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Re: Crossfires vs. Cannons
Posted By: oldskool In Response To: Re: Crossfires vs. Cannons (neontek)
Date: Monday, 5 April 2010, at 6:25 a.m.
> *********
> I think it's mostly personal preference...
> and as long as it works for you and your
> finished product is quality "high
> end" work, how you get there isn't a
> big factor.> I prefer a concentrated, high temp. flame
> with alot of room to manuever. 90 percent of
> the time I use a crossfire with extra tall
> "uprights". My sliding base is at
> my groin area and the heads are about at my
> nipples. ( "nuts" to
> "nipples" swing thru working area
> )With the crossfires I get a pretty concise
> flame with high heat and can smoothly weld
> and work 5 - 18mm tubing easily with minor
> flame adjustments. I also tubulate with the
> crossfires from time to time. I have found
> this to be the best "all around"
> workhorse for me. Yes, it is also what I
> learned on.> Oldskools method seems like a good one, but
> i have never liked the third flame from
> below. One reason is because i like to be
> able to swing thru the "uprights"
> with odd shaped glass at times. Secondly, I
> hate any type of "cumbersome
> clutter", which is the feeling i got
> with that type of set-up.> I also have a fishtail head setup. Yes,
> without a doubt, this precise knifelike
> flame works best for welding and small
> diameter tubing.> For large diameter tubing 15mm and up, I
> also made a 4 head (2 per side) cannon
> cross-fire from an old 5pt crossfire. I just
> plugged three of the tapped holes on each
> manifold. A bit "overkill"... but
> if you want heat !> Tony D.
The 4 head set-up sounds very cool....now I have something to do with my old crossfire set!
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