OT Blowlamp
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Can anyone recommend a good blowlamp.

I've got seized rear brake adjusters on two of the minis and need some heat to shift em.

Are these things any good?



Thanks in advance.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

no idea about them but the ones in B&Q with the yellow "MAPP" bottles get a much hotter flame tan anyo ther blowtorch iv used.

turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)

Denis O'Brien.

The kind of thing you've pictured will do the job, I've one I got from B&Q a few years ago that is good enough for the odd un-seizing job.

Thanks.

I just thought, I've always got a bottle of propane and a spare regulator hanging about for the motorhome. You can get some very good ones for not much money.

Otherwise B&Q it is.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Defo go for the B&Q Mapp gas....

This is what air-con guys use for braxing their pipework together.
B&Q had an offer of a kit for £50 for a while...boxed set, with 2 bottles of gas.

9.85 @ 145mph
202mph standing mile
speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will

if you go for a B&Q one do't get one with the push button to ignite it,

I've got 2, one with and an older one without, the one without is quite a bit hotter, plus the one with self regulates and shuts the gass of after its been on a while.

saying that though, if ypu have propane go for a blow torch reg and bit of hose from machine mart?

Rotherburger mapp gas tourch, trigger ignite, provides plenty of heat. My second choice to oxy-acetylene.
Shane

Can't beat oxy.....but alas, its one of the benefits of having a sheet metal factory to hand.

Oxy is the best!!!! I Carry a porta pack on my van, no nuts can resist a burst from a size 25 nossle! lol
Shane.

Thanks for the advice lads.

This is current favourite:

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

that looks "hot stuff"......hides....

I've got one of the yellow BandQ jobbies and its lasted ages and is well capable of getting brake adjusters glowing red hot if you want it to. I've just got the one that you light with a match, got an adjuster that had been seized for 15years out of a scimitar drum no probs.

However i'd agree that oxy-acet is the way to go.

Rich

Out of interest has anyone used the B&Q Mapp gas with lumiweld? as my cheap blow torch doesn't get hot enough (although it is good for crème brulees).

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axel i have one of those from machine mart on a bottle of red and its pants! a decent plummers blow lamp is fine but you need to be burning 'mapp' gas otherwise you'll be there all day...

turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)

Denis O'Brien.

9.85 @ 145mph
202mph standing mile
speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will

As I say, Air-con installers brazing copper pipe use Mapp gas.... it is pretty hot.

A regular blow lamp doesnt even compare !![/quote]

Your right there! you can get good pennitration on 1 1/8" dia fridge grade copper using mapp gas any bigger is a struggle, mapp is ideal for the garage, and what your trying to do, but personal prefference is oxy-acet.
Shane.

Well, I'm off to B&Q then.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

I've got the machine mart one in the link .............. it's not great to be fair.

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

Went to B&Q today and the had a MAPP one reduced to £25 as the packaging was damaged, bargain :)