Seacoast Area Welding and Torch Gas Suppliers

[farmer]

Finally out of the stone age and picked up a 200 amp MIG welder for at home. Planning on running shielding gas, not flux core.

Has anyone dealt with ArcSource or AirGas for personal use small accounts? Are they other (better) options?

I figured now would also be the time to step up and get a decent oxy/acetylene setup as well.

[Ivoryring]

Finally out of the stone age and picked up a 200 amp MIG welder for at home. Planning on running shielding gas, not flux core.

Has anyone dealt with ArcSource or AirGas for personal use small accounts? Are they other (better) options?

I figured now would also be the time to step up and get a decent oxy/acetylene setup as well.

I use AirGas in Concord and have no complaints. They don't give me a hard time about just being a person walking in without an account or company. I haven't used any others so no comparison.

[mb523]

+1 for Airgas. I usually use a personal account. You can either rent or purchase a bottle and they exchange when you are empty.

Unsolicited advice: If you plan to weld a lot, or on a large project, get a larger tank - at least 125cu. Running out of gas mid-project or mid-weekend day sucks.

[Ivoryring]

+1 for Airgas. I usually use a personal account. You can either rent or purchase a bottle and they exchange when you are empty.

Unsolicited advice: If you plan to weld a lot, or on a large project, get a larger tank - at least 125cu. Running out of gas mid-project or mid-weekend day sucks.

I got the biggest tank I thought I could safely manhandle alone. Can I remember the actual size? Of course not. Besides other people could reasonably handle a different size from me.

[farmer]

I use AirGas in Concord and have no complaints. They don't give me a hard time about just being a person walking in without an account or company. I haven't used any others so no comparison.

Ok, we have an AirGas in Dover and I wasn't sure how'd they'd be for a walk-in nobody.

+1 for Airgas. I usually use a personal account. You can either rent or purchase a bottle and they exchange when you are empty.

Unsolicited advice: If you plan to weld a lot, or on a large project, get a larger tank - at least 125cu. Running out of gas mid-project or mid-weekend day sucks.

Good advice though! I just did a large welding project with a borrowed welder and 125cf bottle. The big bottle was awesome but I'm nervous about space. The welder I borrowed was an old Millermatic so the bottle fit nice. The ESAB I bought is quite a bit smaller and I need to build a cart for it. I was planning on making a small rolling welding table with the welder underneath, I think the smaller 80cf bottle packages better for that. We'll see.

I got the biggest tank I thought I could safely manhandle alone. Can I remember the actual size? Of course not. Besides other people could reasonably handle a different size from me.

So the tall (4-5ft maybe?) bottle is the 125cf, and that is heavy by yourself. Just because I could do it doesn't mean I had fun doing it lol. The 80cf is the like 2-3ft bottle

[Ivoryring]

Ok, we have an AirGas in Dover and I wasn't sure how'd they'd be for a walk-in nobody.

Good advice though! I just did a large welding project with a borrowed welder and 125cf bottle. The big bottle was awesome but I'm nervous about space. The welder I borrowed was an old Millermatic so the bottle fit nice. The ESAB I bought is quite a bit smaller and I need to build a cart for it. I was planning on making a small rolling welding table with the welder underneath, I think the smaller 80cf bottle packages better for that. We'll see.

So the tall (4-5ft maybe?) bottle is the 125cf, and that is heavy by yourself. Just because I could do it doesn't mean I had fun doing it lol. The 80cf is the like 2-3ft bottle

I have my welder and tank on a rolling HF cart. One of these days I'm going to do a project to make a holder to secure the tank in the back of the Jeep for refill purposes. I currently just ratchet strap it so it doesn't roll around but I'd prefer something a bit more secure. Refill is the only time I actually handle the tank since in normal use and storage it's chained down on the rolling cart.

[Rubicon]

Ok, we have an AirGas in Dover and I wasn't sure how'd they'd be for a walk-in nobody...

I use to deal with them in Dover when I had the CO2 tank and they were great. What made it really great was Big Chris, a member here, worked there :)

[LJ Rubicon]

I have had good luck with airgas as well. I work all over the place so I usually stop at the closet one on way home from wherever I am working. They have a fair amount of locations which helps as well.

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[Jeepin]

Also been happy with Airgas. We have a Maine Oxy in Nashua too but Airgas has better customer service and their bottle swap prices are cheaper than most I have checked. They do not fill tanks, only do swaps. Even if they sell you a "new tank" as a starter tank, its just a used / certified tank, and they charge a decent rate on those. I just got as 20 Lb CO2 tank for a mosquito trap at home and it was cheaper to buy an empty / used certified tank elsewhere, and then bring it to them for a swap out / full tank with Airgas logo. I got mine from a gas supply company online, shipped it was about $125, where Airgas wanted about $250 for the tank. Once you own one its just the swap out price. If you call into Airgas they can give you both tank prices for whatever size, and what the refill swap cost is. Once you have a tank with their logo on it, doesnt matter if it sits for 10 years and is out of hydro test, they will just swap it and give you a fresh tank.