Mr Lovenutz- I'm here in Rochester, NY and am happy to offer help as I can. I have near zero experience with propane but do have a couple of OA set ups (and a bunch of other tooling). I've used Mahany Welding and Jackson Welding for gas and basic supplies (not filler or flux) and would start with them for regulator servicing advice. There are many fab shops too that might be a source for rebuilding info.


I'll make a general comment about expenses. So many just starting out are worried about what tools, and such, cost. While a good aspect to control there is a cost to play. If you can't afford safe equipment or shop space then maybe you're not ready to try your hand at this stuff. An example of what I consider to be misplaced cost control is found in another forum recently: a poster asked for help in ordering a $6 part so he could avoid the $16 in shipping. This to modify his frame to work with current BB standards. I somehow believe that if the part cost $16 and the shipping was $6 he would have no problem with ordering on his own. Andy