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joeqsmith:

--- Quote from: tautech on January 04, 2021, 08:17:03 am ---Gave both my blow torches to my neighbor that has a collection of ~100 of them. 

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Main blowlamp brands we saw in NZ were Primus and Sievert.
Must get a pic of my buddies big collection................

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Would like to see it. 
Wallace Gasiewicz:
My leaded glass window restorer used an old copper soldering iron to repair the failed joints in the lead channels.
The windows were full length beveled glass "Tulip" design.
You put the long iron into the notch at the mouth of the blowtorch  with the long iron part of the handle under the hook that is on top of the blowtorch.
The flame is aimed at the copper part (head) of the soldering "iron". That holds it in place until it is hot enough.
You then can remove the iron and use it till it cools off.

On sheet metal: my father had a sheet metal company and had a contract for "airtight" metal plenums. He and my mother used an acetelene soldering gas torch (no oxygen) to heat up the metal and apply the solder in stick form to the "Pittsburg" joints. They used hydrochloric acid to etch the galvanized metal. We had heavy boxes of lead sticks I think some of them were labeled 50/50 tin to lead. As a child, it was fun to bend the sticks in front of my friends. Looked cool.
I suppose the copper head solder iron would work there too but there is a lot of heat loss to the sheet metal. So the iron would require frequent reheating.
helius:
It's still common to use huge electric American Beauty soldering irons on those stained glass windows and sheet metal seams. Maybe not quite the power of the blowtorch but easier to maintain.


--- Quote from: joeqsmith on January 04, 2021, 04:31:30 pm ---Of course, anytime you are playing with fire, expect it can be hot and can burn you!  Parents must have let me learn that at at a very young age.  Imagine the moral outrage that would cause today!
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As a boy who played a lot with matches (and other things) I'm not too worried about the "playing with fire" aspect. It's the fact that fuel can silently spring a leak and spray all over you while a flame is nearby. Certainly nothing like a propane torch (or even an oxyacetylene torch) can compare at all.
joeqsmith:

--- Quote from: helius on January 05, 2021, 03:10:46 am ---As a boy who played a lot with matches (and other things) I'm not too worried about the "playing with fire" aspect. It's the fact that fuel can silently spring a leak and spray all over you while a flame is nearby. Certainly nothing like a propane torch (or even an oxyacetylene torch) can compare at all.
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Empathy is such a rare quality anymore and again I appreciate your concerns.  I am a bit of a risk taker and have little concern about running this torch it in it's current state.   Yes, a lot of things can happen but I am more than capable of assessing my personal risks and mitigating them.  Once in a while my wife will shut me down.   That's when I know it's getting out of hand.   

GlennSprigg:
This has been one interesting read!!  :D
Here's a few snippets of info for contemplation...
'Plumbus' comes from the old Greek/Latin word for 'LEAD'.
Hence, a 'Plumber' is/was a Lead Worker. (Now often plastic & glue  :-+)
A 'PlumBob' is a lead weight on a string to find a vertical!!

However, the worst of the worst is when a lot of (not all!) Americans called 'SOLder', 'SODDer' !!!  >:D
If there was an item/product/design that Americans designed/built, then of course they can call it what ever
they want, but it was an English (from England!!) word, that does NOT have a silent 'L', and is just like...
folder, colder, holder, bolder... etc...  Please stop hijacking basic words!!!  End of rant...   :box: :-+
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