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Mini-blowtorches (pencil shaped) suppliers?
Anyone know of a good supplier of these, at a decent price? I need
about 50, for now. My local wholesaler is out of stock until march! These are ones filled with butane gas and are hand held, for soldering etc. Like this at Maplin... http://www.maplin.co.uk/images/Full/3885i0.jpg Some of those "cooks" blow torches might be good too. Thanks. Rob |
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Argentice wrote:
Anyone know of a good supplier of these, at a decent price? I need about 50, for now. My local wholesaler is out of stock until march! Try www.google.co.uk, selecting "pages from the UK", for "portasol gas soldering" - you'll find both end-user-sales and distributors in the search results. |
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I wrote:
Try www.google.co.uk, selecting "pages from the UK", for "portasol gas soldering" - you'll find both end-user-sales and distributors in the search results. and indeed, over at http://www.tait-components.com/Produ... Tools&iPage=2 there's a *much* cheaper handheld butane miniflamethrower ;-) for 7 notes one-off, 5-and-three-quarter notes for 20+. No, I don't get commission ;-) |
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On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 06:04:20 +0000, Argentice
wrote: Anyone know of a good supplier of these, at a decent price? I once bought three of these for a quid, from Maplin. Given their _enormous_ unreliability, it wasn't a good deal. It explained why they were shifting them though. I'd use some sort of candle instead, or else make my own gas burner |
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On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:47:24 +0000, Andy Dingley
wrote: On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 06:04:20 +0000, Argentice wrote: Anyone know of a good supplier of these, at a decent price? I once bought three of these for a quid, from Maplin. Given their _enormous_ unreliability, it wasn't a good deal. It explained why they were shifting them though. I'd use some sort of candle instead, or else make my own gas burner Well they are 10 UKP normally. I caught them mis-priced at 4.95 - buy 2 get 1 free. So I cleaned them out. Now, I normally I get them for about 1.50, but they are like hens teeth - bloody hard to find! Rob |
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On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 11:32:37 +0000, Stefek Zaba
wrote: there's a *much* cheaper handheld butane miniflamethrower ;-) for 7 notes one-off, 5-and-three-quarter notes for 20+. No, I don't get commission ;-) You should! Not a bad price for a proper BT I'm really after "cheap as chips" though ;-) Cheers! |
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In message , Argentice
writes Anyone know of a good supplier of these, at a decent price? I need about 50, for now. My local wholesaler is out of stock until march! These are ones filled with butane gas and are hand held, for soldering etc. Like this at Maplin... http://www.maplin.co.uk/images/Full/3885i0.jpg Some of those "cooks" blow torches might be good too. Why not phone Maplins up and order them .... don't forget to ask for a bulk discount -- geoff |
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On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 20:51:02 GMT, raden wrote:
In message , Argentice writes Anyone know of a good supplier of these, at a decent price? I need about 50, for now. My local wholesaler is out of stock until march! These are ones filled with butane gas and are hand held, for soldering etc. Like this at Maplin... http://www.maplin.co.uk/images/Full/3885i0.jpg Some of those "cooks" blow torches might be good too. Why not phone Maplins up and order them ... don't forget to ask for a bulk discount A spirit lamp and blowpipe are quite effective after a bit of practice. -- Frank Erskine |
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Argentice wrote:
Like this at Maplin... http://www.maplin.co.uk/images/Full/3885i0.jpg Hmm... I've had a couple of those that have decided to leak butane from the valve when in use. Might have been a bad batch though, are they ok now? Lee -- Email address is valid, but is unlikely to be read. |
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