[Jewelry making - Article 00188] - Re: [Orchid] Do small butane soldering torches work?

[Michael Balls]

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    From my experience with these devices, I'd be pretty hesitant to
    recommend them. They always seem to gum up, start spitting, go out
    intermittently - everything you don't want to happen in the middle of
    a soldering job. And if you got a high quality one, you'd still end
    up paying an unacceptable price for the fuel, and they run out of
    fuel quickly. I can't think of many good arguments for using a mini
    butane torch for anything but a pocket lighter. 

    I've been using (completely inappropriately) a Bernz O Matic brazing
    torch kit, substituting propane for the brazing fuel.  This offers
    utterly no control over where the flame goes, and tends to melt
    projects in a hurry if you're not extremely careful, but it suggests
    to me that a plain-jane hardware store blowtorch might suit your 
    needs for the time being.

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