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I use Bennets car parts in tottenham for Argon and o2.
http://www.bennetts.com/p0/sgs-welding-gas/418334.htm
Just pay bottle deposit, no rental.
I also use London Gases for propane, again no deposit and they come and collect deliver free of charge.
BOC are a rip off if you aren't using much gas.
Also, i think Oxy Propane is just as good, if not better than Acetylene for brazing/silver soldering, gets plenty hot and is cleaner/less sooty. A lot easier to get hold of propane without a bottle rental too..
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Yes, far fewer soot bogies with propane ;)
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Also, i think Oxy Propane is just as good, if not better than Acetylene for brazing/silver soldering, gets plenty hot and is cleaner/less sooty. A lot easier to get hold of propane without a bottle rental too..
I agree. I am solely on propane now. I have much better fillets and virtually no pin holes.
Only reason I would go back to Acetylene would be to try a Gasfluxer system. Unless they can be set up with propane as well.
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Hulsroy
BOC account /bottle rental = really spenny.
Every year I forget to cancel my account, and wince when the invoice arrives.
For the 'hobbyist', I believe there is a mob in Dartford that does the gas, and you just pay a refundable deposit on the bottles, rather than a rental.
Does mean going to dartford though......