I found one of these in the garage of the house I bought, never knew exactly what it was until now! Thought it was some sort of acetylene lamp or torch type deal. This is awesome, gonna go see if I can blow myself up now! Good times!
I was watching a video a while back and the lady was using one. I was going to look for one on eBay, but when I was putting salt in the softener, I noticed one sitting on a shelf. It's crazy how easily we look right past something just because it's not familiar!
My dad used those to do floorcovering in the 50's. The top would hold a soldering iron in the flame also. They worked great. Every gas station had pumps dedicated to "White Gas". Coleman fuel was not a thing until the 70's I think. He switched to butane torch when they came out in the 60's.
Neat didn't know about the gas stations with white gas ... apparently this one might supposed to be kerosene .. going to try it once I get my hands on some ..also going to take it apart and give it a proper clean
@@Drifter69 A good "clear" unsented lamp oil is an excellent kerosene if you can't find K-1. My grandfather had 3 of them so he would have plenty of cool down time between firings. Remember to wear 100% wool when you're really using these things.
nice pal!...Since 1974 i dont hear this beatryfull noise!!...my father use in this years 1970 ( when i was a child) this nice pice of art in home to fix pipes broken i and was with him like a job helper!!...nice video man!!
Very cool video, my father used one of these to make repairs on the copper pipes, thanks for taking the time to make the video, also your crescent wrench is so nice. Here in Mexico they still sell this blow torches brand new and go for about 150 USD, they're expensive.
Very cool and clear video, great instructions. I was just trying out my torches, purchased at scrapyards for pennies - despite being older than me, they all fired up pretty much fine - although the jets got clogged up after a while, probably due to some old gasoline residue that was still inside. For something so relatively simple, they pack a lot of power - the biggest one I have produces a flame well over a foot in lenght!
No doubt you know this but, the preheating cup is supposed to be filled with alcohol to burn and preheat the burner BECAUSE-this is supposed to be filled with KEROSENE which is much less volatile than gasoline. 👍🏻 Sputtering flame looks like a dirty generator. You may be able to disassemble the torch and clean everything with denatured alcohol and wire brushes.
definitely going to try this when i get back to working in the shop .. wife has me busy with other stuff lol i dont get to play as much .. thank you for the tip
My Dad had a couple of those in our garage. He and my Grandpa built houses in the 1930's , 40's, and '50's. They their did all their own tinwork ( flashings & like that,) , and plumbing-- copper pipe and cast iron, lead caulked sewer pipe. They used them to heat soldering irons ( coppers actually.) And to melt ladles of lead for the sewers. I saw him light one one day- thought the thing was gonna explode.
Hehe yeah I am debating about taking it back out and running it on kerosene ... to see the difference... i also kinda want to polish it up .. but also like the patina
very cool! My dad recently showed me a camping stove that runs on a similar principal, I thought it was a realy novel idea, not realising it had been used for years. thanks for sharing!
New ones are still made in Ukraine but they're steel not brass. The old Turners etc are less corrosion prone. Those torches are as safe as they ever were in good condition. They were designed for daily trades use. Mine works fine.
Watched my dad use one of these things to heat up a breakdown that wouldn't come off , scared the crap out of me, every thing I'd ever learned on how nor to get killed was being totally disregarded with this death with a handle lighting open gasoline with a match, no, pressurizing gasoline,no the whole time it warming up to a hot burn it's hard not to run for your life, it seems to be undecided on weather to blow up or burn , it sounds like a rocket ready to leave any instant, the heat coming of is incredible, like sitting in front of a campfire. My dad picked this thing up lights his smoke with it and points it right at the car,like right in, the cars a gonner in 3, 2,boink. He turns so the torch, puts it down,to near me, reaches our with welding gloves and that drum just came right off threw it on the ground,too close to me and the showes over, I think I'm gonna get me one, seems like its almost a forge how much more could it take.
Ive got a 1909 Otto Bernz kerosene torch i haven't fired it up yet i just got a leather washer never heard of one until now but im going to put it in and fire it up hopefully I won't blow up any suggestions 😅...dont do it just joking have a nice day 😊😅
Men were men back then, lighting their Player's unfiltered off that thing, then leaving the kids in the car when they stopped at the bar on the way home. "Don't touch the radio!"
Do you know how much roughly these tend to go for? I'd like to buy one as an ornamental piece, its beautiful but I have no intention of using one for real world purposes
seen one of these on a auction was thinking on getting it... now not going to happen to unpredictable good for a backup if you have nothing else though.
Gasoline will work but not as many BTUs as white gas. Any kind of naphtha is what that thing should be running. As far as volitility, naphtha is one step below jet fuel
Perhaps you could be safer using a slower burning fuel. Perhaps liquid paraffin/kerosine would be a choice. See this torch (see link) fueled by a slower burning fuel. It seems that gasoline could be too dangerous for safe use or perhaps not intended or recommended for safety reasons. ua-cam.com/video/3lLKs0ITZTE/v-deo.html More: Kerosene, also known as paraffin, lamp oil, and coal oil (an obsolete term), is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid which is derived from petroleum. It is widely used as a fuel in the air industry as well as households. Its name derives from Greek: κηρός (keros) meaning wax, and was registered as a trademark by Canadian geologist and inventor Abraham Gesner in 1854 before evolving into a genericized trademark. It is sometimes spelled kerosine in scientific and industrial usage. The term kerosene is common in much of Argentina, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, and the United States, while the term paraffin (or a closely related variant) is used in Chile, eastern Africa, South Africa, Norway, and in the United Kingdom. The term lamp oil, or the equivalent in the local languages, is common in the majority of Asia. Liquid paraffin (called mineral oil in the US) is a more viscous and highly refined product which is used as a laxative. Paraffin wax is a waxy solid extracted from petroleum.
Ppfffffftt... pressure vessel haha... Those ppl don’t even know their own ars totes pressure than that tank uses to operate.... but those torches inn good working order do a damn find job
Consumer products In Asian manufacturing there is good and bad. The chapter: drills. In the 40s'-50'-60'-70 ', it was always an adventure to perform in the wood (tender or hard) A 5 mm hole, and in the metal it was, for Mr. Everyone, mission impossible. The price of Electric drills was prohibitive for someone non-professional. So to perform a hole In the wood, for audacity, used an old used mechanical chignole. To do the same Hole in the metal, it was the obstacle course. All weekend was taken to perform some anodine operation. To pierce in the stone or in the brick, there was a special wick used with a mandrel and tapped with a hammer, again it was a whole program, the Sparadraps and the Mercochrome were essential. In old walls, we were doing a big Hole we placed a wooden cube, and all fixed with fast-taking plaster. To make DIY in this way, it took a lot of time. From the 70s' that existed metabo percussion drills, 100% aluminum, but it was necessary to save 7 months to get it. But Black and Decker combined drills started to see the day and at affordable prices. All this made in Europe. And plastic started little by little to be an integral part, electrical appliances. This implies that there was double electrical insulation, and consequently, they no longer needed grounding. The chapter: Calculators. I took courses on the night for more than 12 years, and until 1976, we had to calculate moderately a calculation rule, certainly he had HP scientists (HP 45, HP 67 A magnetic cards) but it had to Winning the lottery to pay one. In 1976 at Photo Hall we could buy HP 21 has Very affordable price of Asian manufacturing. The chapter: television. In the years 40'-50'-60'-70'-80 ', to obtain a position it was necessary to save more than a year, Because these positions were made in Europe, and their manufacture was very expensive. Most, to see the programs, they went to the cafes. These positions were mediocre from the point of Design view, especially those with lamps. They fell very often down. In these times, do the HiFi tv denial was a very profitable profession, I can affirm it because I am an electronic Graduate and ex convenience store. With the semiconductor event (transistors, integrated circuits and finally Microprocessors MOST FET) The reliability of these products, is an exceptional reliability, the number Faults is very rare. For example flat screen TVs. The electronics is omnipresent in almost all electrical appliances. Alas, they are of absolute invulnerability to an average IM, which can bring us back to an electronic lamps technology 40 '. I can deepen this important topic, but it is very vast. To say what is better between the old and the Modern, the discussion is as exciting as useless.
How do you mean ? ( the bot thing was ment for a different comment from someone else ... for some reason my response attached to your comment .. sorry, i removed it once i realized it happened :)
Sir, given my age (70 years) and since I have always been involved in technique, when I say something, it is the result of a long experience, in the jargon this is called: "to have a lot of kilometers on the clock! ". It is impossible to summarize in a few innocuous profane words sorry.
@@albertinomodonutti4658 it is folks like you I enjoy learning new things from... I wish the world was smaller so that i could invite you all over for a beer :)
It is still useful to share a little of his experience, to instruct young people. But there is a phenomenon that is present in most young people, they cannot bear to have lessons from someone older than them. From people of their generation, this is the only advice they accept. When someone mentions such a technology, and it is from a date prior to their birth, the remark is always the same: “there I was not yet born”. So we can say by transitivity that everything that existed before their birth, for them it never existed, it never product. Everything that was before their existence, passed over in silence. We can say that they carry out revisionism without wanting it, without knowing it. She is beautiful today's youth! Now the concept very relative to the smallness of the planet, it due to the application of technology. Indeed in prehistory, it took 1000 years to go from point A to point B. With technology, wheels, horse-drawn vehicles, engines, planes, etc., the distances will be relatively shortened. You can move from one point to another on the planet in just a few hours. Moreover, we notice the goodness of this method by moving pandemics in just a few hours, all over the globe.
How do you know ? It looks like a Butler blow torch to me and afaik many were gasoline powered although some were able to be ran on kerosene... do you know which torch this is ? blowlamp.co.uk/MY%20WEBS/index2.htm
This is not a gasoline torch, this is a kerosene torch, good didn’t explode with you, my dad had many he used to use them to burn Knots on wood boards,
Consumer products In Asian manufacturing there is good and bad. The chapter: drills. In the 40s'-50'-60'-70 ', it was always an adventure to perform in the wood (tender or hard) A 5 mm hole, and in the metal it was, for Mr. Everyone, mission impossible. The price of Electric drills was prohibitive for someone non-professional. So to perform a hole In the wood, for audacity, used an old used mechanical chignole. To do the same Hole in the metal, it was the obstacle course. All weekend was taken to perform some anodine operation. To pierce in the stone or in the brick, there was a special wick used with a mandrel and tapped with a hammer, again it was a whole program, the Sparadraps and the Mercochrome were essential. In old walls, we were doing a big Hole we placed a wooden cube, and all fixed with fast-taking plaster. To make DIY in this way, it took a lot of time. From the 70s' that existed metabo percussion drills, 100% aluminum, but it was necessary to save 7 months to get it. But Black and Decker combined drills started to see the day and at affordable prices. All this made in Europe. And plastic started little by little to be an integral part, electrical appliances. This implies that there was double electrical insulation, and consequently, they no longer needed grounding. The chapter: Calculators. I took courses on the night for more than 12 years, and until 1976, we had to calculate moderately a calculation rule, certainly he had HP scientists (HP 45, HP 67 A magnetic cards) but it had to Winning the lottery to pay one. In 1976 at Photo Hall we could buy HP 21 has Very affordable price of Asian manufacturing. The chapter: television. In the years 40'-50'-60'-70'-80 ', to obtain a position it was necessary to save more than a year, Because these positions were made in Europe, and their manufacture was very expensive. Most, to see the programs, they went to the cafes. These positions were mediocre from the point of Design view, especially those with lamps. They fell very often down. In these times, do the HiFi tv denial was a very profitable profession, I can affirm it because I am an electronic Graduate and ex convenience store. With the semiconductor event (transistors, integrated circuits and finally Microprocessors MOST FET) The reliability of these products, is an exceptional reliability, the number Faults is very rare. For example flat screen TVs. The electronics is omnipresent in almost all electrical appliances. Alas, they are of absolute invulnerability to an average IM, which can bring us back to an electronic lamps technology 40 '. I can deepen this important topic, but it is very vast. To say what is better between the old and the Modern, the discussion is as exciting as useless.
You always wonder why over 90% men in 1800s have few less fingers lol
They're not that old these were used up until the mid/late 50's
not that old they came out around the 1920’s
I found one of these in the garage of the house I bought, never knew exactly what it was until now! Thought it was some sort of acetylene lamp or torch type deal. This is awesome, gonna go see if I can blow myself up now! Good times!
Remember to stop, drop, and roll 😅
I was watching a video a while back and the lady was using one. I was going to look for one on eBay, but when I was putting salt in the softener, I noticed one sitting on a shelf. It's crazy how easily we look right past something just because it's not familiar!
My dad used those to do floorcovering in the 50's. The top would hold a soldering iron in the flame also. They worked great. Every gas station had pumps dedicated to "White Gas". Coleman fuel was not a thing until the 70's I think. He switched to butane torch when they came out in the 60's.
Neat didn't know about the gas stations with white gas ... apparently this one might supposed to be kerosene .. going to try it once I get my hands on some ..also going to take it apart and give it a proper clean
@@Drifter69 A good "clear" unsented lamp oil is an excellent kerosene if you can't find K-1. My grandfather had 3 of them so he would have plenty of cool down time between firings. Remember to wear 100% wool when you're really using these things.
@robertlee4139they will all run on regular gasoline, it’s just not as clean of a burn and will soot up the burner and the generator faster.
nice pal!...Since 1974 i dont hear this beatryfull noise!!...my father use in this years 1970 ( when i was a child) this nice pice of art in home to fix pipes broken i and was with him like a job helper!!...nice video man!!
Very cool video, my father used one of these to make repairs on the copper pipes, thanks for taking the time to make the video, also your crescent wrench is so nice. Here in Mexico they still sell this blow torches brand new and go for about 150 USD, they're expensive.
We can sell you these blowtorch for $20 USD each.
I remember seeing one of these in an old shed, good vid explaining how it works. Now I might be brave enough to give one a try.
Very cool and clear video, great instructions. I was just trying out my torches, purchased at scrapyards for pennies - despite being older than me, they all fired up pretty much fine - although the jets got clogged up after a while, probably due to some old gasoline residue that was still inside. For something so relatively simple, they pack a lot of power - the biggest one I have produces a flame well over a foot in lenght!
Very clear video? What were you watching
No doubt you know this but, the preheating cup is supposed to be filled with alcohol to burn and preheat the burner BECAUSE-this is supposed to be filled with KEROSENE which is much less volatile than gasoline. 👍🏻
Sputtering flame looks like a dirty generator. You may be able to disassemble the torch and clean everything with denatured alcohol and wire brushes.
definitely going to try this when i get back to working in the shop .. wife has me busy with other stuff lol i dont get to play as much .. thank you for the tip
totallyfrozen there is no actual “generator” per say. Just pull the knob and clean the orifice.
@Drifter's WorkShop
Funny how that tends to stifle tinkering.
My Dad had a couple of those in our garage. He and my Grandpa built houses in the 1930's , 40's, and '50's. They their did all their own tinwork ( flashings & like that,) , and plumbing-- copper pipe and cast iron, lead caulked sewer pipe. They used them to heat soldering irons ( coppers actually.) And to melt ladles of lead for the sewers. I saw him light one one day- thought the thing was gonna explode.
Hehe yeah I am debating about taking it back out and running it on kerosene ... to see the difference... i also kinda want to polish it up .. but also like the patina
very cool! My dad recently showed me a camping stove that runs on a similar principal, I thought it was a realy novel idea, not realising it had been used for years. thanks for sharing!
I never thought about making gaskets that way, i'm guessing you get an imprint from hammering the edge and then cut it out?
yeah that makes sense
Cool, glad to see someone still firing one uo
New ones are still made in Ukraine but they're steel not brass. The old Turners etc are less corrosion prone. Those torches are as safe as they ever were in good condition. They were designed for daily trades use. Mine works fine.
Great tool I have it and I use it for many good projects that I have had 💪🔥💪
This video is exactly what I was looking for - thanks!
No problem, I was told kerosene might be a better choice... I am still terrified to try running this beast indoors ever lol
Imagine the innovations that could have been done with those
it is a popular saying, which explains that with old machines, proven, they can be made a whole Trust
This thing is SCARY! A health inspector's nightmare!
OH the bottom with fill hole is sort of funnel shaped! That helps with building the pressure, too..
I am very happy that you like my story, it is 100% lived, and 100% sweating, 100% of sleepless nights to develop this and that.
Watched my dad use one of these things to heat up a breakdown that wouldn't come off , scared the crap out of me, every thing I'd ever learned on how nor to get killed was being totally disregarded with this death with a handle lighting open gasoline with a match, no, pressurizing gasoline,no the whole time it warming up to a hot burn it's hard not to run for your life, it seems to be undecided on weather to blow up or burn , it sounds like a rocket ready to leave any instant, the heat coming of is incredible, like sitting in front of a campfire. My dad picked this thing up lights his smoke with it and points it right at the car,like right in, the cars a gonner in 3, 2,boink. He turns so the torch, puts it down,to near me, reaches our with welding gloves and that drum just came right off threw it on the ground,too close to me and the showes over, I think I'm gonna get me one, seems like its almost a forge how much more could it take.
Didn’t realize how spoiled I am with my bernzomatic haha
Actually using one of these is no more difficult than a modern torch.
Buddy you are my hero
Ive got a 1909 Otto Bernz kerosene torch i haven't fired it up yet i just got a leather washer never heard of one until now but im going to put it in and fire it up hopefully I won't blow up any suggestions 😅...dont do it just joking have a nice day 😊😅
Does yours have a manufacturer's mark on it? This one looks identical to mine.
Men were men back then, lighting their Player's unfiltered off that thing, then leaving the kids in the car when they stopped at the bar on the way home. "Don't touch the radio!"
@robmarsh6668 funny thing i actually quit since this video... no longer a slave to nicotine:)
@@Drifter69 That's good to hear. Cheers to you
Does it heat up enough to do copper brazing, or only good for soldering ?
In theory it could
Do you know how much roughly these tend to go for? I'd like to buy one as an ornamental piece, its beautiful but I have no intention of using one for real world purposes
It's running ragged because it's not for gasoline.
Its for lower grade fuels.
Can this torch be use in gold smelting?
Probably not that hot. Works to melt solder and lead...
seen one of these on a auction was thinking on getting it... now not going to happen to unpredictable good for a backup if you have nothing else though.
Not any more dangerous than a propane torch, just gotta know what you are doing.
Mazotla çalışan pürmüz yapabilirmsiniz
il n'y a que dans les vieilles marmites qu'on fait de la meilleure soupe !
the best soup is only made in old pots!... lol... :)
mine dont work right and i still dont know how to fix it
it wont shoot proper
Make sure the pump end is sealed. Most importantly, Learn how to pump it. And make sure the head I’d hot before you open the knob.
@@maxhammontree3169 i think i got it now thanks
Gasoline will work but not as many BTUs as white gas. Any kind of naphtha is what that thing should be running. As far as volitility, naphtha is one step below jet fuel
Dam,I thought this was the churchvthat passes blow torches in pews so kids,grandmas,tottering can touch it.
Touch the torch... you know you want to
Perhaps you could be safer using a slower burning fuel. Perhaps liquid paraffin/kerosine would be a choice. See this torch (see link) fueled by a slower burning fuel. It seems that gasoline could be too dangerous for safe use or perhaps not intended or recommended for safety reasons. ua-cam.com/video/3lLKs0ITZTE/v-deo.html
More: Kerosene, also known as paraffin, lamp oil, and coal oil (an obsolete term), is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid which is derived from petroleum. It is widely used as a fuel in the air industry as well as households. Its name derives from Greek: κηρός (keros) meaning wax, and was registered as a trademark by Canadian geologist and inventor Abraham Gesner in 1854 before evolving into a genericized trademark. It is sometimes spelled kerosine in scientific and industrial usage. The term kerosene is common in much of Argentina, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, and the United States, while the term paraffin (or a closely related variant) is used in Chile, eastern Africa, South Africa, Norway, and in the United Kingdom. The term lamp oil, or the equivalent in the local languages, is common in the majority of Asia. Liquid paraffin (called mineral oil in the US) is a more viscous and highly refined product which is used as a laxative. Paraffin wax is a waxy solid extracted from petroleum.
Cut and paste Wikipedia makes you feel smart?
DO NOT use gasoline for these. Just use Coleman camp fuel.
Likely good advice :) gonna try kerosene next time to see if it will run
Then Coleman fuel
It's good for hunting beasts
Ppfffffftt... pressure vessel haha... Those ppl don’t even know their own ars totes pressure than that tank uses to operate.... but those torches inn good working order do a damn find job
Consumer products
In Asian manufacturing there is good and bad.
The chapter: drills.
In the 40s'-50'-60'-70 ', it was always an adventure to perform in the wood (tender or hard)
A 5 mm hole, and in the metal it was, for Mr. Everyone, mission impossible. The price of
Electric drills was prohibitive for someone non-professional. So to perform a hole
In the wood, for audacity, used an old used mechanical chignole. To do the same
Hole in the metal, it was the obstacle course. All weekend was taken to perform
some anodine operation. To pierce in the stone or in the brick, there was a special wick
used with a mandrel and tapped with a hammer, again it was a whole program, the
Sparadraps and the Mercochrome were essential. In old walls, we were doing a big
Hole we placed a wooden cube, and all fixed with fast-taking plaster. To make DIY in this way, it took a lot of time. From the 70s' that existed metabo percussion drills, 100% aluminum, but it was necessary to save 7 months to get it. But Black and Decker combined drills started to see the day and at affordable prices. All this made in Europe. And plastic started little by little to be an integral part, electrical appliances. This implies that there was double electrical insulation, and consequently, they no longer needed grounding.
The chapter: Calculators.
I took courses on the night for more than 12 years, and until 1976, we had to calculate moderately
a calculation rule, certainly he had HP scientists (HP 45, HP 67 A magnetic cards) but it had to
Winning the lottery to pay one. In 1976 at Photo Hall we could buy HP 21 has
Very affordable price of Asian manufacturing.
The chapter: television.
In the years 40'-50'-60'-70'-80 ', to obtain a position it was necessary to save more than a year,
Because these positions were made in Europe, and their manufacture was very expensive.
Most, to see the programs, they went to the cafes. These positions were mediocre from the point of
Design view, especially those with lamps. They fell very often down. In these times, do the
HiFi tv denial was a very profitable profession, I can affirm it because I am an electronic
Graduate and ex convenience store. With the semiconductor event (transistors, integrated circuits and finally
Microprocessors MOST FET) The reliability of these products, is an exceptional reliability, the number
Faults is very rare. For example flat screen TVs. The electronics is omnipresent in almost all electrical appliances. Alas, they are of absolute invulnerability to an average IM, which can bring us back to an electronic lamps technology 40 '.
I can deepen this important topic, but it is very vast. To say what is better between the old and the
Modern, the discussion is as exciting as useless.
Got one for free!
Don't you use Coleman fuel
Kerosene
Can you burn kerosene in it?
Actually had to smoke a cigarette while you're doing a video on UA-cam?
He might die in an explosion but you're concerned about him smoking.
what is your question?
How do you mean ? ( the bot thing was ment for a different comment from someone else ... for some reason my response attached to your comment .. sorry, i removed it once i realized it happened :)
Sir, given my age (70 years) and since I have always been involved in technique, when I say something, it is the result of a long experience, in the jargon this is called: "to have a lot of kilometers on the clock! ". It is impossible to summarize in a few innocuous profane words sorry.
@@albertinomodonutti4658 it is folks like you I enjoy learning new things from... I wish the world was smaller so that i could invite you all over for a beer :)
It is still useful to share a little of his experience, to instruct young people.
But there is a phenomenon that is present in most young people, they cannot bear to have
lessons from someone older than them. From people of their generation, this is the only advice they accept. When someone mentions such a technology, and it is from a date prior to their birth, the remark is always the same: “there I was not yet born”. So we can say by transitivity that everything that existed before their birth, for them it never existed, it never product. Everything that was before their existence, passed over in silence. We can say that they carry out revisionism without wanting it, without knowing it. She is beautiful today's youth! Now the concept very relative to the smallness of the planet, it due to the application of technology. Indeed in prehistory, it took 1000 years to go from point A to point B. With technology, wheels, horse-drawn vehicles, engines, planes, etc., the distances will be relatively shortened. You can move from one point to another on the planet in just a few hours. Moreover, we notice the goodness of this method by moving pandemics in just a few hours, all over the globe.
This is not a gasoline (petrol) blowtorch, it's kerosine or Paraffin.
How do you know ? It looks like a Butler blow torch to me and afaik many were gasoline powered although some were able to be ran on kerosene... do you know which torch this is ?
blowlamp.co.uk/MY%20WEBS/index2.htm
Get a tripod for your camera.
By camera you mean phone ... lol but yes I need to get a tripod
If you still have try it with kerosene it’s safer,
This is not a gasoline torch, this is a kerosene torch, good didn’t explode with you, my dad had many he used to use them to burn Knots on wood boards,
This design is specifically for Gasoline... They even say it on the side. A series of valves stops the flame from going inside the vessel.
it is a popular saying, which explains that with old machines, proven, they can be made a whole Trust
Yes I very much agree... I tend to prefer older tools for this reason
Consumer products
In Asian manufacturing there is good and bad.
The chapter: drills.
In the 40s'-50'-60'-70 ', it was always an adventure to perform in the wood (tender or hard)
A 5 mm hole, and in the metal it was, for Mr. Everyone, mission impossible. The price of
Electric drills was prohibitive for someone non-professional. So to perform a hole
In the wood, for audacity, used an old used mechanical chignole. To do the same
Hole in the metal, it was the obstacle course. All weekend was taken to perform
some anodine operation. To pierce in the stone or in the brick, there was a special wick
used with a mandrel and tapped with a hammer, again it was a whole program, the
Sparadraps and the Mercochrome were essential. In old walls, we were doing a big
Hole we placed a wooden cube, and all fixed with fast-taking plaster. To make DIY in this way, it took a lot of time. From the 70s' that existed metabo percussion drills, 100% aluminum, but it was necessary to save 7 months to get it. But Black and Decker combined drills started to see the day and at affordable prices. All this made in Europe. And plastic started little by little to be an integral part, electrical appliances. This implies that there was double electrical insulation, and consequently, they no longer needed grounding.
The chapter: Calculators.
I took courses on the night for more than 12 years, and until 1976, we had to calculate moderately
a calculation rule, certainly he had HP scientists (HP 45, HP 67 A magnetic cards) but it had to
Winning the lottery to pay one. In 1976 at Photo Hall we could buy HP 21 has
Very affordable price of Asian manufacturing.
The chapter: television.
In the years 40'-50'-60'-70'-80 ', to obtain a position it was necessary to save more than a year,
Because these positions were made in Europe, and their manufacture was very expensive.
Most, to see the programs, they went to the cafes. These positions were mediocre from the point of
Design view, especially those with lamps. They fell very often down. In these times, do the
HiFi tv denial was a very profitable profession, I can affirm it because I am an electronic
Graduate and ex convenience store. With the semiconductor event (transistors, integrated circuits and finally
Microprocessors MOST FET) The reliability of these products, is an exceptional reliability, the number
Faults is very rare. For example flat screen TVs. The electronics is omnipresent in almost all electrical appliances. Alas, they are of absolute invulnerability to an average IM, which can bring us back to an electronic lamps technology 40 '.
I can deepen this important topic, but it is very vast. To say what is better between the old and the
Modern, the discussion is as exciting as useless.