bamk2f6tornado Bronze Donating Members 777 Member For: 10y 11m 16d Gender: Male Location: Rockhampton Qld Posted 25/05/19 10:39 AM Share Posted 25/05/19 10:39 AM $1300 for a 8m3 bottle of helium if anyone's counting. Only $220 for 10m3 of argon.I work for a gas company(Supagas). There is a current massive shortage of heluim worldwide and its starting to effect Australia. I'm guessing you went to BOC with that 8m3 Helium and they are taking you for a ride with that price hahah. $600 is a fair price with some party shops paying half that. Adding Helium to your argon mix definitely makes for a nicer alloy weld but isn't really necessary until your over 6mm or you little machine is running out of amps. Even a 25% Helium mix makes a huge difference. Expect the bottle to be twice the price but. Shop around for your argon! $220 for a G is taking the piss. Tell whoever your getting it from now the opposition offered it to you for $50 and they'll match it no questions asked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 23d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 25/05/19 10:40 AM Share Posted 25/05/19 10:40 AM (edited) To save cash 75%/25% Argon / CO2. that's for MIG and ferrous, materials. Tig and Non ferrous use Argon. I have Stick and Mig at home. Have Mig , Tig , Stick, Oxy at work. We qualify welding procedures and welders every day. I have seen all sorts of welds. Its only when you take a macro transverse section that the true quality is shown. Edited 25/05/19 10:53 AM by arronm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,867 Member For: 9y 9m 20d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 25/05/19 10:59 AM Share Posted 25/05/19 10:59 AM 12 minutes ago, bamk2f6tornado said: I'm guessing you went to BOC with that 8m3 Helium and they are taking you for a ride with that price hahah. $600 is a fair price with some party shops paying half that. Yeah I have used BOC for my initial gas cylinders. Balloon grade is $481.44 for a size g. Laser grade is $1308.36 and there are a couple of grades in between. 15 minutes ago, bamk2f6tornado said: I work for a gas company(Supagas). Shop around for your argon! $220 for a G is taking the piss. Tell whoever your getting it from now the opposition offered it to you for $50 and they'll match it no questions asked Mate if you can sort me out a better price, sign me up! I'll have a look around anyway, now that you mention it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamk2f6tornado Bronze Donating Members 777 Member For: 10y 11m 16d Gender: Male Location: Rockhampton Qld Posted 25/05/19 11:03 AM Share Posted 25/05/19 11:03 AM For at home light gauge steel I much prefer 5%co2 2%oxy. Welds super super nice but isn't really suited to the think stuff.Regular industrial grade Helium is fine to weld with which is the 1 step up from balloon grade(20% nitro). Yea can either get It premixed in a bottle with argon I various %'s or use a bottle of each with 2 flow meters. Where do you live Puff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,867 Member For: 9y 9m 20d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 25/05/19 11:13 AM Share Posted 25/05/19 11:13 AM 7 minutes ago, bamk2f6tornado said: Regular industrial grade Helium is fine to weld with which is the 1 step up from balloon grade(20% nitro). Yea can either get It premixed in a bottle with argon I various %'s or use a bottle of each with 2 flow meters. That's handy info. 7 minutes ago, bamk2f6tornado said: Where do you live Puff? I'm in South Australia, North of Adelaide. There is a Supagas distributor not too far from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamk2f6tornado Bronze Donating Members 777 Member For: 10y 11m 16d Gender: Male Location: Rockhampton Qld Posted 25/05/19 11:29 AM Share Posted 25/05/19 11:29 AM That's the main depot in SA. I don't have a contact there unfortunately as I'm in qld but worth a visit. Mention your unhappy with BOC due to service and want to swap. They'll match whatever price you tell them provided you don't get carried away haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,867 Member For: 9y 9m 20d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 25/05/19 11:33 AM Share Posted 25/05/19 11:33 AM Yeah for sure, I'll sus them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBAF Bronze Donating Members 2,156 Member For: 8y 3m 4d Posted 25/05/19 11:35 PM Share Posted 25/05/19 11:35 PM good day was good, hope you karnts are doing ok 😄 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,958 Member For: 16y 7m 9d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 25/05/19 11:46 PM Share Posted 25/05/19 11:46 PM morning all, happy Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 5m 19d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 26/05/19 12:39 AM Share Posted 26/05/19 12:39 AM I’ve got a good relationship with the manager there Puffy as he has to make me 55% Hexane @ hospital grade and then ship it across from NSW regular enough everyone else that works there seems to have NFI what gas is unless you want to fill up a BBQ bottle 🙃 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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