moving my beading set-up the pool house

shari-kim · #1 2008-01-03, 3:06pm

I am going to move out of the garage.... buy a minor.... get rid of the HH and bulk propane (im scared silly now). We have a natural gas hook-up in the pool house, so will call someone ?? to set-up my torch studio out there. What do i need to know when i make that call? I noted some good reading here - things i hadnt thought out.

Specifically:

If i get say a Minor and an oxy con - then all i need is the natural gas hook-up? I still need regulators - right? other than what is on the natural gas for the pool (forgive my ignorance but this is all so new)

when i call a gas man - what kinds of things do i need to know? i noted someone talking about BTUs. As i havent bought my torch yet (im hoping to get a used one), Im fairly new - dont want anything to big... any thoughts on what would work best with this kind of set-up?

thanks for any advice.

lainee733 · #2 2008-01-03, 3:15pm

i run my midrange from an oxy con and ng- I do not need regulators as the NG is regulated to a certain pressure coming into the house. a minor runs on regular house pressures, if you wanted a higher pressure torch you would need the pressures increased coming into that area, for which you would have to call the gas company. hope this helped alittle.

laserglass · #3 2008-01-03, 4:04pm

you won't need any regulators for the natural gas or oxygen concentrator above and beyond what they normally install for a gas line. if you can, ask the mechanical contractor to set the natural gas line pressure at 2psi. normal gas pressure is in the 0.25 to 0.5psi range. a minor and many other torches will work with natural gas pressure as low as 0.25psi so it should not be a problem. the amount of BTU/hour is determined by how much oxygen you can produce. a single 5 l/m concentrator would generate less than 10,000 BTU/hour of heat. you may want to go to a larger torch someday so i think that having 20,000 to 30,000 BTU/hour heat capability should work out fine for you.

you are going to love having a tankless studio. and if you get hot, just step out the door and take a dip in the pool!!!! sweet!!!!

Dale M. · #4 2008-01-03, 5:45pm

Here is some information on setting up fuel/oxygen torch ...

http://www.artglassanswers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11

And...

http://www.artglassanswers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9

Last...

http://www.artglassanswers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12

Dale

shari-kim · #5 2008-01-10, 9:39pm

thank you so much, this all helps a lot.

got my oxycon today and my torch should arrive soon.

cant wait to get back at it!

shari-kim · #6 2008-01-10, 9:43pm

Meant to say: Dale & Mark. Ii am going to buy hoses tomorrow in preparation of my torch arriving (it doesnt have hoses or cleaning things??). if i understand this right i should go to a welding store and ask for hoses. Do they go by specific names?? i want to have it hook into my natural gas and also my oxycon. I hope this a very stupid question.

Also i printed those papers from the links. Are there any pictures of natural gas/oxygen concentrators set-ups with a minor. i hadnt noticed any? (I could look more though)