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Offline bonneyman

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New to me welding wrench
« 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?

Offline goodfellow

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Re: new to me welding wrench
« Reply #1 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
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Offline jabberwoki

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Re: New to me welding wrench
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2019, 07:10:42 PM »
Very nice wrench.
Is the need enough? Or does the want suffice?

Offline bonneyman

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Re: New to me welding wrench
« Reply #3 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.

Offline Lance

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Re: New to me welding wrench
« Reply #4 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%.