[Vwdiesel] Torches

[Nate Wall]

I've always wondered how many accidents happened with
those old hand pump brass gasoline blow torches. They
can use kerosene, too. There is a trough under the
burner to fill w/ gas and light to heat the burner to
producs gaseous gasoline. I bought a couple from the
'20s on e-Bay in the hopes of restoring and using one.
They were in such a pitiful shape I did not even
attempt it. I gave up. Anyone ever see a working one?

--Nate
--- Harmon Seaver <hseaver at cybershamanix.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 12:11:26PM -0500, Sandy
> Cameron wrote:
> >
> > >From: Harmon Seaver <hseaver at cybershamanix.com>
> > >To: Vwdiesel <vwdiesel at audifans.com>
> >
> > >   One thing about acetylene -- I've always
> wanted to get an acetylene
> > >generator. They used to use them in factorys a
> lot, a guy I knew had one up in
> > >MN. Pretty neat -- you just put in carbide and
> water. Much cheaper to own. I've
> > >found some made in India, they were pretty cheap,
> don't know how much shipping
> > >would be tho, from India. Seems like they're used
> a lot in the 3rd world. I
> > >think you could probably make your own, for that
> matter.
> > >
> > > Reminds me of a sign I saw once in an electrical
> heating firm
> >
> >
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  GO GAS,  GO BOOM!!
> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> >
> >
> > Might aleviate their over population problem
> >
>
>     Nah, they're pretty safe. If it were that
> dangerous, they wouldn't have been
> using it in coal mines all those years, with guys
> wearing the acetylene lamps
> right on their heads. Gasoline is *waaay* more
> dangerous.
>
>
>
> --
> Harmon Seaver
> CyberShamanix
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