[Vwdiesel] Torches

[Harmon Seaver]

On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 10:11:11AM -0800, Nate Wall wrote:
> 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?
>

   Oh sure, I used to use them all the time. We didn't have propane torches when
I was a little kid. And they must be fairly safe, because I used to play with
them when I wasn't too old, like maybe 8-9. Of course back then we had all the
fireworks we could afford as well. I think I got my first BB gun when I was 6
(and was allowed to run around with it all I wanted, as did my friends), and got
a pump up Benjamin pellet rifle at 9. Things sure were different then -- last
Summer I saw in the paper some kids here got hassled by the cops because they
had a bow and arrow. Geez!


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