hey all
i too have recently bought a small oxy/acet torch outfit. i seem to be getting the hang of it - i.e. can cut fairly well 1/4" and even 3/4" steel - and i stress "fairly" well [need some more practice].
my question relates to cutting thin metal. i am trying to cut a few designs into some 14ga sheet metal. i knew that my 0-tip would probably be too much of a tip, so i went to get a 000-tip. the shop only had a 00-tip so thats what i came home with. according to my crappy instruction booklet, a 00-tip can handle up to 1/4" steel [which it did, very well]. but when i try it on the 14ga sheet, i couldnt reall "cut" the sheet. i guess the metal was getting too hot and the puddle was melting back together over my cut.
am i just wasting my time here trying to cut 14ga, or do i need a smaller tip? my oxygen pressure was set at about 20 and the acetylene[sp?] at about 4-5.
the design i am going for is not intricate by any means, basically just a few wavy lines. so hopefully i wont be needing a plasma cutter!!!
-Carl
i too have recently bought a small oxy/acet torch outfit. i seem to be getting the hang of it - i.e. can cut fairly well 1/4" and even 3/4" steel - and i stress "fairly" well [need some more practice].
my question relates to cutting thin metal. i am trying to cut a few designs into some 14ga sheet metal. i knew that my 0-tip would probably be too much of a tip, so i went to get a 000-tip. the shop only had a 00-tip so thats what i came home with. according to my crappy instruction booklet, a 00-tip can handle up to 1/4" steel [which it did, very well]. but when i try it on the 14ga sheet, i couldnt reall "cut" the sheet. i guess the metal was getting too hot and the puddle was melting back together over my cut.
am i just wasting my time here trying to cut 14ga, or do i need a smaller tip? my oxygen pressure was set at about 20 and the acetylene[sp?] at about 4-5.
the design i am going for is not intricate by any means, basically just a few wavy lines. so hopefully i wont be needing a plasma cutter!!!
-Carl
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