I'd always been happy enough with my Maxflame butane torch - until I discovered that I couldn't complete one of Hans Meevis's tutorials using it (to melt the edge of some silver petals) - so, six months ago I got a good deal on a Little Torch and a used oxycon and even one of those touch piezo lighters (because I know what I'm like). I read up on safety, got all the relevant brass bits and flash back arrestors etc. set it all up and read up on how to use it.
I tried it for one session - and haven't touched it since.
My handheld torch is auto-lighting, operatable with one hand, takes seconds to turn on and off and pick up and put down - which I seem to do a lot - especially if I'm making a chain, and when it's switched on it's exactly the same flame as when it was switched off.
So how do people cope with a little torch? After turning on the oxycon and the gas cannister, lighting it was scary and then it took me about 5 minutes to get the right flame piddling around with gas and oxygen knobs and then I had to piddle around with knobs in the right order to turn it off - and then do it all again to turn it back on - do people just leave it burning, or do they only do lengthy jobs with it - or am I completely missing something - online reviews rave about it.
What did I do wrong?
Sally
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