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| joeqsmith:
--- Quote from: tautech on February 28, 2021, 05:35:45 am --- --- Quote from: joeqsmith on February 28, 2021, 04:45:16 am ---That's a big shell casing. I finally put the Turner back together. Your friend my not like my repair work. The handle screws are new brass as I had destroyed the original ones. I left the paint on the handle original. Note the pump stems discolored part way up. The torch was stored on it's side and the stem had corroded to the point where it was about to snap off. I welded that entire stem to build it up and then put it in a lathe to cut it back down and polished it a bit. Used some Teflon tape for the small pipe and replaced all the seals. I ran water through it today for the first time. No leaks and seems to hold pressure well. Now we just need some good weather and I'll try out the new soldering iron... --- End quote --- Looks just fine in fact very tidy Joe. :-+ If it wasn't functional the only options are restoration, buying a donor to fix it or scrap/recycling. But like anything aged one must decide its value to you and whether you intend to use it or have it as a collectors piece in used, restored or NIB condition where the common models are worth more as a tool that gets used rather than just sitting on a shelf. Jimz and I chuckle at your water pressure tests where we'd just be adding some fuel and pressurizing it ready to fire up and if it leaked then back to square one. They need be in a very abused condition before leakage is likely and they were made as portable so got a pile of abuse over the years. Don't remember ever seeing a blow lamp leak. --- End quote --- It held pressure overnight with just air. It's ready. Yeah, I'm not thinking these are worth but a few dollars so I'm not too concerned with keeping them original. I enjoy seeing vintage tech in operation. The labor of welding that shaft up far outweighs the value of the torch. The water makes it easier to check for leaks but I can watch the spray pattern while adjusting the jet, making sure it's steady, centered and will turn off. Suspect they left the original graphite seal an damaged it when they took it apart to pretty it up. https://youtu.be/nVuhe5IcuJA?t=595 This one looks like the spray is way off center. https://youtu.be/s2vYk0b_tUI?t=413 |
| PwrElectronics:
Another use for a gas fired blow torch.... My father's uncle on a road trip in Sept 1951. Heating up the pan for cooking supper. My father (age 18) and his uncle went on a road trip in 1951. They camped out along the side of the road for the most part. The car is a 1939 Ford, was my fathers. They are somewhere in a desert area in the US west. Either this same torch or one similar is still in the tools collection on the family farm. I've never seen it working as by the 1970's propane torches with disposable cylinders were in use. |
| coppercone2:
The old one that has rust in the seam you can try to use the low damage rust remover that sells for 20$ a gallon. It may be able to clean it up enough that it can be silver soldered. You can possibly solder a copper wire around the interior seam to act as a sealer for the crimped point when its filled with low-medium flow braze but I think it will be a dangerous repair. |
| MathWizard:
I think I tried to solder some wire back together with a candle and a nail once, or maybe I just tried it as an experiment....or saw it on utube, I don't seem to remember if it worked or not, but I'd use a "heavy" copper ground wire if I had to try that again. |
| joeqsmith:
The Turner Brass Works torch runs again... A night time show for those of you who enjoy seeing some flames. Also a flame shootout between the Turner and the 100 year old Clayton & Lambert. Won't be long now and we can try doing a little surface mount soldering. |
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