Torch handle hot

[do...@tmstechsys.com]

Is it normal for an oxy-acetylene torch handle to get hot? When welding with
pressures at 5 and 5 psi and a No. 5 tip, after a few minutes, the handle
gets quite warm. I can hold it with a glove, but I wonder...

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do...@tmstechsys.com wrote:

> Is it normal for an oxy-acetylene torch handle to get hot? When
> welding with pressures at 5 and 5 psi and a No. 5 tip, after a few
> minutes, the handle gets quite warm. I can hold it with a glove, but
> I wonder...

It shouldn't get so hot you need a glove, I don't think. For a Victor
#5, I'd boost the pressures a bit, up to around 7 lbs. This might help.
Also-- be sure you're opening just the acetylene at first until you get a
nearly smokeless, bushy flame and then adding oxygen for a neutral fire.
Are you using the small, aircraft-style torch (with the valves in front,
rather than behind your hand)? They get quite a bit hotter than the
larger ones, and a 5 is a big tip for one of those. If it takes a glove to
hold it after just a few minutes, though, I think something's wrong. Does
it *sound* normal?

--Mike

[do...@tmstechsys.com]

It's a Harris No. 5 with the valves behind the hand. I'll watch the acetylene
flame as you describe and see if that helps.
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> Is it normal for an oxy-acetylene torch handle to get hot? When welding
with
> pressures at 5 and 5 psi and a No. 5 tip, after a few minutes, the
handle
> gets quite warm. I can hold it with a glove, but I wonder...
>
>