[Jewelry making - Article 00861] - Re: [Orchid] How Good is The Little Torch?

[Mlou Brubaker]

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    I like my propane/oxy Little Torch very much. I found that I had to
    start using shaded eye protection when soldering, due to a flare
    brightness that I could not see through very well without a shaded
    lens. I put on a pair of shaded safety glasses over my regular
    eyeglasses, and that works fine. It is probably better for my eye
    health, anyhow. I use the #4 and #7 tips all the time, and very
    occasionally I use the multi-orifice tip for really large work. I
    tried to melt for casting with it, but gave that up and got a larger
    torch for my melting. It probably works okay for just a little flask
    with one ring in it, but I was melting for larger flasks with many
    pieces on a tree, and sometimes even melting bronze. My former torch
    was a Bernzomatic acetyline/air, and I find that the Little Torch is
    much better for welding in gold, and also better for any precision
    work in silver. I had a preference for heavier work before, and I
    think it may have been because of my tools! 

M'lou Brubaker
Minnesota, USA
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