Getting Started/ Oxy-gasoline torch

been welding for 12 years, propane in my experience is ok, but personally prefer acetelyne. But when i do get a torch on the truck i will run propane, its more readily available......ie gas stations, whereas acetelyne is not, can only get it in one place in a 40 mile radius of where i live

Propane allows you to do more cutting for less $$, at least going with our local prices here. I've never really noticed it taking longer on a job than acetylene (we use both at work). One minor thing about propane is that the flame goes out a lot easier than it does with acetylene, so if you do most of your cutting outside in a really windy area, that -might- be enough of an annoyance for you to stick with acetylene. We use acetylene for our smaller torch/bottle set that gets rolled around the yard just for that reason.

I'd be interested in seeing your setups. I just bought a 36" cutting torch off ebay and have a new Harbor Freight oxy/acetalyene torch kit that I plan on using the hoses and regulators with the torch.

Got a line a big 1/2" wall 12" diameter pipe that if I cut up and sell as prep #1 should pay for the whole setup.

What sort of bottle do you guys use? Are you using the small propane cylinders you get at gas stations with this? I want something I can move around easy on a jobsite.