Metal cutting - oxyfuel cutting, plasma cutting, machining, grinding, and other preparatory work.
jwmacawful
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where i come from (n.y.c.) a rosebud is an oxy~acetylene tip or attachment that's used to pre-heat weld joints or heating material prior to bending or forging. the air only torch used in sweating plumbing and/or refrigeration lines is called a turbo torch. for general burning (up to 5" thick)and (rosebud) heating i set the oxygen regulator to 40psi and the acetelene to 10psi. for brazing and silver soldering i reduce these settings by half, 20 and 5psi. there is a large propane heating torch used in roofing and general heating jobs that's also called a rosebud. yeah, it's confusing isn't it?
welder57
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i set mine at 40# oxy and 5-7# for general cutting. i found that dropping the oxy to 20# for rosebud operation works well. the setting is usually indicative of the btu rating of the tip. the torch manu. should be helpful like the chart i just saw
rickbreezy
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"oh no you did'nt!!"

haha. :o
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