Jewellers torch comparison, Little Torch & Sievert with needle nozzle
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- Опубликовано: 5 апр 2024
- Please turn on “Closed Captions” (the, ‘CC’ button under the video.) In this video I show you a direct comparison between a Sievert jewellers torch, with a needle nozzle and a copy of the American Smith Little Torch. I’m running both torches at the same pressure, from the same propane gas regulator. I’m running the Little Torch from a 5 litre per minute oxygen concentrator. The torch typically uses around 1 to 2 litres a minute of oxygen depending on the nozzle size. The first demonstration is with a nozzle that I have modified, I filed the front face of the nozzle so as to get a 1mm diameter hole in the end. Because the end of the nozzle has been swaged down giving it a conical shape, as the end is filed shorter the internal bore gets bigger the more copper is removed. I could have drilled it to size but as I didn’t know what size I wanted, I thought that by slowly filing it down and trying it at different sizes would be best. Once I got the desired result, I burnished the inside of the hole with the plain end of a 1mm drill to remove any rough edges. (I don’t know how large one could make the hole in the nozzle before it became a problem.)
Another benefit of the Little Torch run on propane is you don’t get any gas smuts when you light it as you do with acetylene and oxygen.
Note at 7mins 50sec I say ‘The benefit of the little Torch is the overspill of heat’ that should of course be the ‘reduced overspill of heat.’ The small but powerful flame doesn’t spread as far with the small torch. It makes life easier for me as when I’m concentrating on a tricky joint I have been known to melt something with the overspill without realising it!! The Sievert torch is a good torch but if I could only have one torch, I would choose the Little torch with an oxygen concentrator as I can do everything with it, soldering, brazing, fusing, metal melting and enamelling even some small glass work.. By the way the Little Torch only cost £17.77 ($22 US) from Amazon in March 2024. I can’t remember how much the second-hand Oxcycon unit cost, but I’d buy another in a heartbeat!!
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Thanks for watching . . . Andy 
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I like your compare and contrast of the torch size. The small torch size is definitely the size of the handle. Just perfect for little jobs fella.....
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Hi there. I wanted to give a clear demonstration and figured that the best way was to heat something to destruction. I don't know if I really got the point over that although the flame is way more powerful the excess heat that the weaker flame throws everywhere isn't anywhere as bad with the smaller, more powerful flame. Thanks for the feedback. By the way I have just realised that I hadn’t published the captions that I added after editing the video. If you look at the video again with the CC button selected you should get the captions that add a bit more detail where I think it may help. The CC button is under the video play area. CC stands for Closed Captions.
Thanks again for the feedback, it’s the only way that I know if folks are interested.
Kind regards . . . Andy
@@AndyDaviesByTheSea Good day Andy. Will do just that fella.
Hi Andy, thank you for this video. Great to see you back on RUclips. I have ordered one of these and am looking for a Oxygen Concentrator to use with it.
Hi there, well I hope you find one soon. I'm really over the moon with the torch. and yes if my oxcycon unit failed I'd buy another in a heart beat!! Thanks for the feedback. By the way I have just realised that I hadn’t published the captions that I added after editing the video. If you look at the video again with the CC button selected you should get the captions that add a bit more detail where I think it may help. The CC button is under the video play area. CC stands for Closed Captions.
Thanks again for the feedback, it’s the only way that I know if folks are interested.
Kind regards . . . Andy
Nice video mate, keep up the good work 👍
Thank you for the feedback, I'm sure there will be more about this torch as time goes by, Regards . . . Andy
they need to send you a little torch for great review
Hi Dennis, well I don't think the original American Little Torch company will be sending me one, but as you know from the other video, the torch in this video is 14.5 times cheaper than the original. Maybe they'll send one. Thanks for the feedback. By the way I have just realised that I hadn’t published the captions that I added after editing the video. If you look at the video again with the CC button selected you should get the captions that add a bit more detail where I think it may help. The CC button is under the video play area. CC stands for Closed Captions.
Thanks again for the feedback, it’s the only way that I know if folks are interested.
Kind regards . . . Andy
Hi Andy, that’s a mighty fine little torch, I struggled to read your font at 2:46 perhaps a more solid font would read better, fantastic review though.
Hi what did you look at the video on, phone or computer? I have just realised that I hadn’t published the captions that I added after editing the video. If you look at the video again with the CC button selected you should get the captions that add a bit more detail where I think it may help. The CC button is under the video play area. CC stands for Closed Captions.
Thanks again for the feedback, I really do appreciate it, it’s the only way that I know if I'm doing the right thing or if folks are interested.
Kind regards . . . Andy
I just purchased one of these "The Little Torch". Now to find a oxygen concentrator
Hi, I hope that you have fun with it, and thanks for the feedback. By the way I have just realised that I hadn’t published the captions that I added after editing the video. If you look at the video again with the CC button selected you should get the captions that add a bit more detail where I think it may help. The CC button is under the video play area. CC stands for Closed Captions.
Thanks again for the feedback, it’s the only way that I know if folks are interested.
Kind regards . . . Andy
Thanks Andy! I hope you do more videos; I appreciate your teaching style very much. Are you still working with radios?
Hi, I haven't done much radio work for a while but I never know what's coming up next in my mind.Thanks for the feedback. By the way I have just realised that I hadn’t published the captions that I added after editing the video. If you look at the video again with the CC button selected you should get the captions that add a bit more detail where I think it may help. The CC button is under the video play area. CC stands for Closed Captions.
Thanks again for the feedback, it’s the only way that I know if folks are interested.
Kind regards . . . Andy
Hi Andy nice to see you back .Do you remember the pendulum clock you made with the latch mechanism and micro switch? Well i made one and used 80% of your design ,well that project gave me many many many hours of head scraching and trials ,the micro switch kept malfunctioning l never did get it how i wanted it despite using an Arduino but it made a great talking piece. Any way thanks for that. I have just ordered a tiny torch.
Using it with oxygen l think would requires flash back arresters how did you get round that ?
Hi, well done on the Hipps clock movement, a lot of fun. . . I only have a flashback arrester on the fuel gas supply but I have to admit that I have run the setup for many years with out one on my bead making torch, (propene and the oxcycon unit) I only got the arrester a few days ago, I purchased a splitter so that I could run the two torches side by side for this video and the got the arrester at the same time. Thanks for the feedback. By the way I have just realised that I hadn’t published the captions that I added after editing the video. If you look at the video again with the CC button selected you should get the captions that add a bit more detail where I think it may help. The CC button is under the video play area. CC stands for Closed Captions.
Thanks again for the feedback, it’s the only way that I know if folks are interested.
Kind regards . . . Andy