“Didn’t have a use for it at the time, I just wanted it”. Yep! That’s how I buy most of my tools!😀

Tips from someone with some experience. Make sure you tighten the valve on the bottle well when you are through otherwise you may not have any gas when you try to use it next. Leather shoes can save your foot from a serious burn from slag (it happened to me.) Wear long leather gloves. The metal stays hot for a long time and it will burn unprotected skin extremely fast. NEVER weld or cut on concrete. Concrete contains a lot of water which will cause the concrete to pop sending hot pieces of concrete flying. Finally always wear eye protection. Sorry to sound like a safety cop but there is a real risk of you aren't extremely vigilant. Good luck with the torch. PS wire welders are fun too.

I've been thinking of getting one of these for many years and I just decided to do some research and your video was the first one viewed, I think you did a great job and I'm inspired even more after your presentation. Thx for sharing.

Thanks for the write up! I've been interested in Oxy/Acet for awhile and I even took a basic class to learn. I thought it might help with my blacksmithing by isolating a small area to heat and bend. Now you got me thinking of getting a set!

I really appreciate your humility here. Super refreshing in this day and age, thanks for uploading.

Really enjoyed watching. I'm the same way, not an expert but I love to try new stuff with cool tools. Thanks for sharing

Newb that hasn't welded or used a torch myself, THANK YOU SIR for your review on this!

Thanks for the vid! I'm going to pick one of these kits up. Appreciate the time you took to demo as a 'noob' to another. Thanks!

As an apprentice HVAC Tech, Steam Fitter & Plumber, used a rig similar to yours for soldering & brazing copper, as well as small torch jobs, the smaller bottles surely makes it very portable. Your becoming proficient in many different trades, keep up the great work!

I love the lil speech there at the beginning I believe this is the very best way to learn find something your interested in watch how it's done and give it a go. Good for you bud thanks for making this video

I have had this set for over 15 years, and other then the carrying case dry routing, this thing still works great.

Thanks Jster! I'm a noob at it, too. I bought a Victor kit and have just started playing around. Have fun and be safe.

Nice informative video I liked how you did everything in front of the camera set up to both tips

Love the honesty of your video, linked in from another welding video. OxyAcetylene appeals for the portability.... for heating, like you said. I am not good at welding at all LOL

Enjoyed watching your learning process. Thanks for sharing.

Very cool, I'm a newbee too, I used a torch like 35 years go when I was a diesel mechanic working my way through engineering school. Don't remember much. this was super fun to watch. I think I'll get a kit and watch a few more videos and relearn how to use the torch. Thanks for posting.

I appreciate these videos. I feel like this is what KZfaq should be about. No click bait. Just an honest review. Thank you again.

Man i digg your laid back positive attitude about everything, thank you for the info about this rig im contemplating on getting it myself. They could have stepped their game up in the goggles department but otherwise seems like a decent setup for the everyday gearhead.

Really like the way your videos are produced. You seem like a good dude. Keep up the good work!

Wow, its cool to see my people on here. I'm from St Louis too! I was a fabricator/welder years ago. Anyway, its cool to see a local doing these videos. I am now a happy subscriber. :-)

Thanks for the info, the viewer comments were helpful as well. BTW, we are also in St. Louis, South County. Glad to see a video from a local guy.

I bought this set to use for jewelry making. I'm done stting it up and getting ready to use it. Thanks for your informative video!

Hey, I've always wanted to buy a set, but like yourself, I have no experience but a lot of needs. This gives me a boost of confidence that I could get the hang of it and not have to take work to a shop. I'll have to bump this up on my wishlist. Thanks!

Kick ass for doing it yourself I'm a machinist and welder and I'm impressed by your go get it attitude

Thanks for taking the time to put this up

Great video! On my way to Harbor Freight right now to get one. Thanks for your post.

Great video. Thanks for the in-depth review!

If you do any mechanical work on a regular basis, a torch is a must have! Once you get proficient at using it and learn to set your regulators (I'm sure you researched it) you'll wonder how you ever got by with out one.

I'm in the same boat as you, great video, and great comments! Love to learn, plus I don't like depending on others. If nothing else, to know.

Thanks for the video, and I’m glad you’re trying something new. From now on, please never use a torch against concrete. Concrete has moisture in it and if you heat it with a torch, it will explode.

Thanks for that, I'm a scrapper and have been thinking about a torch for while

I don't want to scare you, but what I'm about to tell you is Very Important - NEVER try to use an Acetylene bottle immediately after it has been laying on it's side. Acetylene bottles have a sponge like material inside the bottle, and the sponge is impregnated with ACETONE and the Acetylene Gas is absorbed by the Acetone. If an Acetylene bottle has been on it's side, remove the Regulator if attached, and crack open the Tank Valve to blow out any Acteone that may have gotten into the valve. - If you don't, as soon as Oxygen contacts Acetone (when you turn on your Torch) it will cause an EXPLOSION, and if you're not using Anti-Flashback Arrestors , it can flash all the way back into your Tanks. KABOOM ! - I'm a Union Certified Top Millwright / Certified Welder-Fabricator and I have actually seen that happen to an inexperienced person.

A good tool to have. I'm not a pro with the torch either, but it was the first thing I learned on in high school. I have a similar setup made by ESAB. I went with a small torch because I never need to do much past 1/4 inch, and usually much smaller gauge than that.

Appreciate the honesty I learned to cut and weld in high school and ben thinking about buying one of these

Love this for the fact that you're no pro and honest about it. Just learning like the rest of us

I've had a torch since I was 17 years old. When I first started welding that's what I used. Now I only use it to heat stuff up. Had to have the regulators rebuilt a few years ago.

Man its hot. I like your positive energy and enthusiasm. Look like you are having fun with this.

Same way I started learning. This will be a handy well used tool in your shop. 👍 I’ll add,, with my set when I’m through welding, once I shut off my tanks I’ll bleed the lines and back off the gauges so there is no psi and the diaphragm in the gauge won’t have any tension. They’ll last longer too.

5:42 way better flame. I’m sure you’ve found out by now but I usually set my acetylene around 7-8 then I slightly crack both oxygen and acetylene on the torch handle. When you light it you should be pretty close to the flame you need. The way you did it works but if you were ever near a wall or something nice you don’t wanna soot it up. Good video man!

I enjoyed your video, do your research and be safe. Keep up the good work

I'm glad to see this video because I'm a bench jeweler and I have been looking for a good oxy acetylene setup for melting platinum. Thanks!

Cool review, I'm like you, I see something I don't really have a use for but want it. I then buy it and play with it and usually end up being pretty good at using it.

Thank you for the review.. helped a lot

Take a class at your local community college, that’s what I did years ago. They’re fun and addictive! I ended up taking all of them, I can gas, mig, tig and arc weld now. Back then it was just around a $100.00 a semester and supply cards were like $10.00.

Great review! Thanks for sharing

Thanks, I’m on the same boat. I don’t need it, but want it and I can see how it can come in handy once I have it. Thanks for your video, it was very informative for a newbie welder like me.

Thanks for the video, this was helpful

If you become proficient at oxy/acetylene welding, it is a relatively easy transition to TIG welding. Out in farm country, they turned us loose in the metal shop with oxy/acetylene in 7th grade shop class. Pretty sure that doesn't happen anymore. Stay safe and have fun.

I bought mine for the same reason you did. Not that I needed it I just wanted to play with and minor jobs. I love it. I would highly recommend.

Great vid and channel!

GREAT video, thanks

Thx for sharing with us .... You'll get the hang of it in short order ....

right on man Good purchase !!

Thank you for making that good video

Thanks for sharing!

Love the fact that you are trying. I recently started welding with O.A. my self. Quick tip always clean the metal that you are about to weld. I mean really clean it sand it wire brush it what ever you need to do to get it clean. Keep burning my friend.

Nice, i just mine and looking forward to seeing what I can do with it

Good Video! Once you get the hang of it I am sure you will find many uses. 👍

Love your honesty. I had to laugh at the need for new looking bottles though. This setup is great for the small time hobbyist or a trades man that has to schlep the unit around. IE HVAC repair man. Also great if you only use it once or twice a year. Other than that, you need bigger bottles. If you keep practicing your welding, you will find a need for refills far more than you want. Second, that was not a neutral flame there. A neutral flame is longer and is on the verge of turning yellow. This allows the inert gases, water and CO2, to protect the surfaces from oxidizing. The flame you had was excellent for freeing stuck or rusted bolts. Keep up the great work and I did enjoy the video. Thumbs up.

You should do reviews on everything as a greenhorn cuz I had no idea how to use a torch and your video is effing awesome

I bought the larger kit about 10 yrs ago, doesn't get much use, but the regulators and torch have held up well. Think you would be happier with bigger bottles.

Great video!!!!!

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for this.

Handy little kit. When lighting, have just the acetylene on and turn it up until it stops smoking. Then increase the oxygen until you achieve the small cone you want. The torch is much too small for welding that thick stuff. You would need a much bigger nozzle and up the pressures to suit. You also want to get it set up so you are comfortable and able to really stare right into the weld puddle, and feed the rod in. In other words you need to get close up, which takes nerve when you are learning. Keep practicing. Gas welding is a very satisfying process if you can get it right. If someone close by can spend a half hour with you showing you the basics it would pay dividends. For heating things up for dismantling etc it will be very handy. Mart.

Thank you for this video, gave me a great idea if this is worth the money or not. Thanks again

Oxy-Acetylene is great if you have a workshop and can get the big bottles and get a supplier to refill them, buying small bottles tends to cost a lot. If you are going to weld you will need flux on the end of your rod so the metal runs, get the welding area nice and hot first. Acetylene is there to burn the oxygen and keep it alight. The majority of heat derives form the oxygen, by upping the oxygen you up the heat. When it comes to costs there are other options on the market like plasma cutters and 3 in one machines. So you can weld and cut using electric.

Run your acetylene pressure @ 7psi and oxygen 35 or 40 depending on the size of cutting tip and make sure you turn your bottles off when your finished. If you have problems with your regulators or torch you may have trouble finding parts for a H F set up. Be safe and have fun

Not a bad first time. A quick tip when cutting slightly angel the flame in the direction your cutting and it will kept ur metal hot so you don't have to stop every few inches to heat it up to cut. Great video.

Great introduction sir.

excellent video!!

I have to agree with you. When I buy a torch I always look for pretty bottles.

Wow as a 19 year old I know how to weld sorta but I was looking at buying this to cut some stuff off our flatbeds at work but didn’t know how to use it and this video was helpful

Back watching again. I want one of these.

Good review. :)

Good review my friend.

Nice little rig. You should have a fire extinguisher handy whenever you are using it. Hot metal can go flying all over the place and land anywhere. Of course you know not to have any flammable liquids around but even combustibles like cardboard, plastic or a waste basket can easily catch fire with the temperatures you produce. I've seen a few near disasters happen even to seasoned professionals. Enjoy your rig and keep your wits about you whenever you use or store it.

Kick ass you being honest was the best thing about this video and yeah most men we buy tool we might not need then and there but we want it lol

I like your style. your like me, a big kid that likes to play with new stuff!

Keep on learning jster! Those oil be great sills or those growing boys you've got also.

I bought the torch, gauge set in the black carry box a while ago, ($50 back then), and renigged when I found out how much ox & actylene bottles would cost me. So I went back to angle grinders and such and this vid reminded me to sell the unused kit. How about $40? It all looks quite nice and sufficient according to my past years of cutting, welding, and brazing working for John Deere. No hoses or tanks; just the head kit aforementioned.

Safety tip- dont let the slag drop on the concrete or weld with the piece resting on the concrete. Work away from the bottles. Use gloves. Thanks for the review, I am an expert with oxy/fuel. Bad habits will cause serious injury and property damage. Take a course at the community college.

That's cool how you just try new things. I did that with my e-bike build. I've used torchs for 30 years and then used Propylene which is hotter and last longer but you need the torch rig for that. But I'm thinking to use a plasma cutter instead. Their a little more harder to work with but all you need is the plasma cutter with a air compressor. No gas needed.

I don’t know anything about any of this but was just looking at a Lincoln Port A Torch on OfferUp. This looks identical to the Lincoln except it’s red. The Lincoln is black. Currently the Lincoln is actually a little cheaper at Lowes. Weird, thats for sure. Great vid, thanks!

I took classes at local community collage to learn how to weld it was well worth it. The instructors were master welders had a lifetime of experience. This was way back in the 90's when no KZfaq, but even though we have that now It's still best to get good instruction on how to use these. We had a week of safety class before we were even allowed to touch a welder. Gas welders are dangerous the flame can reach 6000F not to mention your working with explosive gases. The college had all kinds of donated equipment we could use once we got checked out.

Thanks.

Right on. You will get the hang of it.

Just remember to NEVER set the acetylene to 15 psi or above. Watch where the flame and sparks are going to prevent fires(been there done that). Good torching.

Great job. Good info. I haven't read any comments, so I don't know if anyone else has told you... Although I've never tried it myself, but I'm 99.9% sure that butter cant cut anything. But it sure is good on biscuits or pancakes or waffles. All jokes aside, I'm like you, when I see an interesting tool that I've never used, I just have to get it & invent a project to use it on. In fact, I tell everyone when we go to a supercenter, keep me away from the tool isles or I'll end up with a mortgage. & shoes... keep me away from the shoe isles too. Hah.

i have used a torch most of my life,i would get a good pair of flip up goggles and even a tinted face shield. i would bet its the same set home cheapo sells as lincoln for alot more

Good video bro

Good stuff.

Yay, it's like sparklers 😊

I'm looking into getting one because I need a way to cut 1/2 Inch plate and 1/4 Inch plate. All I have for metal cutting at the moment is my angle grinder and my chop saw.

Nicely done, though.

I forgot something I was taught this 40 plus years ago. Looking at that setup I don't know if it will work. I was using the standard setup for oxy Acetylene. My oxy bottle was 90 cubic feet. This is still relatively small to the big bottles. The big thing is the hook up for the Acetylene. It should have a left handed male thread end on it. If the hose setup is just like mine, I have a big surprise for you. In stead of getting the Acetylene tank refilled, you can hook that up to your BBQ propane tank. Why is this important? It is much cheaper to get that filled than the Acetylene tank filled and will last longer. 2 down sides. Not as cute as your tank and heavier to move around. Second, propane does not burn as hot. Propane does burn hot enough to do most jobs though.

When you’re cutting use a quarter turn fuel and a half turn oxygen. I’m a ship fitter so I cut with torch’s on 2in plus steel all the time and when I use that it cuts smooth, my pressure usually stays at 40-80 oxygen depending on thickness and 20 propane. But acetylene heats up faster so you probably need less

Acetylene run it about 5 to 7 psi oxygen run it about 20 to 25 been a welder for well over 10 years and those setting always worked for me.

Are the tanks stamped with the appropriate numbers to swap them out at the gas supplier

Hi Jster, You'll love what this can do, maybe less when it comes time to refill... $$$$ lol As for pressure, you can normally set acetylene from 5 to 7 pounds, and oxygen from 15 to 25 pounds, probably around 20 in your case it should cover it all... Good safety item to get are sparks arresters or those one-way valves to help with reverse flow in the hoses... mostly if one of the tank gets low and you didn't pay attention. Never let the acetylene go under 40 psi or oxygen may eventually get into the acetylene tank, you know the rest... Cutting with those is very costly, it's using lots of oxygen... Have fun and watch your frills at the bottom of your fancy jeans, I remember putting off the fire on a couple of guys legs... :) Also, make certain that your insurance company covers welding equipment, I had to deal with that issue myself... Cheers, Pierre