[Jewelry making - Article 00125] - Re: [Orchid] Guidance on water torch purchase

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Dear R. E. Rourke:

    Thank you for your posting. I manage North American operations for
    Spirig, the maker of the Spirflame[tm]. I would like to make a
    couple of corrections. 

>     i have a hydroflux welder, and have used the spiritflame..It is
>     not for beginners

    Approximately, one-third of our jewelry customers in North America
    who have purchased Spirflames[tm] are absolute beginners.
    Approximately 50 percent, are installed in homes or apartments. A
    good number of these customers, we have taught basic soldering to at
    the time of purchase. In fact, due to ease of use and the extensive
    safety systems, a Spirflame[tm] is the perfect system for beginners.
    Unless the beginner is doing forging, larger hollowware pieces, or
    casting, a Spirflame[tm] Karat 250 will handle all of their needs
    for many, many, years. Some the finest most experienced jewelers,
    goldsmiths, and firms in the world are also our customers. 

>     a water torch, and the maintenance required is extensive relative
>     to oxy/fuel torches or air/fuel models. 

    The maintenance on a Spirflame[tm] is minimal. Due to design
    features, less than any other water fueled torch, period. Add
    distilled water when needed. Cleaning, rinsing the separate booster
    tanks and exchanging a hand piece filter which is then soaked
    overnight in water. A ten minute task total, only once a week at the
    worst. Once a year, or 2,000 hours of operation (Spirflames[tm] have
    an hour meter) chemicals are exchanged, a fifteen minute process, at
    worst. We also supply Spirflame[tm] gas to many sophisticated
    automated assembly lines. In fact, we are the only unit which can run
    24 hours a day, 7 days a week without any maintenance, and do so in
    many locations. There are a num ber of examples where we have been
    selected specifically due to the minimal maintenance required when
    directly compared to bottled gases. Flame accuracy, precise
    temperature, low operating cost, and safety are 

    other reasons we are chosen. We have a good number of jewelers with
    old units which were not treated kindly (understatement), and are
    still running well and happy, all around the world, not just in
    America. Are you sure it was a Spirflame[tm] (not spiritflame) you
    used? Can I ask where? 

Best Regards,
Gary
Gary W. Miller
www.spirig.org
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