[Jewelry making - Article 00534] - Re: [Orchid] Striker verses lighter when lighting a torch.

[Brigid Ryder]

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Hi Kathy

    There may be a multitude of reasons but the one I have heard that
    you should not use a lighter because it has its own little source of
    fuel and you don't want to ignite it. But I have heard this mostly
    from welders, because of the large amount of heat generated by
    welding. I had a friend who was apprenticing as a pipefitter in a
    pulp mill, but who is also trained as a EMT.  He had to deal with a
    welder who had a disposable plastic lighter melt and start to burn in
    his pocket as he was welding (because of the heat) but not because he
    had lit the torch with the lighter.  The practice in the mill was if
    you carried a lighter it should be a zippo, because the fuel is not
    in a sealed container and if the metal case gets hot, you will
    notice! 

    If your assistant is more comfortable with the motion of flicking a
    lighter rather than squeezing a striker, there is a compromise.  Use
    a Zippo without fuel or get a disposable lighter, hold the little tab
    down to let the fuel escape (obviously in a place where it can
    dissipate without a problem, like outside) and then for added safety
    cut off the bottom of the plastic part. A transparent lighter is
    better because you know when all the fuel is gone. Oh and take off
    the metal guard around striker part.  Or hit up the few remaining
    smokers you might know for old lighters, but the lighters may not
    have a lot of flint left. 

Hope that helps
Brigid Ryder


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