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Rig with a scorpion head.
Works so, so well and a lot let messy than other stuff, like turbo torches etc. Downside it of course that they cost more, last time we got one it was about £400 IIRC.
You can however get a turbo torch for about £70.
HTH
K.
Re: Brazing
I still have a microflame kit I no longer use. That’s the one with the Oxygen bottle and a replaceable butane canister of roughly equal size. I still have the scorpion bit as well. Haven’t used any of it for a few years now, so not sure what condition it’s in.
I’ll post a pic later if anyone is interested?
Re: Brazing
Just checked, mines exactly the same as that 5300 kit.
http://www.hotfrost.co.uk/products/hotsec06.pdf
I’ll go through some of my other stuff and put it in the Trade section at some stage.
Heathens! 😆
Have you no finesse at all? 😉
Seriously though, the scorpion head is a really good bit of kit, you can get heat into and, all around, a pipe when things get a bit tight. You can’t do that with a turbo torch as you can’t contain the heat as well by a country mile.
I also find you get a much lower risk of a leak as the solder flows much, much better as the heat is distributed evenly and not all to one side.
But, to each their own.
K.
Re: Brazing
not used a microflame for years do you still have to re fill the oxygen from a large cylinder is there a safer way round nowdays ?. currently use a turbo torch and did untill recently have a porta pack in the workshop ,have to agree though micro flame s the best Cras
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