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just been down to my welding supply shop to exchange my (dads) bottle and they dont do mine anymore its a big grey thing with a purple handle he said there was a place by meadowhall that would do it but thats as specific as he was anyone any clues for me or a number
cheers

Edited by Brett on 26th Oct, 2009.

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Is it a BOC or AP (Air Products) one ???

Both have their depots listed on the web.

If neither, you may have a problem, legislation has been tightened up a lot recently.

BTW, it's a cylinder.... bottles are what milk or beer comes in..... pressurised gas comes in cylinders

Well that's what the man at my BOC depot tells me (and anyone else) if they dare call it a bottle...

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

There's a BOC depo near to meadowhell.

Rod you mistaken - my beer comes in cans

sorry Rod cylinder it is then

its actually Air Liquide witch i have just google'd and found there website where they list one of there 'agents' here-

Premier Welding services (North) Ltd
8 Atlas Way
Atlas North Industrial Estate
Sheffield
Postcode: S4 7QQ
Agent Phone Number: 0114 243 0555

i presume thats the one the chap was talking about ill call them tomorrow
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Air Liquide !!!

Never heard of them, around here it only BOC or AP.

Anyway, power of the internet !!!!

And Andy, if your "beer" comes in cans, it isn't beer, it's Eurofizz....

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

Edited by Brett on 26th Oct, 2009.

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Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

yes its co2 i use, my dads choice ive been welding on co2 for a good 4 years not had much problems i considered argoshield but the costs put me off, there is a yearly contract and then refills ontop i dont think i would use enough gas to make it worth while, is air products the same? charges wise

btw my fire extinguisher is black so i think its game on!! :)

edit, and breath!!

Edited by Brett on 26th Oct, 2009.

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It's true the Argoshield (or pure argon for TIG) is expensive mainly because of the cylinder rental/lease.
A lot of it is the price of applying the legislation on the cylinder certification and routine testing. It's possible the CO2 ones you are using are of a small enough volume and low enough pressure to be exempt (the legislation works on stored energy so Pressure x Volume).
I use enough to make it economic to use the BOC stuff, in fact I've just increased the size of cylinders I use because they are way cheaper prorata on rental and refill.

And for Andy,

Some bottles of beer,
A cylinder of gas,
but no (cans of) Eurofizz.....

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

It's true then Rod, it's just southerners. My little brother moved from up North, down to Norwich, then Whymondham ( he never told me you could spit on specialist compnents workshop from his house ) and now Cambridge. He is a certified twiggy beer drinker.

He has me get his beer now. I can get 16 bottles of assorted badger beer for £14

When I was using CO2 I used to get a fire extinguisher company to refill my (illegal) full size BOC Argoshield bottle with 60 lbs of CO2 at a VERY good rate. I did have to make an adapter so that they could couple their hoses to my cylinder.

just received an email back from a seller on ebay based in Barnsley hes selling a few full cylinders, i asked him what make the cylinders was as its un clear his reply was he can get any make and refill them himself, i might buy one of his for my rifle and get mine filled at the same time for the welder :)

edit: sorry cylinders

Edited by Brett on 26th Oct, 2009.

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well just got off the phone from said company and it turns out we own a stolen cylinder and that we should have an air liquide account i wont be ably to get an exchange untill we rent the cylinder off them so we are fooked lol

just emailed the guy in Barnsley he sounds like a dodge dealer witch is just what i need

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Like I implied earlier, the legislation is getting better and the dodgy outlets closed down.

A large part of the BOC / AP prices is complying with the legislation.

People complain about "nanny state" and generally I agree but, in this case, I would rather see all the "illegal" cylinders off the street.

The amount of stored energy in a gas cylinder is frightening, and if it was acetelyne, doubley frightening...

People who use the "illegal" cylinders do it not only at their own risk, but at the risk of anyone nearby when they are being filled and transported.

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

I'm with Rod on this one:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_y...ire/8327304.stm

It;s not good for anybody when it goes wrong...

i understand that there is a need to monitor and test the cylinders in circulation and that has to be payed for by the end user, untill today i thought it was all above board obviously not
if i can get an exchange now ill get that, explain to the dad about his cylinder and use this black cylinder i have already, i would like a tig next year so ill have no choice but to rent a cylinder untill then i will have to make doo :(

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