Australian welding torch

I remember these,and they were very good , they use very low ga

pressures and take advantage of better flame mixes,last i heard of them they ha been bought out by a USA concern,not many tradesmen used them as norma gear was cheaper and faster ,this was considered to be a craftsman tool being slower and capable of doing delicate work.but oh my :eek: they certainly have increased in price

-- olmo

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Oh, the Henrob! I've asked in RCM about it. And the answers are *very* different. From "I used it once and then never again" to "It is fantastic!".

Don't forget that the weldor (or is that US-speek?) on the video is *really* skilled!

Nick

But it's a really nicely made piece of kit, & does the job well. Comes with heaps of accessories too. I can recommend it from personal experience with it.

I'd really like to try it out! But investing such an amount of money (400 ... 500 EUR, IIRC) is quite risky. The claim that the flame has a lower gas speed is quite promising.

Here in Europe, the only dealer is located in Sweden. Too far for me for an real life test.

Nick

I just remembered that they used to supply a sheetmetal heatshield tha

fitted over the front just forward of the handgrip for those hotte jobs as you are not far away from the flame

-- olmo

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Yes, that comes in the standard kit box - if anyone is interested, I can take a picture of the box & put up a link somewhere.

I'm no whizz with a torch, but I can report that I got absolutely nowhere trying to weld thin Al alloy (motorcycle engine cover) with my Dillon Mk3 (precursor to the identical Henrob, made in Switzerland!) Could be because the recommended method for adjusting gas pressures, in the absence of low pressure gauges, is perhaps not accurate enough? Then again, I saw with my own eyes, a demo where the man made welding a Coke can look like child's play.

Didn't the origonals come with low pressure regulator

-- olmo

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I don't know - mine's a Dillon Mk III. The instruction booklet describes how to adjust pressure without low pressure regulator. It's a bit dramatic, with big flame for a while.