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The_Yellow_Ardvark
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That was unexpected.
I almost dropped my coffee.
Burning away very nicely, then woooooofplt.
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This one was green with envy.
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Well, this morning I needed to dry some metal.
It was early hours, no neighbours next door.
So out with one of the bigger torches.
1 gallon of parffin.
A bit of Meths.
A lot of primming and pumping.
You get a 8' flame thrower.
This was done outside, fire extinguishers to hand.
This was a simple case of cracking the control valve a bit early.
Getting there, 15 minutes of warming and the flame is getting hotter.
This is tick over.
This is MOD Brazing torch.
Yes you can braze with it.
I have.
But it is not something to be done on a whim and with out a lot of H&S and a lot more respect for the beastie.
It was early hours, no neighbours next door.
So out with one of the bigger torches.
1 gallon of parffin.
A bit of Meths.
A lot of primming and pumping.
You get a 8' flame thrower.
This was done outside, fire extinguishers to hand.
This was a simple case of cracking the control valve a bit early.
Getting there, 15 minutes of warming and the flame is getting hotter.
This is tick over.
This is MOD Brazing torch.
Yes you can braze with it.
I have.
But it is not something to be done on a whim and with out a lot of H&S and a lot more respect for the beastie.
I've got one of the old brass parrafin blow lamps somewhere in the deptgs of the shed, I've not managed to get it to light on the couple of occasions I've tried, would be nice to get it going, there's obviously some dark ritual needed to fire these up 
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No.I've got one of the old brass parrafin blow lamps somewhere in the deptgs of the shed, I've not managed to get it to light on the couple of occasions I've tried, would be nice to get it going, there's obviously some dark ritual needed to fire these up
If the pump washer is shoit get a new one.
At thge same time get a neede/jet cleaner.
Fill the tank 3/4 full of parrafin.
Fill the pre heater well with Meths.
Light the meths.
When the meths is almost burnt out, pump and play untill you get a blue flame.
Look back on my posts and you will see the fun I have had.
I'll attempt to rescue the devilish device from the chaos of the shed and give it another go
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I have this blowtorch still in its original box....
Just a bit dusty in need of a polish, maybe used once or twice but almost in mint condition.
Anyone know where I can get a seal/plunger kit???
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Just a bit dusty in need of a polish, maybe used once or twice but almost in mint condition.
Anyone know where I can get a seal/plunger kit???
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zzr1200
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There's always an interesting twist to some rebuilds, maybe the first test should be an outdoor test......You mean, like this?[warning.....don't try this at home, kids]
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Thank you, I'll have to dig the lamps and stove out now to see what i need for the rebuilds....
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Safe ish.You mean, like this?
I have fired a new one up and got the same results.
Experiance will say when to pump it up or not.
Eyebrows do grow back.
Some times.
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When I was in the scouts back in the 60’s we found an old huge 4 burner Primus stove tucked away in the scout hut. Boys being boys we had to see if we could get it going. It produced huge yellow flames about 6 foot high, luckily we did it outside. Nothing we could do would get it to burn properly, we enjoyed ourselves though.
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Too much pressure probably especially if it hadn't heated up properly, I had a paraffin blow torch when I was 15 and it would do the same sometimes, all of a sudden you would see a ball of flames kicked out of the shed
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Only just seen this thread, I've had about 3 parafin blow torches, gave them all away 
I have a small primus stove that comes apart and stores in a tin, I had it given maybe 6 years ago and have never lit it, I'll dig it out and stick a photo up, makes me wanna get the brasso out
I have a small primus stove that comes apart and stores in a tin, I had it given maybe 6 years ago and have never lit it, I'll dig it out and stick a photo up, makes me wanna get the brasso out
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You lot have a lot to answer for
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I got one of them.You lot have a lot to answer for
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Good bit od kit.
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