Wonderful. Time to make my own oxygen...

**maui greenstone** · 06-21-2011, 09:38 PM

Just bumpin this thread as I spent 2 1/2 hours driving and $200 on oxy and propane again yesterday, and will most likely have to do again next monday. Let me know when you get more. If it looks like it's gonna be a while, I'll buy the whip and see if i can't score a homefiller from somewhere else. Thanks again drew for pointing out an affordable solution to our problems!

**Albino Sasquatch** · 06-21-2011, 10:17 PM

thanks drew i love mine it helps me not haveing to pay 60$ plus driving to get 02

**maui greenstone** · 06-23-2011, 12:00 AM

Hey drew would your whip work with this unit?

http://www.oxygenplusmedical.com/dev...FQIMbAodkz2uMg

**Bro-crispy** · 06-23-2011, 01:19 AM

I just scored a near-new Homefill II off of Craigslist for $300. Whoop whoop! Totally worth the 3 hour roundtrip drive. One step closer . . . just need the concentrator, whip, and some tanks. All of the concentrators I see on CL are $1000 and up, but I have hope.

I had a liquid tank delivered last week that I'm running off now, and I'd like to make it my last. Stoked. Thanks guys.

**Headdi Retti's Glass Art Studio** · 06-23-2011, 07:07 AM

You can research it Alittle more its been awhile but I remember reading somewhere that the devilbiss ifills basically sux for filling large cylinders, try to stick to the homefill setup or dig up that thread it explained it pretty well..otherwise needless funds can be spent with less than stellar results...

**drew1492** · 06-23-2011, 04:19 PM

I heared that the I fills have a quicker fill rate and a longer life. They do have different connectors though so my whips do not work. If the guy I buy my stuff from ever gets back to me I might pick one up to toy around with, but he is in the process of closing his buisness.

I do have whips available still if anyone needs one.

Im going to start working with my brother who is an engineer and see about manufacturing high pressure compressors that would work better for our needs.

**maui greenstone** · 06-24-2011, 06:19 PM

Just got off the phone with one of the medical suppliers here in hawaii.....they can't sell me any units unless i have a perscription

this means i have to get one by word of mouth or off of craigs list. Maybe i can find a doc to write me one. My brother lives in MN so I think I'll have him look into options there. Feel like the quest for cheap oxygen is like the quest for the holy grail.

**Firekist** · 06-24-2011, 07:12 PM

bwahahahaha... you need a perscription for oxygen. bring in a biology book or something

sheesh.. call shenanigans on them
---seth

**drew1492** · 06-24-2011, 08:28 PM

Maybe go see the same doctor who gives out recomendations for saftey break materials.

**maui greenstone** · 06-25-2011, 01:51 AM

Drew i had that idea too, my script is up for renewal soon anyways

**Mac Maestro** · 06-25-2011, 10:52 AM

Craigslist is the easiest and most obvious place to find them.

Another way is to contact people who buy lots at estate sales. Or people who buy storage lockers that have defaulted on payments. Not sure if that type of stuff goes on where you are, Maui, but I hope you can achieve your O2 holy grail...

**drew1492** · 06-28-2011, 08:46 PM

I have more units available posted in the Vendor Glassafieds

**maui greenstone** · 07-17-2011, 12:55 AM

Finished filling my K tank and it took just over 56 hours. Half a tank at 24 hours. Next step is hooking this up to feed a "tank bank". Time for me to do some research on manifolds and what not. Definately can optimize this system by only filling to 1000-1200psi.

**maui greenstone** · 07-17-2011, 12:57 AM

And thanks again drew. You ROCK man!

**somberbear** · 07-17-2011, 04:59 AM

a high pressure manifold is spendy... ill get pics of mine soon...

i normaly go to this catalog. get the numbers of the parts then negotiate prices with the weld shop or another broker.

http://www.westernenterprises.com/en...dcontents.html

this might be a helpful page:

http://www.westernenterprises.com/en.../PDFS/wi27.pdf

**drew1492** · 07-17-2011, 07:42 AM

Why would you need a manifold? If you have it hooked up to all the tanks at the same time?

And thanks again for the kind words, hope the thing save you a boatload of time and money in the situation you were in.

**Houston** · 10-11-2017, 12:01 PM

Could you send me information on your oxygen compressing set up. I have a set up I just put together but it blows the flame out when I add oxygen to Phantom torch. I have a 2 HP Craftsman 26 gal.oil less compressor and one 10 LPM and 3 ea. 5 LPM concentrators sending the oxygen to the compressor thru an oxygen regulator. I have adjusted the pressure high and low and when I add oxygen to the flame it blows it out.
Need help! houston@cfl.rr.com.

**Houston** · 10-11-2017, 12:16 PM

Would you send me information on you oxygen compressing system? I am trying to get mine to work without blowing out the flame on my Phantom torch. I have had a problem with blowing the flame. houston@cfl.rr.com

**Oneiros** · 10-11-2017, 12:46 PM

Your compressor is way too large for your system. Assuming the pressure outputs for all the oxycons you're using are the same (so they're not fighting against each other), you probably want a 1/6hp compressor. The reason your flame keeps blowing out is that you're essentially feeding it slightly oxygen-enriched air, not relatively-pure oxygen.