Gas bottles for welding

[luxxingout]

Does anyone know places in the lower north island that will fill a owner CO2 gas bottle rather than having to rent one off BOC?
Just dicing up whether I should/can buy one and get it refilled or have to rent one and have to get a contract and pay the monthly rental fee regardless of whether I am using it or not
And if I am going to go down the renting path then how much more is it to get Argoshield than CO2?
Any help would be appreciated

[4LQQKS(Simon)]

Im not sure if any places do your own bottles anymore Im pretty sure they have all gone to rentals. If you get a D sized bottle (the smallest) its just under $1.00 a day to rent from memory and about $60 to fill with argosheild. Personally I would use Argo unless your a mint welder and have good conditions its just alot cleaner and easier to use.

Simon

[tiltin]

Ring BOC or Air liquide and ask about different options man.

Or maybe someone can use their engineering perks and let you use one for free....?

[hood]

I have used both Argoshield than CO2 and Argo is the way to go

[luxxingout]

Okay sweet as, I've only used argoshield but got told you could use CO2 so that's why I'm asking
Seems like rented bottle is the go then, just gotta buy a welder first

[tiltin]

Nothing wrong with co2 brother, weldings all about penetration and co2 is good for it

[DVSLUX]

I used co2 on a smaller welder years ago, ended up being a bit more expensive because of the style of bottle etc that I was using but there was nothing wrong with it, although I do prefer the argo on my big welder. Personal preferance I guess

[ho courier]

is there any reason why you can't use a co2 bottle from a paintball gun? You own it and it's easily refillable (around 5 bucks a pop at hunting and fishing and actual paintball war game businesses etc)

[LVNLO]

is there any reason why you can't use a co2 bottle from a paintball gun? You own it and it's easily refillable (around 5 bucks a pop at hunting and fishing and actual paintball war game businesses etc)

soda stream bottles are the same deal

[DVSLUX]

soda stream bottles are the same deal

Yeha thats what I used, the only place I knew to fill/exchange them was farmers and it was 20 bucks a time which made it more expensive.

[Afterburn]

I myself have looked into it man and got the following from BOC

D size bottle (2m3 approx)
$13.50 a month / $82+gst to fill

S size bottle (5m3 approx)
$14.85 a month / $175+gst to fill

[luxxingout]

Oh yeah, I ended up buying a 6kg co2 bottle with the welder
Worst comes to worst if I can't find someone in wellington to do it then I'll take it to where the welding shop takes theirs in palmy.

[83twinheadlight]

Oh yeah, I ended up buying a 6kg co2 bottle with the welder
Worst comes to worst if I can't find someone in wellington to do it then I'll take it to where the welding shop takes theirs in palmy.

what shop in palmy refils them?

[luxxingout]

I'm not sure of their name. I was just gonna call techweld up (where I got the welder) and ask what the refill place is called
You could give them a call and find out?

[DVSLUX]

Anyone know the difference between an owner bottle and rental bottle from BOC? and if BOC can identify between any of thier bottles?

I have a rental bottle that doesn't seem to have any markings that I can tell other than a sticker saying BOC and Argoshield, my rental account isn't quite up to date and I need to fill my bottle Supagas can fill it if its an owner bottle but I don't know if they can tell the difference.