fa: Victor Torch anyone?

helping a friend dispose of extra stuff - here's a nice older Victor torch with tips

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I have a couple of more, j27 J50 sized handles and more tips

And, what the heck is a type 22 tip - fits the above torches, but it is a copper tip (not chrome colored) with aluminum fins for about 1/2 the length - any clues?

thanks

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Bill Noble
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Bill,

A type 22 tip is for a Victor J-40 jeweler's torch. The J-40 body is only 3.5" long, so that aluminum "handle" on the Type 22 tip, it to provide additional area to hold on to the torch when in use.

_kevin

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karchiba

thanks, that's helpful - I looked up that handle

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've never seen one - is the idea that they are light weight and thus easy to "waft" over a piece of jewelry, or was (is) there some other reason why this is good - I did notice that it has built in anti-flashback, presumably because it's so short. I'd never seen one.

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Bill Noble

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They are very light weight, and therefore very easy to manipulate quickly. Goldsmiths like these types of torches because they can "get in" and "get out" quickly before the piece melts before their eyes.

The couple of J-40s that I own, do not have a flashback suppressor in the body..but i've got them on the hoses.

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karchiba

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