Which heat nozzle should I buy for my torch?

After going years without a torch and either working around it or borrowing one, I bought a mid-grade Victor torch set this week.

It came with most everything except a heating nozzle.

What would you guys recommend for the general automotive/army truck toy I have?

My choices are sizes 2, 4, 6 and 8, with the 4, 6 and 8 available as clamshells.

My setup takes the MFA-1 series: http://www.thermadyne.com/IM_Uploads/Literature/lit_331_067_65-2007.pdf


Shoot, soon I'll be just like wreckerman, I'll never have to pick up a wrench again!

Thanks in advance.

C

Sticking with acetylene or going to use propane?

patracy said:

Sticking with acetylene or going to use propane?

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Acetylene.

Being a welder and fab guy. You need a small one and a mid size and if you like toys go for a big one also.
But if you just need one I would get a mid size.
Good luck!!

Id take a 2 and a 4 with the regular cutting nozzle setup. Grab a medium (#6) clamshell, the small one is just plain too small and the large is just plain too big, you can even sense the oxygen goin yippee, I'm outta here!!! You might want to get a #2 'washing' nozzle, the one with a bend in the end, they are great for washing metals flush with the surrounding base, takes some practise though.

That should take you through most of everything you would do. You can always go get the larger nozzles if you get into bigger work...

I don't know what size my rosebud is (it came with the torch) but it's big enough for my needs. You'll find that you can just use the cutting head to heat stuff up most of the time on things such as stuck bolts and such. About the only time you really need the rosebud if if you're heating and bending steel or you're having to heat a fairly large area for some reason.

IMO, a torch is one of the most useful tools in the shop. I use mine almost daily to either heat something up or cut something. I'll even make an occasional weld with the torch if I need to make a quick weld on something thin and don't want to fool with setting up the mig.

The next thing you know, you'll be selling off your wrenches and socket sets to fund the bigger cutting tips because you won't need them anymore. Then, you'll be looking for land in Alabama.

I was going to tell Clinto I would trade him my tips for that plazma cutter he has straight up - but someone must be already pm'ing him

Clinto, on torches, in selecting tips, you always push a tip harder with more pressure/flow, but if you try to run a tip to low it will pop and crack to no end. So as said, a small and medium are great starts. Note that this applies to cutting tips, welding tips and rosebuds. And it does not matter what kind of mixer you use.

good post and interesting...