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

[charlie hill]

You won't get a sharp blue flame like a cutting torch.
Assuming your regulators are flowing enough gas for the
rosebud, just adjust it as hot as you can get it and start working
it over the surface.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Dave Johnson
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 12:31 AM
To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
Subject: [AT] OT: Rosebuds! The oxi-acetylene kind...

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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