I was wondering I have been looking at them for a while now.I bit the bullet and got one on ebay.It should be here in about 2 week's.After that I will be doing some hands on testing of it.It cut's like a plasma and welds like a tig.So we will really see.Atleast if the damn welder goes down again I will have another choice other than the good old cracker box.

Here is a link to streaming video on the way it work's
http://www.cut-like-plasma.com/info_video_library.htm

If anyone remmbers the first notorcylce nation with jesse james you will see him welding with one in part of that video instead of using his tig...

Golly, searches don't come much easier than this... search "henrob" to look at five other easy threads with 98 posts. There's more out there, as well, but you'll have to search around a bit with torches....

Randii

Golly, searches don't come much easier than this... search "henrob" to look at five other easy threads with 98 posts. There's more out there, as well, but you'll have to search around a bit with torches....

Randii

I geuss you never used one then... :flipoff2:

Did search and it is funny that in 2002 it was a bad mofo that cut like butter but in the 2003 post the few people down talked it.I think maybe it is the user because in the video he stress that if you don't keep the tip close then it will cut like crap.I will find out.Not much money to waste so why not..lol..thx

I geuss you never used one then... :flipoff2:

If ya searched, you didn't read. :rolleyes: :laughing:
C'mon, man, this isn't a tough one like "Jeep" or "Dana" where there's hundreds of threads to choose from... this is a one-word search yielding five threads.

Tell ya what, sit down in this high chair and let me tie a bib around your neck... :crybaby: I'll spoon-feed it if I have to, but I am *not* gonna make airplane noises. :flipoff2:

The 'henrob' has been around forever under different names....

I used one a few years back, and it is way easier to use than a standard torch if you have only a little experience. The one that I used was kinda clunky (new ones might be different), but that was before I had much experience with MIG. Now I don't think I'd notice...

As you get experience with the thing, though, I think a regular torch is more flexible (different sizes available, you can really fine-tune the gas mixture, angle-of-attack, etc). A complete newbie can pick up a plasma cutter and start knocking smooth kerfs in metal... and the same guy will leave snotty, slaggy zigzags with a torch, even if someone sets up the right combination of Oxy & Ac. Give that same newbie 15 minutes with a Dillon, and he'll be making pretty sweet cuts, especially if he uses the guide wheels.

Welding, all bets are off. Torch welding seems to be fast-becoming a lost art... I sure can't do it worth a damn!

...I have seen these demo'ed at quite a few tradeshows... I think they have very restrictive dealership/selling arrangements, which may be why they don't have mass acceptance.

Now don't you spit up on me, either... just gobble that down, Rippy. :crybaby: :flipoff2:

This info came directly from:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36293&highlight=dillon+henrob

If there was consensus in that thread, it was that a plasma is easier to use and that experience and a good torch can get you 90% of the way to where the dillon torch takes you... with a lower purchase price.

Why would I want to type that again? :rolleyes: BTW, there's a load more user reports only a few clicks away if you www.Goggle.com henrob dillon torch :cool2:

Randii (good with the Cut and the Paste... and the !SEARCH!)

www.Goggle.com henrob dillon torch :cool2:

Randii (good with the Cut and the Paste... and the !SEARCH!)



Excellent cut and paste, just click on your link :flipoff2:

Excellent cut and paste, just click on your link :flipoff2:
:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
Yeah, it mighta been a better burn without the Spyware-finder rip-off site. :flipoff2:

Or at least funnier if had sent 'em to http://www.googirl.com/
How 'bout that torch? :p

Randii

Atleast with all this useless info we keep it at the top for humurous reading... :flipoff2: ....ohh yeah this also yo you...http://www.headtraumacustoms.com/e_3_11.gif ..http://www.headtraumacustoms.com/xyxwave.gif

I set up a group buy a year back on classicbroncos.com for $250 each + $15 shipping,(http://classicbroncos.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42646&highlight=henrob+mass) Myself & Trucktrader both bought one off this board, I sold mine before using it, regretted it and ordered another a month ago, they still honored it. Vince (Trucktrader) has used his & likes it, you might PM him for more info..

I bought one and have used it for several projects so far. I found it easier to cut through 1/2 plate than thinner materials actually. Torch position is really important and a good set of regulars helps. I have a cheap set of us forge regulators and sometimes the flame goes out, which I think is due to fluxuations from the regs. The torch comes with flashbackup arrestors which can only screw onto the torch end of the hoses, but if you put them on that end it makes the torch to long to cut across wide pieces of material at the right angle. Since there are two tips to keep in line in several dimensions it is a bit harder to use than a conventional tip. I think the henrob works well for cutting out shapes in flat stock, but you need a plasma or conventional torch to do cutting in tight spaces. For example a left to right cut to remove a spring shackle mount on a Jeep would be easy with a plasma or conventional torch because you can hold the body of the torch vertical to the work and pull across. With the henrob torch to keep the oxy blowing tip in the right plane for the cut you'd need to hold the torch horizontally which would bump into all kinds of crap.

I haven't tried the henrob for welding like tig but I think the same problems I found above would apply. Its a nice tool to have if you already have an oxy acetylene setup, but if you are starting from scratch and have the $$$, you may want to go straight to a good plasma. One cool thing with oxy/acetylene with or without the henrob is that you can cut inch thick material for maybe 300 in regs and hoses, 400 in tanks and fillups and 200 more for small parts. Thats 900 on the high end and with a new plasma your talking up to 2K to cut an inch thick material.

The "training wheel" system supplied with the henrob makes it much easier to make clean cuts when you are learning btw.

I bought one and have used it for several projects so far. I found it easier to cut through 1/2 plate than thinner materials actually. Torch position is really important and a good set of regulars helps. I have a cheap set of us forge regulators and sometimes the flame goes out, which I think is due to fluxuations from the regs. The torch comes with flashbackup arrestors which can only screw onto the torch end of the hoses, but if you put them on that end it makes the torch to long to cut across wide pieces of material at the right angle. Since there are two tips to keep in line in several dimensions it is a bit harder to use than a conventional tip. I think the henrob works well for cutting out shapes in flat stock, but you need a plasma or conventional torch to do cutting in tight spaces. For example a left to right cut to remove a spring shackle mount on a Jeep would be easy with a plasma or conventional torch because you can hold the body of the torch vertical to the work and pull across. With the henrob torch to keep the oxy blowing tip in the right plane for the cut you'd need to hold the torch horizontally which would bump into all kinds of crap.

I haven't tried the henrob for welding like tig but I think the same problems I found above would apply. Its a nice tool to have if you already have an oxy acetylene setup, but if you are starting from scratch and have the $$$, you may want to go straight to a good plasma. One cool thing with oxy/acetylene with or without the henrob is that you can cut inch thick material for maybe 300 in regs and hoses, 400 in tanks and fillups and 200 more for small parts. Thats 900 on the high end and with a new plasma your talking up to 2K to cut an inch thick material.

The "training wheel" system supplied with the henrob makes it much easier to make clean cuts when you are learning btw.