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nicks creative stuff
I think mini bottles would be a good start some suppliers sell counterfeit torches with these bottles, probably worth avoiding and sticking with an original SLT.
They come with five interchangeable nozzles with varying gas consumptions, from a tiny cigarette lighter size flame to a great big ferocious foot long flame. If you want to pay extra you can also purchase an even bigger bud nozzle, this is the one I use the most for casting. The larger nozzles will probably guzzle these mini bottles very quickly if used regularly.
The SLT isn’t a “one trick pony” it’s great for working in tight corners and multi temperature solder jobs but for something like chain making I would definitely revert back to a one click instant lighting refillable butane torch for speed and convenience. My SLT is a great companion to my other tortures, having a garage as a workshop allows me to use a 13kg propane bottle with three different torches attached. By using brass T joint manifolds I can run my SLT in parallel with two Sievert type tortures all connected to one propane bottle … Nick
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