New Toy in the Workshop

[Zevang]

Hi guys!

This is to inform you about my new purchase for my workshop.
It's a portable torch with which I think I can start learning the magic of silver soldering for repair and someday, in a not so far future, also constructing

Some pictures go along.

[Zevang]

Now the flames...

[pied_piper]

Nice new toy! Congrats! Looks like you are on your way to equipping your shop and practicing your newly learned skills.

Is that an oxy-acetylene kit or some other fuel? Disposable cylinders? It appears similar to the small torch used in many shops. Looks like it will give you a good range of heat from a soft flame to full on for silver brazing. I don't do a lot of silver solder brazing so I make do with a small butane torch. It provides me enough heat to braze small parts like keys when needed.

[Zevang]

Nice new toy! Congrats! Looks like you are on your way to equipping your shop and practicing your newly learned skills.

Is that an oxy-acetylene kit or some other fuel? Disposable cylinders? It appears similar to the small torch used in many shops. Looks like it will give you a good range of heat from a soft flame to full on for silver brazing. I don't do a lot of silver solder brazing so I make do with a small butane torch. It provides me enough heat to braze small parts like keys when needed.

Thanks!

This kit works with Oxygen plus Propane. The instructions state it reaches 3000 degrees Celsius.
Indeed it has disposable cylinders. I think for now it's more than sufficient, mostly I will be trainning silver soldering and minor tasks.
I don't know if this set will work properly when I go into constructing (firstly headjoints, then, someday, complete flutes...), but I'm sure it will help me a lot at the beginning.

Cheers

[flutego12]

@Zevang.
Exciting new horizon unfolds... congrats. Very impressive. Go easy on the oxygen tanks. A mounted fire extinguisher would be a good idea too.

@Pied Piper
hello Bob. Miss your fireside chats about flute repair. Was barred from this site for 1-2months (strange, i wasn't spamming though)...
perhaps it was the topics.

[Zevang]

@Zevang.
Exciting new horizon unfolds... congrats. Very impressive. Go easy on the oxygen tanks. A mounted fire extinguisher would be a good idea too.

You know, I was out today for a barbecue, and I was thinking exactly this: "What if I left something leaking and my house now is on fire...", then I thought about the insurance I've just renewed (relieve...), etc...

The fire extinguisher suggestion is gold!

Thanks a lot!

[pied_piper]

Zevang -Agree with having the fire extinguisher, but also ALWAYS check the torch valves two or three times to be sure it's off when you're done using it. That way, hopefully you'll never need to use the extinguisher!

Flutego12 - I'm one of the moderators here and know of no reason why you should have been banned. There should be no problem with any of your topics or messages to date. Here is the only thing I can think that might have happened: some of the worst spammers have been banned by their IP address. If your ISP uses dynamic IP addresses, you might have been temporarily assigned one of the banned addresses and that would have prevented you from logging in. If it happens again, send an email to Fluteland (support@fluteland.com) explaining your situation. They should be able to correct it.

[mirwa]

Looks good, however the torch is probably too large / broad for the fine work required, I recommend a torch called smith little torch, you can use your bottles but the improvement is dramatic.

I have made flute head joints, but never a flute body. The smith torch is perfect.

Most of my solder work I use a butane torch, for silver soldering I use the smith torch with oxy and acetalyne

Regards

Steve

[Classitar]

Nice to see.

Good Luck!

[Zevang]

Zevang -Agree with having the fire extinguisher, but also ALWAYS check the torch valves two or three times to be sure it's off when you're done using it. That way, hopefully you'll never need to use the extinguisher!

Yes, thanks! I'll do that

[Zevang]

Looks good, however the torch is probably too large / broad for the fine work required, I recommend a torch called smith little torch, you can use your bottles but the improvement is dramatic.

Steve, thanks for the info. It happened that the only model available nearby was this one I have now. I saw Smith's website and thought of that as a "must have" in the future. Thanks for your impressions.

[Zevang]

Nice to see.
Good Luck!

Thanks a lot!

[flutego12]

This is my butane ... the real McCoy toy - has anyone used this?
...Does it actually work?

[pied_piper]

This is my butane ... the real McCoy toy - has anyone used this?
...Does it actually work?

??? Did you intend to post a photo (or description)? ???

[flutego12]

oops. I'd forgotten to attach after failing to reduce it's page weight for uploading.

here it is.