My kid bought me a new torch outfit for Christmas and I just got around to hookin it all up and it sucks. The cutting head has hairline cracks in the brazing where the tubes meet the tip and angle down so the gas doesn't blend right. Store won't take it back because we don't have the receipt anymore. So I want to keep the hose and regulators but buy a real Victor head and handle to go on them. The issue is that I can't find any specs to show which Victor models will fit these hoses.

What I have is a Hobart "Victor Style" handle number 142T and cutting attachment model number 142C. So how can I go about findin which Victors will fit. I know I can go to the local gas shop and they can set me right up but I feel to guilty to do that cause I can't afford to buy from them.

 

Tell your son to quit being a cheap *** and get you good ones J/K


Your just in need of the actual torch thats it?? I dont think there is really a difference in the hose sizes for each torch...but im just trying to remember here at work if our old torch had smaller hoses then the new bigger torch

 

My old torches had a bigger hose on them I think. Seems like it anyway but it's been a while since mother nature hauled all that stuff off to the land of Oz so I may be wrong.

 

how i am taking what im reading on a bunch of different sites... any "victor style" kit is compatible with victor torches. and i dont think there is a difference in hose sizes either i could be wrong though. but i think they are 1/4" ID hoses... i donno if that really helps you out or not

 

Still stumped here if anybody has any ideas. Lookin through some Victor dealer sites it states what models they are compatible with so they must not all be the same size.

Wonder if i could get adapters that would let me use a heavier duty handle with the hoses I have.

 

I could be wrong here, but i belive the hoses are pretty much a uniform size these days. the hose i.d. is about 1/4, while the fitting are 3/8 O2, and 3/8 fuel.

 

The hose says 3/16 on it, don't know what the fittings are.

 

Hmmmm... weird. Well I am going to my shop tonight I can put my caiplers on my torch fittings and see what they are for ya. Otherwise I get the Victor journyman kits. Nice set-up they are.

 

Hobart Weldit Oxy-Acetylene Gas Welding Hose, 25 ft x 3/16 in - 3895828 | Tractor Supply Company are these the hoses you have?

 

Hey Bubba, I put the calipers on my victor torch and the outside of the threads measured 9/16", so if that cheap torch you got measures that, you should be in business