Victor torch tip part number meaning?

[Grant Erwin]

I picked up an older Victor 100 type handle with cutting torch attachment. It's
a nice kit. It has 2 cutting torch tips with it, both numbered 1-5-101. I figure
the first bit, the leading '1', means it is a No. 1 tip. Almost every Victor tip
I see has the last bit, the '101', don't know what that means. It's the middle
part, '5' in this case, that makes no sense to me.

Anyone know what these numbers mean for sure?

GWE

[R. Zimmerman]

Has it got five holes in the end??? If I remember the 101 is the style.
Randy
"Grant Erwin" <***@NOSPAMkirkland.net> wrote in message news:***@corp.supernews.com...
I picked up an older Victor 100 type handle with cutting torch attachment.
It's
a nice kit. It has 2 cutting torch tips with it, both numbered 1-5-101. I
figure
the first bit, the leading '1', means it is a No. 1 tip. Almost every Victor
tip
I see has the last bit, the '101', don't know what that means. It's the
middle
part, '5' in this case, that makes no sense to me.

Anyone know what these numbers mean for sure?

GWE

[Ed Huntress]

Post by Grant Erwin
I picked up an older Victor 100 type handle with cutting torch attachment. It's
a nice kit. It has 2 cutting torch tips with it, both numbered 1-5-101. I figure
the first bit, the leading '1', means it is a No. 1 tip. Almost every Victor tip
I see has the last bit, the '101', don't know what that means. It's the middle
part, '5' in this case, that makes no sense to me.
Anyone know what these numbers mean for sure?
GWE

Not for sure. My handy-dandy Victor Cutting Tip Chart says it's for "tip
series 1-101, 3-101, and 5-101." Then it proceeds to list the tip sizes --
000 through 8 -- for all three series together.

My guess is that the middle number is the torch series -- 1, 3, or 5 -- and
indicates the tip thread or body size. But I don't know.

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Ed Huntress

[Gunner Asch]

On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 09:34:53 -0800, Grant Erwin

Post by Grant Erwin
I picked up an older Victor 100 type handle with cutting torch attachment. It's
a nice kit. It has 2 cutting torch tips with it, both numbered 1-5-101. I figure
the first bit, the leading '1', means it is a No. 1 tip. Almost every Victor tip
I see has the last bit, the '101', don't know what that means. It's the middle
part, '5' in this case, that makes no sense to me.
Anyone know what these numbers mean for sure?
GWE

101 is the series number..or the model number as it were.

the 101 model is the most common we see in use, but there are bigger
and smaller ones out there.

Gunner

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the shit out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner

[Gunner Asch]

On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 09:34:53 -0800, Grant Erwin

Post by Grant Erwin
I picked up an older Victor 100 type handle with cutting torch attachment. It's
a nice kit. It has 2 cutting torch tips with it, both numbered 1-5-101. I figure
the first bit, the leading '1', means it is a No. 1 tip. Almost every Victor tip
I see has the last bit, the '101', don't know what that means. It's the middle
part, '5' in this case, that makes no sense to me.
Anyone know what these numbers mean for sure?
GWE

http://www.thermadyne.com/victor/

btw...I failed to mention that the 101..ie 100 series is for the torch
Handle..the accessories are also numbered x-101 etc

Gunner

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the shit out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner

[glensmith]

Hi,

Is the tip a Victor tip? After I read your message I checked the tips at
work. 4 different brands and 4 different ways of stamping the size on the
tip. One was the same as Victor (size-1-101) one was (1-101-size) One had
No.size below the 1-101. Another just had the size below the 1-101.

The only thing consistent was the series/type (1-101).

What brand is your tip.

Glen

Post by Grant Erwin
I picked up an older Victor 100 type handle with cutting torch attachment. It's
a nice kit. It has 2 cutting torch tips with it, both numbered 1-5-101. I figure
the first bit, the leading '1', means it is a No. 1 tip. Almost every Victor tip
I see has the last bit, the '101', don't know what that means. It's the middle
part, '5' in this case, that makes no sense to me.
Anyone know what these numbers mean for sure?
GWE

[Grant Erwin]

The tip I'm looking at has 2 lines of stampings. The first line says "VICTOR"
and the second line says "1-5-101".

I now know it's a type 5 style 101 size 1 Victor tip, fits very few torch
attachments, only comes in sizes 0,1,2. I was only interested in Victor cutting
torch stuff because many of their cutting torches have tips in sizes as small as
000 (in fact they have the smallest cutting torch tips I know of). I have Airco
tips as big as I will ever need, bet I could scrap out the Golden Gate Bridge
easily if they wanted me to, but cutting 1/8" steel with a 00 tip on my Airco
torch I still get some melting on the sides. I'm going to special order a type
124 tip in size 00 and see if the low preheat tip works any better.

Victor seems downright stingy with their technical data compared to Concoa (Airco).

Grant

Post by glensmith
Hi,
Is the tip a Victor tip? After I read your message I checked the tips at
work. 4 different brands and 4 different ways of stamping the size on the
tip. One was the same as Victor (size-1-101) one was (1-101-size) One had
No.size below the 1-101. Another just had the size below the 1-101.
The only thing consistent was the series/type (1-101).
What brand is your tip.
Glen

Post by Grant Erwin
I picked up an older Victor 100 type handle with cutting torch attachment.

It's

Post by Grant Erwin
a nice kit. It has 2 cutting torch tips with it, both numbered 1-5-101. I

figure

Post by Grant Erwin
the first bit, the leading '1', means it is a No. 1 tip. Almost every

Victor tip

Post by Grant Erwin
I see has the last bit, the '101', don't know what that means. It's the

middle

Post by Grant Erwin
part, '5' in this case, that makes no sense to me.
Anyone know what these numbers mean for sure?
GWE

[Gman00]

replying to Grant Erwin, Gman00 wrote:
No 1 means the size of tip 5 is number of holes and 101 means utility

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[Farmer Rob]

This is an old thread I know. I the first number is the orifice size as stated. The bigger the number, the bigger the hole. Second number is the series of torch it fits, 3 being the medium duty, 1 being heavy duty. Don't know what 5 is but perhaps light duty. The last 3 digit number is fuel type, 101 is acetylene, 303 is natural gas and propane. I've also seen GPN instead of 303