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TOOLS AND THE SHOP => WELDING & METAL FABRICATION => Topic started by: bonneyman on January 14, 2019, 02:06:27 PM

Title: New to me welding wrench
Post by: bonneyman on January 14, 2019, 02:06:27 PM

Snagged this wrench today thinking it was an Oxwall, but upon closer inspection when I got home discovered it's an Oxweld brand. Never heard of them.
Is it a Oxwall clone, a foreign copy, or is there an actual company named Oxweld?

Title: Re: new to me welding wrench
Post by: goodfellow on January 14, 2019, 02:12:53 PM

Oxweld was a big welding equipment name back in the day (one of the best actually) and I think they were merged with Purox/Union Carbide and then eventually wound up in Linde, and finally in ESAB

Title: Re: New to me welding wrench
Post by: jabberwoki on January 14, 2019, 07:10:42 PM

Very nice wrench.

Title: Re: New to me welding wrench
Post by: bonneyman on January 14, 2019, 08:08:27 PM

Thanks!
It cleaned up well. Actually has some shine to it under all that rust. Then applied a coating of Ballistol and hung it on the pegboard. I'll get around to testing it on the Oxy-acetylene rig soon.

Title: Re: New to me welding wrench
Post by: Lance on January 14, 2019, 09:46:46 PM

Those, along with Airco's model were one of the finest devices made to wreck torches with.

Airco generously included 1 with every new torch set sold and it increased sales of replacement torch components by 50%.