Vince Pitelka on mon 16 may 05
> Oooh, sorry, that's what I meant. I haven't tried it, so the terminology
> escapes me. What IS the different between a blowtorch and a propane
> torch?
The term "blowtorch" historically refers to a gas torch that had an
attachment for mouth-blowing a stream of air across the flame to supercharge
combustion. Until the last 30 or 40 years, the term usually referred to the
old brass pump-up gasoline torches. They used to be the standard torch that
plumbers used for sweat-soldering copper pipe, and were used for many other
applications. You can find them cheap on eBay, but in comparion to a
propane torch, they are rather dangerous.
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Technological University
Smithville TN 37166, 615/597-6801 x111
vpitelka@dtccom.net, wpitelka@tntech.edu
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka/
http://www.tntech.edu/craftcenter/
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