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pepperami
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PostPosted: 12:15 - 21 Feb 2020    Post subject: Blow torch thingy . Reply with quote
So I used to have a great little blow torch that took the small screw in Calor Gas bottle.
It’s been lost in the dark depths where things go to hide forever when you move house.

Now I need a new one for assisting the removal of stubborn nuts & bolts
I want a nice small pointy flame and not a great big cover all flame thrower.

Any recommendations?

Yes yes I know I can just roll up to Tool Station or B&Q but I’m just asking cos you may know better Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 12:29 - 21 Feb 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
You want a trigger-operated screw-on torch with piezoelectric ignition which can go onto propane or map gas cylinders. I've got a "Turbo Torch" a bit like the TX504, which is the best I've seen so far. I would get something similar, there are similar (and cheaper) available.
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PostPosted: 12:32 - 21 Feb 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
Not the cheapest, but this will do everything you want and can take both propane/butane mixes plus MAPP gas. Thumbs Up

https://www.screwfix.com/p/rothenberger-super-fire-2-brazing-torch/68635
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PostPosted: 12:41 - 21 Feb 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
Islander wrote:
Not the cheapest, but this will do everything you want and can take both propane/butane mixes plus MAPP gas. Thumbs Up

https://www.screwfix.com/p/rothenberger-super-fire-2-brazing-torch/68635


WE use these at work, they get lots and lots of use, very good torch.
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PostPosted: 12:45 - 21 Feb 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
Riejufixing wrote:
You want a trigger-operated screw-on torch with piezoelectric ignition which can go onto propane or map gas cylinders. I've got a "Turbo Torch" a bit like the TX504, which is the best I've seen so far. I would get something similar, there are similar (and cheaper) available.

Mine's a TurboTorch TL-44 ("turbo lite?), not sure you can buy them now, the replacement seems to be the TX-504 like this one:

https://www.weldmet.co.uk/shop/productinfo/4309

Excellent. Spare parts are available. Adjustable flame, even works upside-down, too. There's a similar Brenzomatic and Rothenberger on Screwfix's website, not sure whether or not they have the same features, though.
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PostPosted: 15:08 - 21 Feb 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
Islander wrote:
Not the cheapest, but this will do everything you want and can take both propane/butane mixes plus MAPP gas. Thumbs Up

https://www.screwfix.com/p/rothenberger-super-fire-2-brazing-torch/68635


Yes, these. I got one for my Christmas, they are awesome. You can dial in the reducing quality of the flame too.

Probably not all that focused a flame mind.
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PostPosted: 16:30 - 21 Feb 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have this....

https://www.sitebox.ltd.uk/clarke-fc109-gas-torch-with-nozzles-oclarke_3404100

3 different nozzles and the smallest is very focused.

I run it off a 13 kg propane bottle though, which isn't the most portable bit of kit. However it lasts forever.
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PostPosted: 16:37 - 21 Feb 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bargain bin:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mapp-Gas-Plumbing-Turbo-Burner-Torch-Hose-Propane-Soldering-Brazing-Welding-Kit/264558031450

I've been using it to reshape a fuel tank and some silver soldering.
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PostPosted: 17:13 - 21 Feb 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thank you people, it gives me some ideas to follow and we have a Tool Station not to far away Thumbs Up

Hmmm? Thinks! The boss owes me, might get a better torch than I was thinking I’d get, result Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 17:42 - 21 Feb 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
I got an old brass one
brilliant for sweating the lead joints on the back of the lavvy
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PostPosted: 18:39 - 21 Feb 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
I spotted this when I was in Toolstation today:

https://www.toolstation.com/vortex-map-torch-pack/p71324

I've no experience with it but it seems to tick boxes with nozzles?

Edit - it's cheap!!
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I hate toolstation. It makes me buy things I don't need.

Also it show you are getting old when the catalogue is preferred bedtime reading over Mayfair.
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PostPosted: 21:03 - 21 Feb 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
Polarbear wrote:
I hate toolstation. It makes me buy things I don't need.

Also it show you are getting old when the catalogue is preferred bedtime reading over Mayfair.


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PostPosted: 00:39 - 22 Feb 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sister Sledge wrote:
I spotted this when I was in Toolstation today:

https://www.toolstation.com/vortex-map-torch-pack/p71324

I've no experience with it but it seems to tick boxes with nozzles?

Edit - it's cheap!!


Basically the same nozzle as mine but I paid half for the benefit of a hose, much better control Smile
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PostPosted: 00:46 - 22 Feb 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
WD Forte wrote:
I got an old brass one
brilliant for sweating the lead joints on the back of the lavvy

What, a paraffin one? Excellent! Also good for stripping paint of doors and things.
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PostPosted: 08:22 - 22 Feb 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
Riejufixing wrote:

What, a paraffin one? Excellent! Also good for stripping paint of doors and things.


Hmmm? Thinks Eh? nope, no doors on any of my bikes and I’m certainly not going to use it to strip the paint off the tank Shocked .
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PostPosted: 13:35 - 28 Feb 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thank one and all peeps Thumbs Up
I went and bought this.
https://www.toolstation.com/vortex-map-torch-pack/p71324

Does the job nicely. Smile
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