[Jewelry making - Article 01009] - Re: [Orchid] Natural gas

[James Binnion]

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Kevin,

    	I have used a Meco Midget torch with natural gas from a standard
    house type gas line (normal house pressure is 11" W.C. which is
    about 1/2 psi) when I was at the Revere Academy it works fine for
    soldering small jewelry size items but is not enough volume of gas
    to work on large items or to cast. Some business do get high
    pressure natural gas delivery but you would need to have a new line
    brought in and this would involve permits, trenching and plumbers
    and $ so using natural gas to cast is not normally an option. There
    are natural gas compressors that take in gas at normal line pressure
    and compress it to about 60 psi and store it in a small tank these
    systems are in the low thousands of dollars price range and used
    most often by folks who can't for either legal or insurance reasons
    have high pressure or high volume gas tanks on site. -- Jim Binnion 

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