Quote Originally Posted by ScrapmanIndustries View Post
Yeah I did a few of em at the Yard I worked at. If you get good with a torch you can do one in a day or two. But they require a lot of labor. which is why you see so many of them stockpiled at most of the yards that take them. Mthomasdev What pressures did you have your regulators set at, and what gas were you using? junk yard torch cutting is easy once you get the setup right. you're taking it all to be either shred up or melted down anyway so the best advice I can give there is Propane is cheaper than Acetylene, and once you start cutting you should be more worried about getting a complete cut than a straight line when cutting scrap. Also If you don't own your own cylinders yet you can run a torch off of a gas grill tank of propane if you have the right fittings.
If I remember right, I was running 40 to 45 / 10 with a 0 tip. It was acetylene. I wasn't worried about straight cuts. It just seemed to work better when I had a guide. Probably just got lucky on that one and had everything dialed in perfectly.