 6:05pm

Mirage
Ro

IF-Designs · #29 2006-10-02, 7:16pm

I have a Cheetah I use mainly right now , I had a bobcat before that....I also have a Minor too I have to the side to use for some soft glass stuff.

Venessa · #30 2006-10-02, 7:42pm

I have a major/minor. Started on a fireworks..."graduated" to a HH. Moved up to a Mini CC. Now I have my big fire!