Antique Spartan Alcohol BlowTorch

[@uktony1525]

It was a good piece of advice to talk to older guys. I was once told that when someone dies it is like a library burning down. I loved the satin look on the Stanley knife and never realised the different lanyard holes of UK v US.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

Good analogy. The new folks will never see what we did. GBWYou!

[@jeffreyyeater1780]

Just think of all the knowledge wasted . Goodness. What a shame .

[@timeflysintheshop]

I too love to chat with older people! My family thinks I am crazy for striking up conversations with strangers whenever I get a chance. My kids turn away and pretend they don't know me. I like to ask about their lives, the jobs they had, if they had kids/grand kids etc... Then I always ask them if they have any words of wisdom to share. They usually seem quite happy that anyone shows any interest in their lives. Usually. Sometimes they are grumpy and give a few short answers. If they don't seem to want to share, I back off and let them be, but it is rare that this happens.

[@Br1cht]

You could do that everywhere in Sweden just 10-15 years ago but we got the Dah-verzay-tay and now everyone are afraid in the cities.

[@R0ckerb0y]

@@Br1cht As an American descendent of Swedes (Valdgrens) it makes me so sad to hear that. I had dreamed of visiting the old country someday. I pray we find a way to turn this around. God Bless

[@greghomestead8366]

Thanks a lot..... Now I have to look for a blowtorch to add to my collection😁👍😁 It turned out great. Have a Jesus filled day everyone Greg in Michigan

[@jpsimon206]

I wanted to add to John's statement, consider volunteering at a senior center or a retirement home. I got to know a local retirement home because of my grandparents living there until their end. I still go and visit once a week, in the 2 years that my grandparents lived there I got to know pretty much all of the residents. I have learned so much fascinating history and have gotten answers to many antique reference questions, and just generally enjoy the presence of senior citizens quite a bit. Older people don't care about conventions either, they're quite straightforward. You got to watch yourself around some of the ladies, the romantic dynamic kind of flips after a certain age

[@OldSneelock]

As a kid I made one using a baby food jar and some copper tube. I think I got the idea from Popular Science. When you got a chemistry set with test tubes you needed a Bunsen Burner to heat the mad scientist concoctions the manual encouraged you to make. I got banished to Dad's workshop after burning sulfur.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Sulfur always had that tell-tale smell that lingered! =D

[@OldSneelock]

@@ScoutCrafter The foundry always smelled of it. The blast furnaces burned coke and in the winter they would put burning 55 gallon drums of coke near the mullers and charge floor. Sure made the place homey. If you were a demon. 👹

[@lordvengerx]

That is super neat I have never seen one before. It came out really good looking as well 🙂

[@bryanmcwhirter9945]

Very true and importent in the history of old tools. Plating is often a tell tale of quality and cheap plating another story. Should do a vid on that. Thankyou so much for replting! Have a great week John!

[@joemoach832]

Scary to realize that there aren’t many older people left to talk to, and now I am the older person. Really nice job on the torch.

[@Resto-Rob]

Beautiful little torch. Poor Jim!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Rob- That was too funny!

[@janderson8401]

When I was young I used to get traded back and forth between my uncle Art, a carpenter, and his friend Ralph, who was a mason. Most of the time I worked for Ralph because even if he didn’t have a paying job going on, he had a number of rental properties. My uncle only got me and usually my friend Dave as well if he needed extra hammers on a job. So Art, Ralph, and Ralph’s brother Nick were my mentors for years. They were my ‘phone a friend’ lifelines any time I needed advice in the building trades. All three have passed on and two thoughts strike me. I’m older now than my uncle was when he died. Also, I’m now ‘the old guy’ who is supposed to be passing on what I have learned. How the heck di that happen.

[@edvard-swift3645]

It's amazing how ingenuitive we humans are and at first I couldn't fathom that people knew how to weld in the past but I was thinking you needed propane and heavy duty metal but our ancestors found ways around thst

[@ROD59]

I'm so glad you took out the nickel plating , never been a fan of nickel plating it eventually peels off , there's nothing like brass or copper .

[@josephthorsen2968]

I remrmber my mom taking my brother and me in the late 50s and early 60s to Murrays on 160th Street and Northern Boulevard. The store had a large selectionof husky suits for young men. Can't say a single boy was pleased going there.

[@ScoutCrafter]

LOL Yes- I too have been to Murrays! Husky- It was a polite way to address being gravity enhanced. =D

[@bryanmcwhirter9945]

Hello John, in Saskatchewan Canada, we are the only province that doesn't change time and it works, but love the blowtorch. As a musician a brass snaredrum gas to be platwd with nickel before it can be chrome, vids on utube for doing that. I learned more from my grandfather from Missouri than any body else in my lifetime. We should all pay respect to them! Thankyou!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Bryan- You are spot on, Nickel was used as a base metal for chrome plating along with Copper. Both Copper and Nickel plating are very weak coatings and have there drawbacks, chrome plating is super strong, impervious and beautiful. Once Chrome plating was adapted you rarely saw anything nickel plated again... Thanks!

[@CarnivoreRonin]

That is one of the coolest things I have ever seen! Thanks!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Jason- I'm with you, that torch is just so cool... Thanks!!!!!

[@tomhughes4980]

Excellent torch, nice job. I also have been missing the older folks to chat with, many of my customers have passed, and I have spent countless hours just listening to thier wisdom and stories, especially my neighbors father who was in charge of security at the U N for over 40 years, Crazy stories! Also funny how your childhood photos look just like mine, 😆

[@rogermcdonald1607]

Very interesting John. It looks very nice and it works great . Chuck would be very proud of you for pulling out the Flitz and putting the shine to it! Lol 👍🇺🇸😁Roger

[@guataco]

Looks easy enough to build one. Very nice.

[@MrGoosePit]

My neighbor repairs woodwind musical instruments. I haven't been in his shop in years but I believe saw him using an old blow torch like this when soldering brass parts. So cool to see you restore one!

[@prasadvn524]

Excellent.This type of blow torch made from a small lamps were used by Goldsmiths to solder braze joints in jewelry

[@flitz]

Great work ScoutCrafter! 👍👍👀 Thanks for the Flitz love!! Always wondered why they called it a blow torch...

[@jackthompson2132]

What a interesting torch! Thank You for sharing

[@tonylenge424]

That torch is very nice. I remember using the alcohol heaters in the old chemistry kits. Thanks

[@toolscarriagesmodellbauand7246]

Never seen before this Spartan Torch.Thats an interesting tool.just like your explanations how the old windows worked.Here in my town is a place at the baldeney-See where elder people are gathering and telling stories about everything.I'm there I guess every second days and listen to their speaches. Its great.Last time four elder men had only one theme: the snoring of their wives. Great.

[@norherman]

Nice little unit. First time I have seen one. Very nice.

[@alexstools]

I do not like the changing of the hour in spring and fall. Sometimes it takes me weeks to get adjusted. I just got out of the shop forthe first time after my China flu. I didn't feel like going out but boy it got my creative juices flowing again and didn't want to come back in:) Week is going fast. Hope you're having a good one. Torch looks great!

[@Resto-Scraps]

I heard that we may do away with it . Idk I read it on Google lol

[@ScoutCrafter]

Alex- I am so glad you are recovered... I believe you have a much stronger natural immunity to it now than the vaccine offers. It always feels great getting back in the shop!

[@kadmaster]

Very interesting torch,sir...I never seen like this...Thnx for sharing to us...

[@kylekyleson373]

My clothes were always slim and at 63 years old they still are.Lol. I was fortunate to work with quite a few older talented men and they shared thier knowledge.

[@joantanner8426]

hello, that was bold to turn that on the lathe! It shows your professional machinist card is still valid! flitz wins again! It was great to hear your esteem for older adults your observation is right on as usual. The best part is your observations, your poor man flea market finds and the graphics. 357 mag always share the patent information as well it is fun to see the patent or catalogue items from a time long ago.

[@johnkelley9877]

Simply outstanding work!I cannot believe how nice it turned out. Thanks for sharing this.

[@Traderjoe]

I seek out old fellows too, because I know they have knowledge and they seem like they appreciate the humor that I grew up with. Younger folk have different sensibilities these days, and I know I am getting older too.

[@GuntersGarage]

Thats so funny I just ran across pictures of torches like that the other night while looking up some other torches. Good job getting that one going. Im a fan of brass over nickel myself.

[@mr.bandyshanks6492]

That cleaned up real nice. Just amazing.🛠

[@lotsabirds]

The torch came out great!!! And...YEAH! The time in my van will be right again soon! Great video, thanks, John!

[@upsidedowndog1256]

Really nice result. It is cool to see how you can focus on an old tool and show how to use it. Your restorations are phenominal!

[@357magdad]

I'm not a fan of nickel plating either. I'm glad you decided to remove it. The polished brass looks great!

[@mikecurtis2585]

Very nice I like that one! Thanks 😊 🙏

[@Everythings_Adjustable]

Nice restoration and demo 🛠👍😊

[@chuckmays3857]

We had rope connectors in our windows back in the day. Now I’ll have to find me one of those blow torches. Great show!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hi Chuck, the rope was much quieter but a little less durable. =D

[@joelimeco]

Another great video. I have never seen one of those torches either.

[@tony1721]

Very interesting video…..I’ve been in Spain so I’m bulk watching😀, I feel like I’m nearly one of those older guys that people wanna talk to …love that blowtorch…

[@philparker1666]

Nice project Scoutcrafter 👍👍👍🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@larryborkstrom3580]

That's a cool torch and I also like Flitz polish as well great stuff said that so chuck do peck my eyes out lol 😆 😄

[@stevef8993]

Wow, the torch turned out beautiful! Very cool.

[@metrofarmer913]

By the time I got hold of my Dad's 55 Chevy Deluxe without power steering it was so loose it felt like power steering. I wore that poor little Power Glide transmission out. Sad. It was the only brand new car he ever had until he bought a 2014 Chevy Cruze. What a disappointment that was compared to the first. BTW love that torch. Never seen one like that. Thanks and cheers

[@ededmund5685]

good video Thanks Ed Loretto Ontario Canada

[@markrandall1456]

Handsome indeed! That brass is so nice. Seeing that tube reminds me of the baby care tool called a snotsucker. I bet you never review that thing. Lol.

[@famoushamburgerjoessurfsid7050]

John, such a nice restore job! A suggestion--how about darkening the writing with a black paint, or scoutcrafter red?!

[@tomhughes4980]

I'd like to see black

[@societyschild6055]

Robert Hall was where I got my suit for Easter back in the early 60's. BTW...you have some good strong lungs there :)

[@ihrescue]

Excellent aerobic capacity.

[@bigpete4227]

I’m with you on the nickel plating vs the brass. I’m also with you on the polished vs satin.

[@TomGunnTools]

Boy that brass cleaned up nice! I may have to make it out to jacktown!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Tom- You have to come... I promise it will be worth the trip! Super easy ride and it will change your life!!!

[@stanellis7805]

Awesome Scout. So interesting, l looked it up. Seems like many variations are now called blow torches, but thanks to you, I know it’s true origin! Best regards.

[@user-iv2np3nk4k]

Always enjoy, thanks so much!

[@805ROADKING]

Good stuff Bud!! Some of those old steering wheels where really Classy and had alotta Character eh!! I think some of the ol' Zephyrs had translucent wheels!!☻

[@jimjohnston7688]

My gosh that turned out nice. I thought that was a lost cause. Just a first class job.

[@saigaking]

I’m not a big fan of the hour every year I no why we do it For the farmers ect but man it upsets my body clock for ages It’s crazy aye 1 hour you wouldn’t think it would make a difference But it does . Man that was one thick wick great video can up so nice God bless take care 🦅👍🇺🇸🙏🗽🇳🇿

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hi Matt- Yes! The wick is 5/8"

[@Resto-Scraps]

Howdy Scout.. Mrs CCscraps and I are gona hit Jacktown this season .. I can't wait. It looks like a blast!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Keep the date!!!! It will change your life I promise! Awesome show and great people!

[@Resto-Scraps]

@@ScoutCrafter definitely. There's a place in downtown owego ny. It's old department stores w little booths of antiques tools all sorts of stuff. Ur in NYC should only be a few from u .

[@lotsatrains]

Beautiful torch it really works great and would be a great piece to display too its really nice 👍

[@charliekingpine3893]

Hi what a great little tool, never seen one of those before, I'll want one. I'm a great believer in the saying KISS keep it simple stupid and this tool comes under that. Many thanks for the top tip

[@AaronBelknap]

We were definitely born too late. Those old tools are so neat. I was given an old lead stove with some lead used by plumbers. I haven't fired it up yet but want to soon. So many knobs and such, I'm afraid I'll burn the house down. Got one of those and can teach how to use it? Great video!

[@coldwoodcowboy4525]

Those old rubber tubes were likely red because the rubber was colored with iron oxide or hematite. Now why did they do that? That I don’t know. You’re right about talking to elders. My grandparents and dad told me all kinds of stories and taught me a lot of things. Even still, not a single day goes by that I don’t think of something I wish I could ask them. Awesome little torch, by the way. Thanks for sharing that!

[@americansewingmachineresto1545]

Great video. I’ve never seen an actual blow torch before. They really came up with ingenious tools. Once again you got a laugh out of me. I was also a victim of the Husky Department. If that wasn’t enough, the guy that fit my pants always had to measure my inseam. As I think back, his hands were way to “familiar” using that cloth measure as cover. I’ll have to dig up a few of my pictures and we can see if we look like twins. Thanks for the great video. John

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hi John, Back in the 70's "thin was in", I was on the outside looking in! LOL

[@americansewingmachineresto1545]

@@ScoutCrafter I was a fat kid up until right before high school. I started working on a farm during the summer of 69 and started training for the football team. I went into high school at 220 and when I graduated I was 185. Farming and football hard work helped me out then.

[@corydriver7634]

I was out last Saturday at one of my favorite architectural salvage places, they have lots of rusty old tools they get while cleaning out houses they salvage. Anyway they had a couple of the gas blow torches like the one you converted into a lamp. In fact they had converted one to a lamp and they wanted $175 for it! Yes you read that correctly…$175. I think you might be onto something, you need to get them out there on Market Place or Craig’s List for like $150. As cheap as you find them you could retire in a year!

[@OldSneelock]

Please don't convert usable torches. They will burn nearly anything and we will need something to heat our houses with after all the power plants shut down.

[@bigvicsworkshop]

What a great episode! Very cool torch. Enjoyed seeing how you fixed it... and it's not flitz.. its chucks paste... yall keep calling it flitz and we will never get chucks face on the tube! Lol.... you would like this 77 of mine with its powersteering.. cant take ya hands off the wheel..if your running down the road with the vent window open..lol..its that easy to turn.

[@zartan7779]

Definitely neat , I believe I have one somewhere

[@bearbon2]

Great video. Now I have to buy one.

[@timeflysintheshop]

That is a sweet torch! I have never seen one like that! Now that I know what it is, I will keep an eye out for something like that! Very cool! 😁😁😁. 🤔🤔🤔. Or was it Hot? 😁😁😁👍👍👍

[@donaldallison]

You must have lungs of steel.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Rust mostly! 😂👍

[@ilfarmboy]

nice job

[@allentrench]

Nice job John I thought you were going to pass out blowing through the tube. I do like the brass but have you ever thought about trying to electric plating it back to nickel. I think I’m gonna try it on a few projects I have that I wanna nickel finish just curious.

[@ScoutCrafter]

I did- Years back when restoring my '51 Pontiac Chieftain, I bought a nickel plating kit and was quickly disappointed with the finish. To really apply nickel correctly you need high voltage and strong mix of Nickel Sulfate...

[@miketownsend6108]

good job

[@stephenstrohacker7863]

You sound like you grew up like I did. Until 8th grade, I was the second shortest, second heaviest in my class. In fact, my circumference was longer than my height! 😳 Well, in 8th grade August through April, I grew 9 inches. I had to shuffle my feet because if I picked on foot up and fell, there was no guarantee that gravity would take me to the ground. At the end of the year, I was the second tallest, second heaviest in my class. I had NOT gained any weight at all. Four years later, I was about 6'2" and 165 lbs.

[@nicknicoletti9778]

Cool torch. I was gonna say… that’s quite a lot of breathing you need to do. Easily could get winded. We have it so easy today. Back then.. they had to work at everything they did.

[@gordon7005]

Love those little blow torches and I keep saying I'm going to buy some but another perfect handle screwdriver finds it's way I to my stash. Quick question if I may I have two screwdrivers wooden handles but the shaft is covered by wood and the shaft spins on the inside. I'd imagine it gives better tork butvI have no idea what they are called or where they were made. Any ideas?

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hi Gordon- I'm not sure do you think you could shoot me a pic or two? Thanks! [e-mail]

[@joantanner8426]

old window counterweights used to be common as new retrofits became the rage. We used to use them to anchor long parachute line of our duck decoys layout. You never really see that chain much anymore either. Where did it all go?

[@krishoogstraat6866]

What a beautiful tool now. We also know now that John is Long winded! Lol

[@ScoutCrafter]

LOL- Hook- How often we did we have to "blow up" a weak or slow campfire?! =D

[@buckwheat7424]

so you just turned the wick holder into a press fit? i believe it was a threaded into the tank and the cap threaded onto that. but the pressed fit seems to be able to handle the little pressure that the tank builds, i noticed a crack on the neck band in the tank side. good job on the fix.

[@jpsimon206]

I've noticed that a lot of older brass it's kind of gummy, I don't know if it was more or less pure, but antique brass things don't seem to work harden quite the same. Ive seen a handful of examples like the one you showed, it almost seemed like they used the bolt as the tap. I suspect that over the years it gets cross threaded occasionally and if that gets reinforced enough times, it essentially retaps the bore. I have no idea if that's the case with yours, I cannot feel it. I found it to be true of the ,"mushier"red metals

[@RC-tb2he]

some lungs on that scoutcrafter! thanks

[@kevinbrassil9836]

Thanks ScoutCrafter. Great resto. I do have a question… how did you remove the nickel finish? Just a wire brush or is it more involved?

[@willymissouri]

Scout I always knew you were full of hot air

[@LittleRestorers]

Now I get it : It's called a blow torch cause you literally had to blow in it 😎👍👩‍🔧

[@mrbenmall]

"Ok we took off the nickel..." Just like that? How, pray tell, do you remove nickel? Beautiful job on the torch. I can tell you've never been a smoker. You sure did blow that thing a long time!

[@ScoutCrafter]

LOL- Ben- Most times we remove Nickel it is done on accident! Here I removed it using the wire wheel but making sure to use the side of the wheel because just like Aluminum if you leave the steel wire wheel on the brass too long or hard it will damage the surface... The side of the wire wheel is your friend, it will scrape off many materials from the project where as the front of the wheel is unforgiving.

[@not2fast4u2c]

😎 Cool Tool 😎

[@tekjnky1554]

John I think the top was soldered on. Or perhaps brazed.

[@ScoutCrafter]

I believe the top was threaded on but the threaded collar was soldered on to the tank. That collar is stuck on the burner assembly now. You needed a way to open the tank to fill it and change the wick. Thanks!

[@jpsimon206]

I've got a little alcohol torch just about that size but oriented horizontally with little folding handles, it's made out of brass and it has an inscription from 1786 and some Dutch name. I've never known what it was from nor what it was for, it was just a bookshelf trinket of my grandparents. These were never really on my radar until your past couple of videos. I get the impression that the horizontal arrangement and pressurizing valve are somewhat unusual, what would a little torch like that be used for? Soldering or light braising? I didn't think alcohol burned very hot, but pressurized with air perhaps..

[@jpsimon206]

It looks a lot like a miniature Jerry can if that helps with identification. It's quite well made and it looks like it might have been a presentation item? I don't know, maybe it was more common to engrave your own name with a great flourish on your stuff

[@ScoutCrafter]

JP Did you ever see my Lenk video? Another cool torch! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGLThpSZqtidiZo

[@essentialhandyman]

You’ve got lungs like bloody bellows!!!

[@rawbacon]

Put a Balloon and a Little Valve on there so you don't get Lightheaded and Pass Out.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Yes, or a keyboard duster! =D

[@jpsimon206]

Kind of hard to tell from the video, when you had it on the lathe was it gummy or was it bitey? Conventional wisdom is that brass is bitey, but I've noticed a lot of antiques seem to be a slightly different alloy

[@ScoutCrafter]

JP You are so right, Brass and Copper can be super bitey and if your tools aren't scraping instead of cutting you can get into trouble real fast. I have messed up a bunch of Brass parts because my rake was too aggressive. I think this brass was pretty normal I was just taking such small cuts...

[@ilfarmboy]

wonder what would happen if you use a low pressure air supply?

[@ScoutCrafter]

Good question! 😃👍

[@Reggyontheroad]

Got ya no boom I was beaten, I wasn’t first. Get you next time

[@rok1341]

Elbow grease helps things get back to a like new condition.

[@EVILDR235]

Mine is soldered on.

[@gregnoname3707]

Never knew the term blowtorch was so literal.

[@ScoutCrafter]

It's amazing how we use terms for years not knowing their origin.. I only found out about this! Thanks!

[@521cjb]

Now I wonder how hard it would be to re-work an old aerosol can, or maybe a small propane (Burnstorch) cylinder to make one of these.

[@AndyB1968]

It’s a great shame you can’t buy those now

[@1rossman2000]

It was soldered on

[@TheCleric42]

You need to ask 357magdad if Chuck has a brother who could come help you flitz things.

[@andrewtaylor7377]

I guess if you play didgeridoo you can achieve an indefinite blown flame!

[@ScoutCrafter]

My Nephew played the Didgeridoo on Ted Talks!!!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKvLhZWibqpqqqM

[@mornevanderberg7456]

I think the seem in the bottom part needs an O ring. it was put there to replace the wick