[Jewelry making - Article 00213] - Re: [Orchid] Acetyline/air vs. prop/oxy

[bericho1]

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    Hi Diane: I use acetylene/air exclusively.  I've done everything you
    mentioned except to work with gold.  The only gold work I have done
    was done using Oxy/acetylene in a mentors studio.  I work primarily
    in silver, brass, and copper and can do and have done very fine work
    using the acteylene/air torch. In 12 years of using it, I have only
    had it produce soot once, though I've heard others have more of a
    problem with this. If you plan on doing a lot of gold work or working
    with platinum, you will probably want to have oxy/acetylene or
    oxy/propane.  Otherwise, you'd probably be fine with acetylene/air. 

Perhaps others have different views.
K 

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