Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Oxy-Acetylene Torch, Part 3
























I put the brazing tip on the torch the other night to patch the hole in the bottom of the quench tank and I had the brilliant idea to take a photo of a properly adjusted torch. I couldn't do it - get a photo that is - I can still adjust a torch. The digital camera just couldn't get the inner cone like I wanted it to.

Normally a torch is adjusted to have a neutral flame. That means you have an excess of neither oxygen nor acetylene. This gives you a very well defined inner cone in the flame that is bright white and it's really easy to tell when things are set properly. So my photo is not near as impressive as the jumbo flame coming from the cutting torch in the photo shoot with the scantily attired young lady perhaps, but as a shop teacher I know you can't compete with the chick in the bikini know matter how the torch is adjusted. I guess I'll have to work on my photo techniques before I decide to give lessons over the internet.

2 comments:

Grumpyunk said...

As long as you're not wearing the bikini, it's all good.
And don't start on the "But I have great legs" routine.

Shop Teacher Bob said...

Not only do I have the legs but my cup size has increased as well.