[modeleng] Re: Blowlamp for small silver soldering jobs
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 05:58:29 -0700 (PDT)
In my experience, it just seems that some of them
"roar" more than others, but I do not think that
removing the burrs is going to help or hinder its
operation. As long as it gets 'ot enough to do the
job is what counts. BTW, what brand did you buy?
Al Messer
--- "R.L. Roebuck" <rlr20@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi there All,
>
> As I've mentioned before, my model engineering
> activities currently have
> to take place in the living room of my 2 up, 2 down
> house. I have a large
> propane burner for boiler work, for which I normally
> work work in a
> friends garage, but for small odds and ends that
> need silver soldering, I
> work in the living room, with a little blowlamp.
>
> The old blowlamp's canister ran out, and not able to
> get a replacement, I
> bought a new brand of mini-blowlamp, running from a
> can of propane/butane
> mix, now the question is this:-
>
> The flame seems to flutter, and there is a sort of
> fast osciallating
> roaring noise when it runs. From looking in the
> burner, there are some
> huge burrs hanging off the air holes, and I'm
> wondering if this is giving
> rise to turbulence, or something like that.
>
> Now being a perfectist, my gut reaction is to cut
> the burrs off, BUT if I
> do this, might it make the air and gas mix less
> well, and reduce the heat
> of the flame?
>
> It works at present, and I'm hesistant to tinker
> with:-
>
> a) what I don't understand
>
> ...and...
>
> b) with a product which perhaps is tried and tested,
> and works best as it
> is
>
> Any thoughts anyone?
>
> Yours,
>
>
> Rich.
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