Fyi, acetylene is hard to get following an explosion of the main
production facility earlier this year.
http://www.wdrb.com/story/14432197/carbide-industries-operates-differently-following-fatal-explosion
Most LWS are rationing their supplies and/or have long since run out,
I'm told. Plant won't be back online until next year. Oxygen/gasoline
would seem to make a lot more sense.
In my experience with filling MIG and TIG cylinders, gas suppliers'
rules are totally arbitrary and make zero sense. Some places would or
wouldn't fill certain tanks, and prices are all over the map, too. I get
my 150 ft argon tanks filled practically for free, $15, but other places a
few miles away charge an arm and a leg. You'll have to make some calls to
see which can be filled, and for how much.
On Fri, 23 Sep 2011, Scott Hall wrote:
> So a local guy has some 200 c.f. oxygen bottles. I'm going to buy them so I
> don't have to rent them. He's also got an 80 c.f. acetylene bottle he
> offered me. I'm checking to see if the local place will exchange it, but
> provided it will, is it worth buying the 80 c.f. over renting a 200 c.f.
> tank?
>
> It's not the cost I'm thinking about so much as having to constantly re-fill
> the 80 c.f. tank. I'll have two 200 c.f. oxygen bottles, so I could go a
> good long time on those. I know I'll use more oxygen than acetylene, but I
> don't remember how much.
>
> Should I keep the 200 c.f. rental, or swap it out for the 80 c.f. I buy
> (provided they'll swap that one).
>
> Thanks.
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