The Brits call it a gas axe.... Maybe a better description considering the
number of Oops! I have seen.
Randy

"Eric R Snow" wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 14:25:10 -0800, Grant Erwin
wrote:

I had to take apart a flimsy old cast iron camp stove today. Fifty year old
steel screws/nuts holding the cast iron top onto flimsy sheet metal. I
tried
half-heartedly to unscrew them, but I knew they wouldn't budge. I would
have dug
out the air chisel but I wanted to save the cast iron top to use to hold up
my
lead pot over a Mike Porter burner. So I dug out the O/A torch and flushed
off
the 12 offending screws in a jiffy. Knocked off a little slag and the top
is
ready for the bead blaster.

I love oxy/fuel torches sometimes.

GWE
Another name for a cutting torch is "gas wrench". If someone hears
that one for the first time they know exactly what it is.
ERS