Restoring Antique Blow Torch

The main fuel jet assembly was found to be blocked up with a solid build up of carbon. Vintage Blow Torch Full Restoration.

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Disassembly Preliminaries Tip 4.

Restoring antique blow torch. I have found that a rapid yank on the pipe wrench is more effective than a slow pull when removing. The soapy water neutralizes the acid. Blow Torch Collectors Association.

Make sure the soapy water passes through all the passageways in the burner and lower support. This torch must have been manufactured in the very early 1940s since it has a significant amount of brass and bronze in its component parts. Before the cleaning actually begins the torch should be completely disassembled.

These are the parts Burner complete with fuel wick etc Pump valve also cleaned and checked Seals changed as needed. They appeared over a period of several years in the pages of THE TORCH the newsletter of BTCA. If playback doesnt begin shortly try restarting.

Rinse the tank off by hand to keep water from entering inside the tank. Click on the buttons below for tips regarding the cleaning repair and restoration of collectible blowtorches. Removing Burners Tip 3.

Introduction to Teds Tips Tip 2. Use a bucket of hot soapy water to rinse the parts submerging all parts except the tank in the soapy water. It was manufactured in Rochester NY and bears the No.

As WWII progressed brass bronze and copper. If you click on picture and a photo actually comes up then that isthe correct picture for the associated make and model selected. Check this site often.

Blow Torch Collectors Association. Use a small pipe wrench to remove the fuel nipplewick tube from the burner head. The authors ascribe the title Father of the American Blow Torch to John Summerfield Hull who worked in Cincinnati OH and later in Baltimore MD.

A pipe wrench is an essential item for blow torch restoration. First realize that almost invariably the brass blow torches were coated with a clear lacquer type material when they left the factory. Remove the handle air pump and burner head.

The first order of business is to strip away this coating. 02092019 Vintage Blow Torch Full Restoration - YouTube. 26062012 Vintage Max Sievert Benzine Blow Torch Restoration Project.

The primary focus of BTCA is liquid fueled blowtorches. The pipe wrench is then used to free the wick tube. TIP 17 To Restore or Not to Restore Tip 1.

Late model Bernz auto torch a very heavy torch weighing in at 4lbs 7oz. Once the burner head and fuel nipple are removed from the tank again clamp the burner head in the vise. However members collect and study related heating devices such as plumbers furnaces and firepots soldering iron heaters self-heated soldering irons and branders and burners for pyrography and for cauterizing.

His inventions from 1866 through 1878 demonstrate a progression of principles which combine to make a single hand- held tool with all the features including a mechanical pump which we attribute to a self- contained blowtorch. A fairly small one like the one pictured here is plenty good for most torch disassembly operations It is usually wise to place the burner head in a vise and rotate the tank until the the wick tube can be unscrewed from the tank. 6 on the pump knob.

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