[Jewelry making - Article 00512] - Re: [Orchid] Striker verses lighter when lighting a torch.

[Charles Lewton-Brain]

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    Here is a quote from the Jewelry Workshop Safety Report: 

    Note: Many goldsmiths use a disposable cigarette lighter to light
    their torches. Doing this can be incredibly dangerous. A standard
    disposable lighter has the same explosive power as a grenade and can
    easily take a leg off. Welders are forbidden to have them in their
    pockets while working because of amputating explosions that have
    apparently been seen in the welding and brazing industry. Empty or
    almost empty disposable lighters are particularly dangerous. I have
    heard of one that blew up on someone's car dash when left in the sun
    as well as of one that blew up on a jeweler's bench when brushed
    accidentally with a torch flame. Because the design is, however, very
    useful and easy to strike a spark with you can consider using one if
    like I do, you take an empty one, saw the bottom off or drill into it
    to remove any fuel vapors and then use it quite happily as a striker
    for a torch. A comment I have heard (and seen, come to think of it)
    is that beginners need special attention given them as they have a
    tendency to wave the flame about wildly without thinking of where it
    is pointing (Gayle Morris, 1/25/97, Orchid List, "Re: First piece?
    Teaching"). 

best
Charles

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