Originally Posted by
PistoneScrapProcessing
I hate to break it to the people reading this or trying to assemble a thread one quote is gonna kill it. "Your either a burner or a learner." It's like asking me to weld I couldn't do it. Drive an 18 wheeler nope can't drive stick. I can learn it but does that mean I am gonna be able to do it. It's not all about the torch. Its about your setup and your gases and who's operating it. There's way to many variables to the equation to answer the questions proposed. You got gases to worry about, lines, head pressure, etc all affecting your tonnage output. The only thing that's going to answer your question is experience and using every torch ever produced to know what works for you. I am sure I will hurt someone's feelings on this thread when I tell them Harris and victor make junk torches. If you want a Harris or victor just buy the knock off flame tech junk it's all the same. They use junk heads and the solder doesn't hold up to intense heat. Using junk solder is going to mean its gonna spend time in the repair shop. Making junk seals for your triggers yup there good at that to. Mixing gases in the head or tubes yeah its 2014 figure out how to tip mix. Brass heads and were melting metal really??? I would rather pay more to get a torch that never needs repaired and I can use it as a baseball bat if I wanted to. Sorry about the rant but really there things to consider when choosing a torch.