[Jewelry making - Article 00340] - [Orchid] Shark torch

[jake]

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    I have read everything I could about the Shark torch in the
    archives. This sounds like something I would be interested in. 
    However I am not sure that all is well, could be, but I need to know
    what it can=92t do.  Like the $10 torch idea, that can do some things,
    very little, if this can not do certain things, then to me it is
    worthless.  What I need to know is can this torch do large pendants,
    bracelets, and belt buckles.  I know there are some of you out there
    who have bought this torch and I am counting on some honesty about
    this.  Because of restrictions (I am sure I am not the only one with
    this kind of problem) I can use only the disposable canisters.
    (Otherwise I would do the same as one of the club officers did, she
    paid $50 for her torch, I think she had to buy a hose etc., and
    hooked it up to acetylene, I don=92t have that option.) 

    I know that there are several =93turbo=94 torches that are kind of lik=
e
    a bernzomatic on steroids, the price tag is also on steroids, a smith
    torch is cheaper if you shop around. (These would work, at least as
    far as putting out the heat needed.)  I suspect that perhaps
    bernzomatic may make something that would work on air propane/mapp,
    such as the TSH7, which one guy used to construct a bicycle from
    scratch.  Perhaps not as there is a difference in material.  Moreover
    they are short of details needed for any decision on the matter.  I
    have tried asking, the problem is they seem to hire out of college
    and whoever you talk with is not likely to have used a torch, theirs
    or otherwise. And they don=92t seem interested in anything other than
    sending an email attachment that will not tell you what you need to
    know. 

    I do know that most bernzomatic products =93suitable for jewelry=94 ar=
e
    a farce (those labeled as such), unless soldering a jump ring is
    someone=92s idea of the =93ultimate=94 achievement in life.  I have th=
e
    same opinion, not to knock others, about making tiny jewelry in
    general, I cut rock and so do not like to cut the tiny calibrated
    sizes, which to be honest you are better off getting from a catalog
    if your time means anything to yourself.  Besides I like cutting the
    larger freeforms, and am not about to butcher rock to get it down to
    a size to fit the torch.  Having learned how to use a torch more or
    less I need one to work at home, but it must be able to actually do
    what is needed. 

    I hope I can count on some that has used one those torches to give
    an honest and realistic answer, because if it can not do it without
    being some ridiculous task then I am wasting time and effort.  If
    that is the case I should just put it off until I can scrape up the
    money for a silversmith torch.  They also make one that can attach to
    a canister of mapp/propane, I also know for a fact that that will
    work, but I also believe I will need to get at least one other tip. 
    (With my budget and with what I have been buying, and still need to
    buy, I can use any money I can save, but only if it will work.)  As
    said I hope someone will answer this question. 

E. Jakeman
Ogden, Utah


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