Kenny O Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 I acquired this old torch for $2. Now I need to know what it is for. The inlets are marked "GAS" & "AIR" (any old gas,any old air). The tip has N1 stamped on it. I "Googled" The manufacturer but nothing relevant surfaced. The manufacturer is : A.M GAS FURNACE CO. ELIZABETH N.J Thank you for your help. Kenny O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstermetal Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 That is a beautiful old torch... If you decide to part with it id pay you ten times your investment I am not 100% sure but my guess is its from a laboratory or other similar environment. Typically "shop" items where not nickle plated but rather left in raw brass. Not to say everything was like that but more often than not. I would also say that it was most likely natural gas and compressed air at very low pressure.... Again more of a mid heat (less than 1000 deg) heating utensil.... But like I said, that's a guess... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treetophf Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 monstermetal is correct. it is a low temp rose bud. a means of pre heating large areas ( also good for burning grass off the drive way). it does look like a natral gas head design. the addition of the air increases the tempature. dont burn youself: cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny O Posted December 10, 2009 Author Share Posted December 10, 2009 I guess acetylene would not work, and by "air" they don't mean O2. Maybe they literally mean nat gas and air? I don't know what it might be used for, I will search for more data. Shaping glass in a lab? Thanx for the information, I will post any new info I come across. When I part with it you are the first to know MM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 I think your right, it looks like a torch use in chemistry lab for making glass ware and they used natural gas and compressed air. The compressed air was sometimes provided by a foot pump that looked like half a volleyball covered in a net with a foot pedal on top. Nice old torch by the way. There are also some contemporary jewelry soldering torches that use a similar looking torch but the head is somewhat smaller, half that diameter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryce Masuk Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 a friend of mine has one like that he found it inside of a wall at a shop they were shutting down his is even bigger though its about 3 feet long the only name i could think of for it is bridge building torch :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Sneelock Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 We used that type of head when I worked at the Borg Warner plant in Coldwater, MI. We made prototype and limited production run radiators and used that type of torch with natural gas and compressed air to solder the headers onto the core tubes, and in general attachment of tubes, and fittings to the radiator. Nice torch but not a real unique one. We bought them from McMaster Carr by the dozen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny O Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 I have yet to find any information on this torch, some kind of users data would be nice.I checked McMaster Carr with no results. Any help would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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