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Bernzomatic torches
On Jan 15, 5:19*pm, wrote:
I bought another one of these: A torch attached to a 5' hose allowing one handed operation (lighting and, more importantly, extinguishing the flame). The hose is thick, unwieldy and hard to control. It has a nasty habit of swinging into the work field. A risk of hose damage is significant. I e-mailed Bernzomatic to ask about repairing the hose if such accident should occur. I am told it cannot be done. Has anyone tried it? It seems ridiculous to have to replace the whole kit, hose, regulator and torch, if one gets a small nick/burn in the hose. Michael Koblic, Campbell River, BC Propane-rated hose is readily available from the welding supply here, if not somewhere else. On my setup, gas regulation is on the gas bottle, so hose clamps would be perfectly feasible to use for holding the replacement hose in place, no fancy crimp ferrules needed, it's low pressure. YMMV. 5' of hose is sometimes too much, other times not enough. And the bottle needs a foot to keep from tipping over, Coleman sells such a thing for their propane lanterns. Stan |
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Bernzomatic torches
Stanley Schaefer wrote:
On Jan 15, 5:19?pm, wrote: I bought another one of these: A torch attached to a 5' hose allowing one handed operation (lighting and, more importantly, extinguishing the flame). The hose is thick, unwieldy and hard to control. It has a nasty habit of swinging into the work field. A risk of hose damage is significant. I e-mailed Bernzomatic to ask about repairing the hose if such accident should occur. I am told it cannot be done. Has anyone tried it? It seems ridiculous to have to replace the whole kit, hose, regulator and torch, if one gets a small nick/burn in the hose. Michael Koblic, Campbell River, BC Propane-rated hose is readily available from the welding supply here, if not somewhere else. On my setup, gas regulation is on the gas bottle, so hose clamps would be perfectly feasible to use for holding the replacement hose in place, no fancy crimp ferrules needed, it's low pressure. YMMV. 5' of hose is sometimes too much, other times not enough. And the bottle needs a foot to keep from tipping over, Coleman sells such a thing for their propane lanterns. Offhand, does anybody know the actual difference between acetylene+propane vs just acetylene or propane rated fuel hose? They look the same at first glance, but there's got to be something else different between them. |
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