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Harbor Freight welding regulator
Sep 20^th, 2011 at 10:41pm

I'm having a little trouble adjusting and fine-tuning the air flow with this regulator. Do you guys use the knob on the regulator to adjust the flow or do you use the knob on the actual tank?

With my e-tanks, I'm so use to cranking the valve on the tank all the way up and just clicking over to whatever LPM on the regulator. Using this welding regulator seems to be so imprecise.

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DennisM1045 CH.com Alumnus Offline One wave at a time! Posts: 3437 Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA Gender:	Re: Harbor Freight welding regulator Reply #1 - Sep 24^th, 2011 at 7:53pm I open the valve on the tank all the way. Then SLOWLY open the valve on the regulator. Mine has plenty of fine tuning in it. If yours doesn't then I suggest something is wrong. If so, return it and get another one. Good luck.... -Dennis-
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Re: Harbor Freight welding regulator
Reply #2 - Sep 24^th, 2011 at 8:14pm

DennisM1045 wrote on Sep 24^th, 2011 at 7:53pm:

I open the valve on the tank all the way. Then SLOWLY open the valve on the regulator. Mine has plenty of fine tuning in it. If yours doesn't then I suggest something is wrong. If so, return it and get another one.

Good luck....

-Dennis-

Is there supposed to be a gasket or o-ring that's supposed to come with the regulator for the regulator fitting and the cylinder outlet? When I turn the cylinder valve on full blast, there's a lot of air leaking.

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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: Harbor Freight welding regulator Reply #3 - Sep 24^th, 2011 at 8:43pm Did you tighten it with a wrench?
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slacker032 CH.com Old Timer Offline Posts: 325 Los Angeles, CA Gender:	Re: Harbor Freight welding regulator Reply #4 - Sep 24^th, 2011 at 8:44pm Brew wrote on Sep 24^th, 2011 at 8:43pm: Did you tighten it with a wrench? Didn't realize it needed to be tightened with a wrench. Thanks, I'll give that a try.
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Re: Harbor Freight welding regulator
Reply #5 - Sep 25^th, 2011 at 8:15am

When I brought my giant welding tank home a month or so ago, I didn't quite tighten the regulator down all of the way. Turned on the O2 to test the system and it was leaking air bad. Pulled out my adjustable wrench and tightened that thing down all the way until I couldn't see any more thread. No more leak after that.

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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: Harbor Freight welding regulator Reply #6 - Sep 25^th, 2011 at 8:28am They're generally brass fittings (between the valve and the regulator) without a gasket and need to be good and tight. There's a LOT of pressure behind there, as I'm sure you found out.
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Ob1kanobee CH.com Veteran Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 109 Orlando, FL Gender:	Re: Harbor Freight welding regulator Reply #7 - Sep 30^th, 2011 at 10:05pm I just picked one up from Harbor Freight. I LOVE IT!!!! I saw a post on the other site about it. It kicks butt!!
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