[AT] OT: Rosebuds! The oxi-acetylene kind...

[rdhaskell at juno.com]

The rosebud requires a lot of gas, turn up the pressure a little and open
the valve a LOT.  Got to get the heat out of the tip.

Ron Haskell
rdhaskell at juno.com
Riverside, California USA
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On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 21:31:32 -0800 (PST) Dave Johnson
<webguydave at yahoo.com> writes:
> I'm pretty ok with cutting & brazing, but have never used a rosebud 
> to heat something, and my experience today has me scratching my 
> head.
> The project at hand is freeing up a cast iron wheel hub, stuck on a 
> keyed 1" shaft. This is on an old Gilson / MW garden tractor 
> transmission.... the idea is to liberate a set of 4 of these hubs to 
> make dual adapters for use on another tractor with a FEL.
> 
>  I have soaked it for quite some time and have a puller tensioned on 
> it, but it's not moving... so now it's time for a little heat.
> 
> I bought a new victor 8-MFA rosebud and lit it off as I would the 
> torch, but when I try to get a blue flame, it flames out with a 
> pop!
> 
> What's going on here? Do I not want a hot blue flame, or do I simply 
> need to feed a lot more of both gases to the torch? Or??  Any 
> insight into these things would be appreciated!
> 
>    btw, I'm on digest, so it'll take a day for me to respond (:<((
> 
> 
> Dave in Gilroy, CA
> webguydave at yahoo.com

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