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Afternoon,
I've got a 'hobby' sized welder, and a bottle of pub CO2. And no way of joining the two together..
I went to my local welding shop.. they said I need the adaptor kit because I have a little hose, and a regulator. Fair enough, sounds about right, but £65 for the regulator sounded a little spendy for what I want..
So to eBay, and can't find a 'converter kit' type thing that appears suitable. And would the regulator be different for a pub bottle and a 'proper' bottle? If it is, I may as well hold out and do the whole lot properly.
So then.. Where should I look, and for what exactly?
Cheers ;D
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Dez
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where to buy welding stuff?Dez
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a standard twin argon/CO2 regulator is £45 from most places- BOC, weldability, etc. you can walk stright into a BOC store, set up an account for free, and take the reg there and then- I got one for a mate last week and it was 46 quid including vat.
yes the reg for a big argon bottle is a bit different- same size and thread but an argon bottle is female, and a CO2 male. an adapter to make an argon reg. fit a CO2 bottle will be about 8 quid. they itll be 2-3quid for the right size hose barb to fit the reg to your welder hose.
so the best bet if you plan on ever going to argon(or even if you don't to be honest) is to buy the argon reg and the adapter, then you have the option of using either type of gas.
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Last Edit: Dec 9, 2009 12:53:29 GMT by Dez
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Chops
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where to buy welding stuff?Chops
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The thread on the pub bottle i had was metric IIRC, I got an adapter (metric to BSP) from a HGV truck/trailer parts specialist, I think it was an airline fitting from a Crane Fruehauf trailer.
I then screwed that into an old oxy reg
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Dec 10, 2009 12:51:15 GMT
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Thanks guys.
Steve. That's wonderful. Cheers!
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Dec 10, 2009 12:53:37 GMT
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I bought my regulator from Jawels, paint supplier near me. Cost about 25 quid but I'm going back 6 or more years ago. Welder is at a mates so I can't look but as I recall it came with several fittings, 1 of which was suitable for my pub C02 cylinder. I don't remember buying anything else in order to hook my pub gas up to my mig. I have swapped the whole lot over to another welder since then with no bother.  |
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Dec 10, 2009 13:44:29 GMT
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Co2 and argon regulators go to different pressures normally the Argon bottles are a lot higher pressure. So a Co2 reg on an argon bottle isn't recomended, other way is ok So i'd say get an Argon reg, infact i'd say get an Argon bottle too Argon/Co2 mix is much much better to weld with than pure Co2 my main bottle ran out over the weekend (don't they always) so i switched to me Co2 backup to finish the job Haven't used Co2 in 3 years or so. Had to turn the welder up from 2 to 4 to get the same penetration, and it was no where near as good a result as the Argon mix If you're using Co2 because of the price see here www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=591078£35 a year rental and £25 a refill for Argon/Co2 mix from BOC in a bottle twice the diameter of a pub one Which if memory serves holds over 50 times the amount of gas a pub bottle holds ;D |
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