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Old 2018-02-21, 3:46pm
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When the Cricket came out it was stated that it was designed to run on low pressures of both fuel and oxygen.
That was one of the main reasons I bought a cricket.

Because all torches are only delivery devices of fuel and oxygen the "tuning" for the best flame is going to be dependent on the gas pressures
and volume provided to the torch.

With natural gas at the extremely low house hold pressures, for me at least, it is a matter of turning on the gas and adjusting the oxygen to get the flame characteristics I want.
Its important to remember that torches as small as the cricket are not made to make a raging flame.
Its a small torch for smaller work.

Natural gas is something like half as 'powerful' as propane and if you want to push small torches to the max then going propane will help but it is not needed if you are making stuff under 2 inches.
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