Henrob Welding Torch.

Anyone had any experience with the Henrob Welding Torch ( originally known as the Dillon and to-day as the Cobra).
These were demonstrated and sold at field days some time years ago, have not seen them at field days in later years although they are still
available in Australia. They are made in the USA.

Had no personal experience of them, other than seeing a demonstration of a bloke welding up an old jam tin.
Salesman/ demonstrator lost me when he boasted they (Henrob) would weld a razor blade to a banana skin!
Dave_64

Always thought the claims were a bit suss. In any event the advent of affordable mig welders, and even tig if you are clever, plus the cost of bottle rental, has put gas welding on the outer as far as the home mechanic is concerned.

mammoth wrote: Always thought the claims were a bit suss. In any event the advent of affordable mig welders, and even tig if you are clever, plus the cost of bottle rental, has put gas welding on the outer as far as the home mechanic is concerned.

Can't help with the henrob, but buying your bottles outright certainly goes a long way towards keeping expense
down especially for a conservative user. Once you own the bottle you only pay for the gas refill, my E size mig
is $180.00 to refill.

Used to see them demonstrating Dillon torches at car shows, poke some holes in a coke can then weld it up. I never had any coke cans with holes in them so I never bought the torch.

I bought my Dillon at the '86 Boat Show , have never regretted doing so ,even though it was a bluddy expensive bit of kit.

My Mig has replaced most of the gas welding I used to do, but for brazing ,alloy repair and siver solder type work it's the ducks guts

It comes into its own when used for cutting really accurate complex compoud curves with near nill heat distortion or damage to surrounding panels etc. then change the tip and cut some 3/8" plus plate

As it runs on really low pressure settings , a bottle of gas lasts Much longer than with a conventional torch

Way back ,before I developed alcoholics shake ,and didn't
require a pair of glasses to find the front door , I replicated the salesmans claims with reasonable success. It does require a bit of practice , and a bit of retraining if your familiar with a gas axe due to the different technique used

As for the razor blade and banana skin I failed the challenge , as soon as the banana started smoking I was lost back in me Hippie Youth and singing Mellow Yellow to myself

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