[Jewelry making - Article 00708] - Re: [Orchid] Butane torches

[James Binnion]

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>     Take a really short length of small-guage (20-ish) wire from yer
>     scrap pile (or use copper wire or whatever) & pull the "slippery
>     little button"/pin part down (without yet pushing the trigger part
>     or sliding the lever in the back to "on"). Wrap the wire around the
>     pin so that it sorta "blocks" it from retracting, and snip any
>     excess wire tail. The pin being pulled down is only a "safety lock"
>     kinda deal & doesn't actually control any of the butane coming out
>     so it's perfectly safe to just leave it like this. 

    And when the fire inspector is going through the remains of your
    shop or house and finds the torch with its safety interlock defeated
    and passes that on to your insurance company they will refuse to pay
    on your loss. 

James Binnion
jbin AT mokume-gane.com
James Binnion Metal Arts
http://www.mokume-gane.com
360-756-6550
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