[TheForge] Gas miser ?

[Daniel Kretchmar]

I have a gas saver.  I altered mine by raising the pilot light about 4
inches and then putting a bungee cord between the stand the hanger/off
switch.  I attached a foot pedal to the opposite side of the hanger rod and
put stand for the torch right behind the pilot light.  The upshot is I now
have a hands free torch.  I press in the pedal, and the torch lights via
the pilot and leaves my hands free to hold the work and the whatever tool I
am using.  Great for putting small scrolls on the ends of brooches and
hairpins.  I got the idea from watching Kristen Skiles at a Guild of
Metalsmiths conference in Hastings years ago.  I seem to remember someone
showing me some plans for the alteration but for the life of me I can't
find them.

Danr
http://www.smithequipment.com/products/pdfpages2012/page65.pdf

http://handmade-glass.com/cgi-bin/conf.pl?noframes;read=18537



On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 5:12 AM, Andrew Vida <osan at netlabs.net> wrote:

> MSC should have them, maybe Graingers - and welder's supply.  Easy to find.
>
> On 6/28/2012 12:12 PM, Dan Armstrong wrote:
> > I saw Dave Thompson in Oregon using a device where he could hang up his
> oxy-acetylene torch and it would shut off the gas thus allowing both hands
> for riveting and such. I think there may even have been a quick way to
> re-light. I recall someone refer to it as a gas miser but damned if I can
> find any reference to such a thing online.
> >
> > Anybody know what I'm talking about and where to find same ??
> >
> > DanA
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