First time I saw one of those was in the 1970's (yeah, I'm old) guy working for my dad had one (bless you Ernie I learned a lot from you), he used it to true up the end of 16-inch 0.219 wall well casing (before that we used a torch and soapstone marker). Just add more chain and it could cut almost any diameter steel pipe. His used combine or thresher machine chain not roller chain (much easier to add and subtract links). Add a couple of rollers to your pipe stands and you'll really have something.
You aren't the only one who buys tools in advance of when you need them and getting something at a bargain price is always good. I picked up a demonstration small wood lathe a few years ago that was incomplete and had no tools. I got some wood turning tools on eBay and once I get my new shop finished, I'll set it up and have a go with it. I did woodwork in school, but I never used a wood lathe, so like you, this will be a first for me.
That worked out kind of slick. I have not seen one of those machines before. I am glad that your brother was able to give you some help. Just when you said little brother I was thinking big brother. 😂😂😂😂😂😂 You always have something interesting going on. Thanks for the video.
josh just a good tip next time grind out the seam before you make the cut. and maby run the torch around one fast time and burn the paint off you will get a better cleaner cut. nice tool you have there.
Used one of these in New Zealand back in the 80s....They were common on the site of the oil refinery build. The ones we used were called a "Pipe Mate"..... cleanest cut is if you turn off the acetylene once the cut is established and just use oxygen......
That is a very interesting and clever machine. Really great that you bought it in advance not knowing what you would use it for first. Thanks for sharing and greetings to your brother.
What piece of which city's water supply does that chunk of tube represent. Im sure the pretty blue colour says a lot. Neat tool. Now you need the straight rails and circle cutter to go with it. Thanks for the video .
Hey Josh if you need a better quality cut you can grind the seam down flush and the machine won’t hop as it crosses over it. If you run your torch closer to the machine you won’t get the shake out at the torch.
It really wasn't an issue on the seam. We slowed it thinking it would be a problem, but it blew right through. The reason for the torch being so far out is the angle of the torch. That far out was how it cleared the main unit.
Good video! I have to cut 12” Sch 20 pipe sometimes, a tool like that would be handy, but for 12” it works OK to use 1/8” plastic sheet wrapped around the pipe and strapped as a guide for the plasma cutter. As an interesting side note, the Dakota Access Pipeline passes hardly a mile from me and it is built with 30” pipe like you have there. Most is 12” thick, under roads and bodies of water it is 5/8” thick.
I used theas back as iron worker i was aprentice at the time so i wasent that involved wish i paid more attention to old guy who was seting it up .the one we used went on track
@@TopperMachineLLC Just looked a bit on the fierce side Josh.... To give you an idea.....1/64th nozzle will get through upto 12mm on acetylene.....maybe a bit less on propane.... I'm not sure what was in that but it were bigger than 1/64th.... Great videos I like watching... 🇬🇧😐
That Josh was inspiring......talk about something being the cat's meowwww...woo hoo.....excellent excellent excellent.....who needs to use a plasma cutter when u can cut like this...and with propane !!!!!! Now I'm gonna have to find and get one..... Don
before you continue with the smoker look up Aaron Franklin, Franklin BBQ Austin Texas, he has some videos he did on building an offset smoker, larger ones like this, he is one of the greats in Texas style smoking bbq,
Not sure if things will get better (they usually don't) but Praxair has merged with Linde. Your best bet for industrial gas suppliers is to find a Mom and Pop supplier in your area.
Everything I was ever taught about torching was thrown out the window when I started this setup. It's amazing how hand torching is taught to crank the heat and cut, but machine torching is totally different. Whole new learning experience, that is ongoing. But it sure is fun to learn you were taught wrong and start over.
Hey Josh nice toy i wounder if you could use a plasma torch on your trolly also can that be used on flat planes . Another good video also that was a nice cut . JM
If you happen to start doing a lot of cutting with this pipe cutter I think you should put a mill axis drive on it so you don’t have to keep winding the handle well that is what I would do
It's not that bad. These are made for field work with no power available. They do make a drive unit, but it's not worth the expense for something I would use rarely.
I don't, but the more I play with the torch and adjust the settings the more efficient I have gotten it. Surprising very little O2 and Propane has been consumed.
Would you have enough footage edited out of this video to make another video showing how to set up and adjust the machine. Its an ingenious machine and maybe others would be interested,
@@TopperMachineLLC Good stuff, my friend is a live main welder called a hot tap. I spend some time at his shop watching them make all sorts of manifolds in 36" down to 2" Like you I like turning handles and making chips lol
Also point the torch slightly towards the direction you are cutting. Even when cutting bevels.
Does your customer have a whole Bison 🦬 to smoke!!!, big enough.
Great tool for the occasional job Josh.
Thanks for sharing.
Pretty nice machine Josh and Matt Hope you had fun with each other doing this job
Great demonstration of a new tool! Glad you were able to have your brother over and help out as well.
That was a big job cutting the 30" pipe, But a "big" little brother to help and a very useful machine made the job easy.
First time I saw one of those was in the 1970's (yeah, I'm old) guy working for my dad had one (bless you Ernie I learned a lot from you), he used it to true up the end of 16-inch 0.219 wall well casing (before that we used a torch and soapstone marker). Just add more chain and it could cut almost any diameter steel pipe. His used combine or thresher machine chain not roller chain (much easier to add and subtract links). Add a couple of rollers to your pipe stands and you'll really have something.
Saw that tool in use all the time when doing "as-built" pipeline surveying in '70s.
Looks like the right tool for the job. Thanks for the video.
Hey Josh that’s a great tool I hope we get to see more of the smoker build great mixture of content on your channel thanks
You aren't the only one who buys tools in advance of when you need them and getting something at a bargain price is always good. I picked up a demonstration small wood lathe a few years ago that was incomplete and had no tools. I got some wood turning tools on eBay and once I get my new shop finished, I'll set it up and have a go with it. I did woodwork in school, but I never used a wood lathe, so like you, this will be a first for me.
That is a cool machine. I would have had to of just parted it off in my lathe and that big piece falling off would have sure been interesting!
I've done that before. Had to be creative on holding the cut piece so it wouldn't drop.
@@TopperMachineLLC 😄
That worked out kind of slick. I have not seen one of those machines before. I am glad that your brother was able to give you some help. Just when you said little brother I was thinking big brother. 😂😂😂😂😂😂 You always have something interesting going on. Thanks for the video.
Hello Josh and Matt
Very good torcher Machine, excellent work sir.
A machine well worth the expense. Does a very clean cut. Thanks for the video.
Great video Josh, keep'um coming.
That is one cool tool!
I love all your handling equipment . Good old kit
Thanks mate. Top little machine
josh just a good tip next time grind out the seam before you make the cut. and maby run the torch around one fast time and burn the paint off you will get a better cleaner cut. nice tool you have there.
Used one of these in New Zealand back in the 80s....They were common on the site of the oil refinery build. The ones we used were called a "Pipe Mate"..... cleanest cut is if you turn off the acetylene once the cut is established and just use oxygen......
Interesting. Never thought of that.
That is a very interesting and clever machine. Really great that you bought it in advance not knowing what you would use it for first. Thanks for sharing and greetings to your brother.
That is the coolest thing I have seen in a while, and I work at NASA!
Great video, keep them coming.
Just wait for this Fridays video.
Great video awesome tool thanks
What piece of which city's water supply does that chunk of tube represent. Im sure the pretty blue colour says a lot. Neat tool. Now you need the straight rails and circle cutter to go with it. Thanks for the video .
Hey Josh if you need a better quality cut you can grind the seam down flush and the machine won’t hop as it crosses over it. If you run your torch closer to the machine you won’t get the shake out at the torch.
It really wasn't an issue on the seam. We slowed it thinking it would be a problem, but it blew right through. The reason for the torch being so far out is the angle of the torch. That far out was how it cleared the main unit.
I was thinking fully automated...cordless drill strapped to roller frame , would be fun to see :)
Good video! I have to cut 12” Sch 20 pipe sometimes, a tool like that would be handy, but for 12” it works OK to use 1/8” plastic sheet wrapped around the pipe and strapped as a guide for the plasma cutter. As an interesting side note, the Dakota Access Pipeline passes hardly a mile from me and it is built with 30” pipe like you have there. Most is 12” thick, under roads and bodies of water it is 5/8” thick.
I used theas back as iron worker i was aprentice at the time so i wasent that involved wish i paid more attention to old guy who was seting it up .the one we used went on track
yeah, I thought that was pretty slick
Next cut just try backing the heat off a bit I thought it looked like it was running a bit fierce was that...
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I have such little experience with machine torches, so this has been quite a learning experience.
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Just looked a bit on the fierce side Josh....
To give you an idea.....1/64th nozzle will get through upto 12mm on acetylene.....maybe a bit less on propane....
I'm not sure what was in that but it were bigger than 1/64th....
Great videos
I like watching...
🇬🇧😐
That Josh was inspiring......talk about something being the cat's meowwww...woo hoo.....excellent excellent excellent.....who needs to use a plasma cutter when u can cut like this...and with propane !!!!!! Now I'm gonna have to find and get one.....
Don
I've wanted to play with this thing for a while and I was quite impressed. I may fit the plasma torch to it yet, but this worked slick.
Really neat tool Josh, Congrats!👍👍
I am surprised you haven't hooked up a DC motor with a hand jog wheel to it yet LOL.
That would be moving towards CNC. And I'm totally against that. Lol
Hi Josh. Going to a tip larger than needed is probably the cause of the dross.
I have since been working with the torch and learning more about them. Never did precision work with one and just the occasional torching.
before you continue with the smoker look up Aaron Franklin, Franklin BBQ Austin Texas, he has some videos he did on building an offset smoker, larger ones like this, he is one of the greats in Texas style smoking bbq,
We have his book. Not great for dimensions, but a good starting point.
Cool tool! (btw the better smokers have the stack and firebox on the same side)
Building how the customer wants it. As is the usually case, do what they want,not what I know works.
@@TopperMachineLLC of course!
Not sure if things will get better (they usually don't) but Praxair has merged with Linde. Your best bet for industrial gas suppliers is to find a Mom and Pop supplier in your area.
It got worse with the merger. I've moved on completely to a much better supplier
Could it be adapted to use a plasma cutter?
One way I cut down on slag is use a 00 tip and run oxygen at 75psi. Still get a little slag but sure is a lot less than what I see here.
Everything I was ever taught about torching was thrown out the window when I started this setup. It's amazing how hand torching is taught to crank the heat and cut, but machine torching is totally different. Whole new learning experience, that is ongoing. But it sure is fun to learn you were taught wrong and start over.
You need to mount a drill drive to that thing to avoid carpel tunnel.
Best to make a first past preheating pass just like you were making the cut. Oxygen on. This will burn off any coating and insure a clean cut.
would that work on plate also?
Hey Josh nice toy i wounder if you could use a plasma torch on your trolly also can that be used on flat planes . Another good video also that was a nice cut . JM
I can, and probably eventually will do that. But the torch works great, and I finally have a reliable and competent gas supplier.
@@TopperMachineLLC on a other note i received one of your work shirts looks good I'm going to wash it and probably order a cupel more . JM
Josh, could you add a feed motor from a scrapped milling machine to avoid the requirement for all the hand cranking?
I could, but it is not needed. It cranks super easy and keeps you near the cut to make sure everything is going well.
@@TopperMachineLLC I was really thinking it would make one person operations easier.
If you happen to start doing a lot of cutting with this pipe cutter I think you should put a mill axis drive on it so you don’t have to keep winding the handle well that is what I would do
It's not that bad. These are made for field work with no power available. They do make a drive unit, but it's not worth the expense for something I would use rarely.
Very nice tool. Do you know how much oxygen the cuts used? I guess PSI drop and tank size identifies the amount used.
I don't, but the more I play with the torch and adjust the settings the more efficient I have gotten it. Surprising very little O2 and Propane has been consumed.
That's your "little" brother? Your big brother isn't a lumberjack with a pet blue ox by any chance? :)
Would you have enough footage edited out of this video to make another video showing how to set up and adjust the machine. Its an ingenious machine and maybe others would be interested,
I do not, but maybe be using it again in the future.
Pretty neat...now invent an electric motor drive for it.
I thought you would leave a land on the bevel Josh as with weld prep you leave a land not a sharp edge.
I've never worked in pipe, so that is something I didn't know. Good information. For this application, the sharp edge will be fine.
@@TopperMachineLLC Good stuff, my friend is a live main welder called a hot tap.
I spend some time at his shop watching them make all sorts of manifolds in 36" down to 2" Like you I like turning handles and making chips lol
Get another dc motor put pipe on rollers ,drive pipe .
Your tip is too close.very good tool
Yes, I've been relearning everything I was ever taught about torching. Machine torches are a whole different process from hand torching.
It needs a motor.
I do not think that the little brother needed the stinking instructions to set it up.
He had never run one and has little experience with a cutting torch. So, yes he did need the instructions.
check out IC weld on you tube