Tool Talk
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Batz on May 16, 2012, 06:49:26 AM
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I'm a blow torch collecter as most of you know, have you seen these?
(http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p175/batz2/DSCF2726.jpg)
There was a rubber tube attached and a refrigeration mechanic would use it to find Dichlorodifluoromethane gases from refrigerants, the color of flame would change.
It's a Turner B-1 Halide Gas Leak Detector. Turner catalog 1939. It's not uncommon but interesting all the same.
batz
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Interesting adaptation.
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Im more...I mean just as interested in a clearer picture of the broad on the wall
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Im more...I mean just as interested in a clearer picture of the broad on the wall
Yeah, me also. Think we could get a picture without the glare on it....ha ha...
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Im more...I mean just as interested in a clearer picture of the broad on the wall
Yeah, me also. Think we could get a picture without the glare on it....ha ha...
Yeah, that glare is killin me, my eyes are bloodshot from the starin and its all your fault.
BTW I though Ihad seen some nip slippage but looks like its a beer add so its prob. only wishfull thinking on my part :)
Oh yeah, nice wrench erum I mean blow torch BTW
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The tank of Oxygen must be for recovery after looking at the...uh....Blowtorch ;P
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OK
(http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p175/batz2/DSCF2731.jpg)
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Easy now, fellas!
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The tank of Oxygen must be for recovery after looking at the...uh....Blowtorch ;P
It's C02 to carb my beer.
Interesting that this is the one only beer sign in my bar that the wifes wants gone. Well there is one other she is not thrilled with as well. Must be a female thing?? I quite like it myself.
batz
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Easy now, fellas!
Yeah, I defanitely was not expecting that, even thats a little much for my eyes. Im out!!
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Never tried Sachsen. Is it a good pilsner?
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Thank you Batz. Tell the wife I'm appalled by that sign, so she MUST send it to me for disposal.....LMAO!!! I'll pay the shipping!!!!
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Getting back on topic, I picked up two blow torches this weekend, one was a Turner, but the other's logo was unfamiliar to my neophyte eyes. Got them for $2 each at an auction
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Getting back on topic, I picked up two blow torches this weekend, one was a Turner, but the other's logo was unfamiliar to my neophyte eyes. Got them for $2 each at an auction
Throw up a picture and lets see what you have.
batz
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Batz, check out the far away photo of it on my General discussion thread. It does have a discernible HM in the logo if that helps. The Turner is a 3A but there's some sort of mark in between the 3 and the A on the nozzle.
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That is an interesting adaptation on a gasoline torch given the timeframe it would have been in use. I have an early air/Acet torch that is a gas detector, around 1940 vintage. The A/A system was in use well into the 60s, and if I'm remembering correctly the flame color change was caused by the reaction of chlorine gas with an alloy element in the flame path.
I'm wondering if that torch is set up to detect Dichlorodifluoromethane or another gas in use at the time such as Hydrogen Sulphide. Just might have to dig out an old Audels and see if they show a gasoline torch detector.
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That is an interesting adaptation on a gasoline torch given the timeframe it would have been in use. I have an early air/Acet torch that is a gas detector, around 1940 vintage. The A/A system was in use well into the 60s, and if I'm remembering correctly the flame color change was caused by the reaction of chlorine gas with an alloy element in the flame path.
I'm wondering if that torch is set up to detect Dichlorodifluoromethane or another gas in use at the time such as Hydrogen Sulphide. Just might have to dig out an old Audels and see if they show a gasoline torch detector.
In the Turner catalog (1939) this torch is refered to as 'Halide Refrigerant Gas Leak Detector' it lists several refrigerants that it will detect, flame changes from blue to green. Interestingly the torch is an alcohol burning and not gas torch.
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All right Batz, you have shamed me into showing off my meager collection of blow torches, now that I have 7 of them. From the left, the first one seems to have an "OM" at the end of what logo is left on it. The second one has the "HM" prominent on what's left of the logo, the next one you'd have to recognize by the shape of the logo, as there's nothing left otherwise, the next one is a Clayton and Lambert from Detroit with a 1921 date on it. The next one is a Dunlap(Sears??, the next one has no info that I can find, and has a crack on the side of the tank. The final one is the Turner 3A. Any ideas on what's there would be great. It looks like a couple of them actually had lighting instructions on the tanks, but not really legible at this juncture!!! If photgraphing the bottoms and their unique bolt/plug configurations would help, I could do that maybe in a few days.
DM&FS
DM&FS
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Batz- this may drive you batty!
(http://img2.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.274107646.jpg)
http://tinyurl.com/7dlybwy (http://tinyurl.com/7dlybwy)
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Batz- this may drive you batty!
(http://img2.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.274107646.jpg)
http://tinyurl.com/7dlybwy (http://tinyurl.com/7dlybwy)
(http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p175/batz2/dontlikeit.jpg)
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The first from the left is an early Benz (could be marked Otto Benz)
2nd is a Harmic
3rd is a later Benz
You know the rest, ain't they wonderful things? It's really just so good getting them going again, before they explode of course.
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Well, at least the lightbulb won't explode....
Tho you could be the first person in history to be electrocuted by a blowtorch...
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Be a lot better if one of the flickerflame bulbs was used.
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AP, you should have followed the link-
I found this old torch at Dodge Antiques (www.dodgestreetantiques.com) in Algoma Wis, and decided to make it come to life with this flickering flame light bulb. It honestly looks like it is shooting flame!