recognize this old tool?

[Mark]

well...i know you guys dont like "noobies" without introductions, so my name is mark from CT. At 32, i'm probably too young to be on this forum. Ford guy, building a 56F100, but I love old rods, flatheads, multicarbs, and black primer...
My old man and i came across this tool he got a couple decades ago. he wasnt sure but thought it was for working with lead, heating up the metal, and/or lead. has a brass cup, and a "hand pump" , recognize it and how does it work?

[safariknut]

It's an old plumber's blowtorch.I think it uses Coleman Lantern/Stove fuel.Put fuel in;pump up pressure;light,and solder away!Good for doing copper pipes and accidentally setting a shop on fire.Makes a good wall hanger.IMHO

[olskool37]

yup, you hit the nail on the head

[daveydeuce]

Its a gasoline "Blow Torch". It it used with "White" gas. You would remove the thumb pump, fill it with white gas, reinstall the thumb pump, pump it to pressurize the container, open the valve on the side to let the cup under the torch fill with with gas, light it to warm up the torch, after it reached the proper degree of temp, you open the main valve and the torch would lite and become a "Blow" torch. As the pressure would bleed off you would have to pump up the pressure again to continue operation. Was primarily used by plumbers to heat pipes and to solder with and to melt the lead used in connecting the cast iron sewer pipe. I have used one many times as a kid in the 40s to thaw frozen water pipes and sewer systems that were unprotected from freezing in the winter time under the house. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif Davey <font color="red"> </font>

[Deyomatic]

So, where in CT are you from? I grew up in Uncasville, but have friends in the New Haven area.
Honk if you love Pepe's Pizza!

[SIXOCAD]

Too young?...Ha! I'm looking forward to getting my learner's permit...

[Mark]

Thanks for the comments. Actually i am in the new haven area, we try to get down to Pepe's pizza at least once every month or two. good stuff!!! in the summer the line to get in can be almost 2 hrs long.

[4t64rd]

When I saw the subject line, I thought you were going to show a picture of me. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[hotrod54chevy]

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At 32, i'm probably too young to be on this forum.

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what are you talking about???i'm 21!!!!!!!
Creepy

[The37Kid]

Hi Mark, Good to have another Connecticut Yankee on the list. Had a '56 F100 that I drove home from California in 1975. That blow torch would make a good lamp base, good safe use for it.

[Big A]

The average age on the HAMB is somewhere between 16 and dead. No age requirements here, bud.

Those other guys are yanking your chain with all that blow torch stuff. That there's a blinker oil decanter, they were sold in pairs, red and amber.

[cosmo]

I'm surprised none of the old guys added that the hook on the top, combined with the 'cradle' just at the end are to hold and heat a soldering iron. You just lit the torch, then put the iron in the hook and on the cradle, and in a few minutes the iron was hot enough to solder things.
I'd attach a scan of my iron, but I'm stuck in Colorado...
Cosmo

[Rocket Scientist Chris]

Here's a good link on blow torch horrors (http://www.blotorches.com/horror.html) ! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[porknbeaner]

Yes its an old blow torch, I had one when I was in High School but I never burned down the shop with it. Just lucky I guess.

BTW just incase no one else does it Welcome.
Now how 'bout a pic or two of the effie.

The PKnBner http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Stevie G]

Be careful with that torch. I like the lamp idea.
Get to New London much?
There was a place at the base of the Goldstar bridge on the west side called "Don Juans Combat Cuisine". Wondering if it's still there.

At any rate.....welcome.

[Deyomatic]

Oh, I know ALL about the line at Pepe's. I used to drive from southern New Hampshire just to get there, then you add 2 hours for standing in line.
I was just there a couple of weeks ago, next time I'm in town I'll send you a PM and go get some pizza.

My friends are from Hamden and Milford.

[TheDooWopKid13]

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At 32, i'm probably too young to be on this forum.

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welcome. too young? im 15, so that makes me the youngest on the board, and its all ages i think?