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Posted by Christopher Tidy on January 19, 2008, 6:37 pm
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Norman Billingham wrote:
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>>Bob Minchin wrote:
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>>>To be honest, soft soldering heating pipe does not present much of a
>>>challenge to a standard Sievert burner. The cyclone ring of flame is
>>>quite helpful working up close to a wall although I still put a piece of
>>>sheet metal to protect the plaster.
>>>Unless you have a lot of pipes to do, then you might get greater use out
>>>of buying two different sized standard burners giving a capability over a
>>>wider range of jobs.
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>>I already have two of the standard burners and one "precision" burner. I
>>was just wondering if the "Cyclone" was so extraordinary as to make it a
>>"must have" :-).
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> The cyclone burner has another advantage. Since it pulls in its air much
> further back from the burner, it can be used in more confined spaces before
> it goes out becasue of oxygen starvation - e.g. working well inside a model
> loco boiler or firebox. Its other advantage is better fuel-gas mixing,
> Disadvantages - it's more noisy and the torch head gets a lot hotter - can
> glow red sometimes.
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> I have both a cyclone and two conventional burners and the cyclone is the
> one that gets far the most use. I'd rate it as a "must have", though it
> obviously depends on what kind of work you do.
Thanks for the opinion.
Best wishes,
Chris
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