Has anyone got an old Henrob Dillon oxy welding torch gathering corrosion/dust in their man cave, these old oxy welding torches had a pistol grip handle instead of the conventional longer handle, with the supply connections in the base of the handle , a trigger button to activate the cutting process, and a few tips and accessories , they worked on low pressure therefore you could weld thin lead sheet with it , used to be a panel beaters tool , before mig and tig welding .
HENROB DILLON OXY WELDING TOCH
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Hi GoldenOldie,
Have a CIG set up, gauges, hoses, cutting torch+ numerous tip, brazing and heating + numerous other related items, gathering dust since I was unable to afford to fill the oxy/acet bottles.
Have a CIG set up, gauges, hoses, cutting torch+ numerous tip, brazing and heating + numerous other related items, gathering dust since I was unable to afford to fill the oxy/acet bottles.
I actually do have one that is only about 5 years old but it's not for sale sorry as I have just loaded all my shed gear into a container.
Cheers
Doug
Cheers
Doug
my search for the HENROB,,, I should have posted that I have the bigger brothers the colt and the comet 2 stuff, the Henrod is a specialised torch , very low pressure to operate and can weld lead sheet , oxy acetylene is available at bunnings one time payment on the bottles and refill are a bit but there is no long tern rent like boc charge see empty bottles everywhere i go boc should take that on board no dough in the bottles its in the gas
Lead welding 
man you've got to be a great lover to do that, a slow hand and a gentle touch, heat the wrong bit for a fraction too long or too little and you're out on the street.
Seriously if that's what you want to do I'd be looking for a good electric soldering iron and doing a bit of practice with that, unless of course you've done lead welding and know what fun it can be 8.(
man you've got to be a great lover to do that, a slow hand and a gentle touch, heat the wrong bit for a fraction too long or too little and you're out on the street.Seriously if that's what you want to do I'd be looking for a good electric soldering iron and doing a bit of practice with that, unless of course you've done lead welding and know what fun it can be 8.(
yep , learnt lead welding in the early 70's , heat control was with the quick hand , a lost art but these days wold be good to replace some of the older flashings, cant used electric , pacemaker, so its back to the past for me
mmmm lead wiping, the true panel beaters art before " BOG " appeared , lead was file finish and it looked like metal,,, who 's got an old Henrob Dillon gathering dust
You can still buy them new.
Cheers
Doug
Cheers
Doug
yes they are sold by cobra equipment in Victoria, $750 new in the box, choose either log or acetylene, with a full set of accessories, the one in the picture is on ebay for $380, its not new , have seen them for sale around the $100 mark, thats what my budget is. It will be a rarely a rarely used item, the colt 22 might do the trick but the secret of the henrob is the gas mixing chamber, thats why the gas operating pressure is 4psi thus not wasting expensive gas. the next choice is to go chinese with an copy of the american victor style torch , that is, it has the gas knobs at the bottom of the handpiece, so theoretical a long mixing chamber , but my research has failed to find any comments on performance , just think I offered the seller $250 and he rejected my offer came back with his counter price, boy, i was over the moon ,what was thinking maybe too many bourbons , it's an oxy welding torch not a gold nugget
Ive got two , one complete set up and one that is just the hand piece , pretty sure you can get the extra nozzles....will have a look tomorrow in the shed if your interested...iamagoldenoldie2 said:
I can stop looking now , Junkdog had one, so I bought it
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