Victor torch tip part number meaning? (2023 Update)

I picked up an older Victor 100 type handle with cutting torch attachment. It's a nice kit. It has 2 cutting torch tips with it, both numbered 1-5-101. I figure the first bit, the leading '1', means it is a No. 1 tip. Almost every Victor tip I see has the last bit, the '101', don't know what that means. It's the middle part, '5' in this case, that makes no sense to me.

Anyone know what these numbers mean for sure?

GWE

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Grant Erwin
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Anyone know what these numbers mean for sure?

GWE

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R. Zimmerman

Not for sure. My handy-dandy Victor Cutting Tip Chart says it's for "tip series 1-101, 3-101, and 5-101." Then it proceeds to list the tip sizes --

000 through 8 -- for all three series together.

My guess is that the middle number is the torch series -- 1, 3, or 5 -- and indicates the tip thread or body size. But I don't know.

-- Ed Huntress

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Ed Huntress

101 is the series number..or the model number as it were.

the 101 model is the most common we see in use, but there are bigger and smaller ones out there.

Gunner

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire. Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us) off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the shit out of you for torturing the cat." Gunner

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Gunner Asch

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btw...I failed to mention that the 101..ie 100 series is for the torch Handle..the accessories are also numbered x-101 etc

Gunner

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire. Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us) off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the shit out of you for torturing the cat." Gunner

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Gunner Asch

Hi,

Is the tip a Victor tip? After I read your message I checked the tips at work. 4 different brands and 4 different ways of stamping the size on the tip. One was the same as Victor (size-1-101) one was (1-101-size) One had No.size below the 1-101. Another just had the size below the 1-101.

The only thing consistent was the series/type (1-101).

What brand is your tip.

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glensmith

The tip I'm looking at has 2 lines of stampings. The first line says "VICTOR" and the second line says "1-5-101".

I now know it's a type 5 style 101 size 1 Victor tip, fits very few torch attachments, only comes in sizes 0,1,2. I was only interested in Victor cutting torch stuff because many of their cutting torches have tips in sizes as small as

000 (in fact they have the smallest cutting torch tips I know of). I have Airco tips as big as I will ever need, bet I could scrap out the Golden Gate Bridge easily if they wanted me to, but cutting 1/8" steel with a 00 tip on my Airco torch I still get some melting on the sides. I'm going to special order a type 124 tip in size 00 and see if the low preheat tip works any better.

Victor seems downright stingy with their technical data compared to Concoa (Airco).

Grant

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Grant Erwin

replying to Grant Erwin, Gman00 wrote: No 1 means the size of tip 5 is number of holes and 101 means utility

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Gman00

replying to Grant Erwin, Gman00 wrote: No 1 means the size of tip 5 is number of holes and 101 means utility

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Gman00

replying to Gman00, James Jackson wrote: That's incorrect. 1-5-101. 1 is the orifice size, bigger the number the bigger the orifice which generates more heat. 5 is the series, not the number of holes it has, if that were the case my 0-3-101 would have 3 holes instead of 7.

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James Jackson

replying to Gman00, James Jackson wrote: That's incorrect. 1-5-101. 1 is the orifice size, bigger the number the bigger the orifice which generates more heat. 5 is the series, not the number of holes it has, if that were the case my 0-3-101 would have 3 holes instead of 7.

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James Jackson

This is an old thread I know. I the first number is the orifice size as stated. The bigger the number, the bigger the hole. Second number is the series of torch it fits, 3 being the medium duty, 1 being heavy duty. Don't know what 5 is but perhaps light duty. The last 3 digit number is fuel type, 101 is acetylene, 303 is natural gas and propane. I've also seen GPN instead of 303.

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Farmer Rob

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