Old Model TX from the Otto Bernz Company prior to the name change. I got it at a flea market cheap - for reasons that are now obvious.
I can't get the torch to light. The flow of gas through the tube sounds restricted. If the tube is removed from above the valve, the gas flows pretty freely. Screwing on a new burner tip doesn't fix the problem.
Inside the tube at the bottom end there's a copper colored structure that looks like fine mesh, which I assume is a filter that should be there. Inside the tube at the opposite end is a silver colored obstruction. My eyesight is poor enough that I can't tell if there's a hole in it or not. Should both of those objects be inside the tube? I'm suspicious that the silvery colored one might be solder that someone put in there and melted in place - for reasons unknown. Before I melt or drill it out, I wondered if anyone knows for sure that those inserts should be in the tube?
I did a little Googling, and didn't spot anyone collecting these, but a collector with a similar torch might be able to answer some of these questions. Anybody know of a BernzOMatic collector with a web site?
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