Re: [MBZ] Opinions on Eastwood Cobra torch?

2020-07-22 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Yes, I have the Henrob torch, have used it a lot, but recently replaced it with the Meco Midget which I find easier to use in tight quarters - like welding up tube clusters in a fuselage. I have the complete kit, but have never used the cutting torch. If I were starting again, I'd just buy the

Re: [MBZ] Opinions on Eastwood Cobra torch?

2020-07-22 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On Wed, July 22, 2020 10:20 am, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > Answered my own question, apparently alumalloy rod with a MAP gas torch > is the way to go. I'll probably have to get some aluminum sheet too. They make low temp filler rod that's like brazing aluminum, you do it below the temp

Re: [MBZ] Opinions on Eastwood Cobra torch?

2020-07-22 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Answered my own question, apparently alumalloy rod with a MAP gas torch is the way to go. I'll probably have to get some aluminum sheet too. I should also make a boat cart, dragging the boat on its keel is just going to recreate the problem... The boat only goes in the water 2-3 times a year

Re: [MBZ] Opinions on Eastwood Cobra torch?

2020-07-22 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
That reminds me. I've got an aluminum skiff at camp thats all busted up around the drain plug. I see that its been epoxied in the past but has been dragged on the keel so much that the epoxy has failed. I feel like epoxy is a bad choice for that spot since it does get dragged on the keel. Any

Re: [MBZ] Opinions on Eastwood Cobra torch?

2020-07-22 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Uh uh uh!  Oooh yah, that looks like fun! Max Dillon Charleston SC Jul 21, 2020 11:31:05 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes : > Anyone seen this video, or better yet have experience with this torch? > > Looks like a very nice way to weld or braze, but then again, it's an ad. > >

Re: [MBZ] Opinions on Eastwood Cobra torch?

2020-07-22 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Ahhh... the internet has everything... Here is an old video for the original manufacturer, and this is the torch that I had and loved to weld with. As you watch a bit of the video, you will see it is what Eastwood is now selling under their own name.. Buy one, with all the accessories, you will

Re: [MBZ] Opinions on Eastwood Cobra torch?

2020-07-22 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q7UyYKkX7M=emb_rel_end The Henrob torch... On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 11:20 PM G Mann wrote: > Ahhh... the internet has everything... Here is an old video for the > original manufacturer, and this is the torch that I had and loved to weld > with. > As you watch a

Re: [MBZ] Opinions on Eastwood Cobra torch?

2020-07-21 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Apparently Eastwood bought out an earlier manufacturer. I first used the original version over 45 years ago and bought it on the spot at a manufacturers tent display at Oshkosh EAA flyin. Owned and used it with all the deluxe attachments that came with it or were available later. Absolutely loved

[MBZ] Opinions on Eastwood Cobra torch?

2020-07-21 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Anyone seen this video, or better yet have experience with this torch? Looks like a very nice way to weld or braze, but then again, it's an ad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kdSwyZRctQ Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives