Turbo 90 welding set

[Michael CallaghanParticipant @michaelcallaghan68621]

Hi, as anyone used one of these sets for silver soldering a small boiler. If so how did you get on with it.

[OldironParticipant @oldiron]

From remembering back to earlier posts IIRC there is not much heat from these little sets. Not sure who but someone said they had to resort to a blowlamp to increase the heat input. I suppose it depends on how small the job is.

[Bill PhinnParticipant @billphinn90025]

I wouldn’t buy one for small boiler work. In fact I wouldn’t buy one for any purpose; they’re terrible value for money and the tiny oxygen supply will be gone in a quarter of the time it takes to use up the fuel gas (assuming it’s not acetylene, which it won’t be, in the UK at any rate).

If you think you’ll need oxy-fuel equipment in the longer term, secondhand, good-as-new oxy-fuel set-ups, often with a range of nozzles, can be had for very little money. For small to medium work, a secondhand oxygen concentrator will supply your O2 needs.

[noel shelleyParticipant @noelshelley55608]

The single commonest fault in making a boiler, even a small one, is not having enough heat ! You can always turn down a big burner but if it’s too small your stuck. What you have mentioned is fine for small components or jewellery but not boiler making.  Noel.

[jon hill 3Participant @jonhill3]

They don’t look too terrible, apparently sold to roofers for lead welding.  What sort of price is the bottle replacement cost? This is normally the killer for anything other than occasional use.

Of coarse it depends on what size tasks are under taken, has the user got a reasonably good brazing hearth or refractory brick enclosure?

I remember seeing a small 5 sided enclosure which would minimise heat loss and therefor save on gas something like this:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/286386829732

The same thing could be made from vermiculite from any woodburner supply shop but at this price probably not worth the hassle.

Jon

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