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I have one that came from the oitdoors/camping section in Wal-Mart.
$10 or so, my daughter saw me look at it and have it to me for Christmas.

Use it to start fires mostly.
Pressed it into service when I needed to solder some pipe and my good one
Was hiding.

Get a turbo torch. This is the best, use with Mapp gas, will silver solder 1” copper pipe

For desert coffees.

If you’re looking for one of these, Bernzomatic.



For a torch, Victor.

no listen to mongo...mongo bad

that would suffice

Off to HomeyD with you then!

Ive got a Ts4000 Bernzomatic on map gas thats decent. I have brazed with it in a pinch on thin stuff

or should i cheap out like rocky and go to HF

If ya got horror freight, that would be equivalent I guess. I don’t have HF.

Oooo la la. Check out the accent aigu, accent grave, and accent circonflexe. C'est tres bien.

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Victor if you're talking cutting torch.

I messed around for 30 years with the non-trigger torch heads trying to get just the right amount of gas output so I could ignite it with matches or a lighter. Too little it doesn't light, too much blows out the flame. Granted, I only pulled the thing out a couple times a year.

A couple years ago was watching some videos on how to make great steaks and ran across a channel called Sous Vide Everything, and he would experiment with searing steaks on various things. Inspired me to buy a Bernzomatic TS 8000 trigger head. Just pull the trigger and you're rolling. Wow, wish I'd have done that years ago!

Last Christmas Eve, blew a super single tire on the semi on the way home (company truck) and wadded up the mudflap pretty good. DIdn't feel like having to make an unnecessary trip to a garage to have it bent back, so I took it home and played with my TS 8000 using regular propane and a sledge hammer. Did the job pretty good! Took a little bit to get the metal glowing, but it worked.

Long gone, I had a refillable propane torch, 25 cents a fill back then.

I have a Bernzomatic T8000 auto start that will also use MAPP gas for a lot more heat. It works great. I watched a comparison with their T4000 and the 8000 put out double the heat using propane. With MAPP, it can be used for light brazing. Lifetime warranty, too.

For refilling bottles, I have one of these $10 gizmos that I've been using for 30+ years. There are better ones out there now but this one has worked fine all these years and has paid for itself MANY times over.

the man is obviously fluent