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There is literally 0 info about one online, I just want to know if this fucker will heat 0.075-0.125" Sheet metal to red hot or higher, it's the large tip version or known as the KP105.
I'd buy one and test it myself but they're hazmat so no returns and they're fucking expensive
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>>2983371
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id assume it runs like a mini weed burner torch. so a soft flame and more bulk heating rather than concentrated. basically sucks ass if youre used to oxy acetylene. tough to even silver braze with because it lack the pinpoint flame to work around a joint without getting the entire part glowing so no control
you could piece one together off used parts on ebay for about $100. an acetylene regulator works on a propane tank. then find a bare torch and hose
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>>2983372
I'm scouring ebay every day, someone is selling one without a hose and the hose is fucking $80 alone, shit's crazy. All it has is 9/16-18 female inlets I don't know why its so expensive
The torch runs at 57,000 BTU @ 45PSI, all I could find about it.
>>2983373
yeah the igniter kinda fucks it now that I think about it. Maybe amazon wont throw a shit fit if I just buy it and test it out even if they say no returns too like my local stores
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>>2983413
its a secret davinci code for a listing id, copernicus
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>>2983369
that looks like an old Prestolite handle that they dont make anymore the acetylene one would glow a piece of sheet metal easy i would assume the propane one would do it, I think propane is about 5200 and acetalyne is 6000 degrees
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>>2983879
If that propane one OP listed had smaller pinpoint tips like the prestolite then I would imagine it would be better suited for heating steel. As is it looks like a glorified weed burner.
How did the prestolite intake oxygen to mix with the gas? Through a venturi port in the handle?
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>>2983976
It seems to have a version called BP-2 but it's only 11,000 BTU. Wouldn't a larger btu mean better for his case because of heating sheet metal? Larger area heated, heat retains longer and center gets hotter
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op here, I bought a vintage one that has the huge tip, I'll update on how well it works. or maybe it'll kill me who knows
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update on the torch, works great and got 14 gauge to red hot in 60 seconds while it was a blizzard outside. Gonna work REAL well when I have it in the depths of my warm shop.
we're so back. I'll record a video when I get time.
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>>2984398
Prop 65 warnings are not only for lead. Older version of the warning just use a blanket statement that there is something in the material that can cause cancer or reproductive harm. Picture related. Useless, right? Just because there is no lead in the pipes doesn't mean they didn't have something else stupid in there. Like arsenic or cadmium.
In 2025 the law was updated and it now requires that the company specifically tell you what is the issue. Most companies either don't want to do that, are waiting for the grace period to end in 2028, or are too cheap/lazy to update their warnings. So they simply refuse to sell to California anymore.
The new warning signs at Disney now say things like there is carbon monoxide in this area (near the car rides that use actual engines), that drinking alcohol can cause birth defects, or that the food contains acrylamide, so you can make informed decisions. Only old shit still uses the blanket statements.