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Here, in a huge hangar-type building filled with early engines, more than 40 attendees of the blow torch convention have come to set out their prize collections. They talk and trade, swap and sell. Their blow torches are lovingly displayed — polished, painted, or with their natural patina. Most are brass, some are steel or nickel, and a few are copper or aluminum. Carr noted the role blow torches played in the Industrial Revolution. Sarpolus has written two books and hundreds of articles on his other hobby of radio-controlled airplanes, which he builds and designs.
When he began collecting blow torches, he could find only the scantiest of information. From old tool catalogs, instruction manuals, and advertisements and with the help of Carr, who contributed a great deal of information , he began compiling blow torch background information.
The Otto Bernz Co. Wall Mfg. The units generally came in pint and quart capacities. Depending on their purpose and the ingenuity of the designer, hundreds of styles evolved, with variations such as vertical or horizontal burners and attachments to concentrate or spread flames. In the s, when propane gas became available in disposable tanks, American manufacturers ceased production of blow torches. Far safer and much cheaper, propane tanks easily replaced their dangerous, highly explosive gasoline predecessors.
The only blow torch still commonly used today is the small torch used in gourmet cooking, a baby brother to the fire-spewing blow torches of the past. What once was a common tool has become an uncommon collectible. They look like junk. Some people prefer them that way, with a patina and their original labels and decals. But with a wire brush, cleaning solutions, buffing wheels and a little work, years of neglect can be reversed.
Cleaned and reassembled, steel blow torches can be painted; brass polished like gold. With a little elbow grease and a couple of bucks at a flea market, you can end up with something that looks real special.
A market ready for the invention of cutters and binders used during harvest eased the toil of cutting corn by hand. Wisconsin man learns the complex history of Appleton Mfg. Test your knowledge of vintage farm equipment with these six mysterious tools, some of which have been identified! By Carol Wissmann. This military blowtorch was made by Hunter Mfg. Army in the s. Rarity, not age, makes it collectible.
A common example of a blowtorch.
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