Hey, David, and all, I probably should have said, "The 123R did not come with a SEPARATE pricker, as it's design has an internal cleaning needle". That makes better sense. Oh, well..... too soon old, too late smart! Take care, and God Bless! Every Good Wish, Doc
Growing up on the farm in Saskatchewan I remember many an afternoon snooping about in the old blacksmith shed. One of the things in that shed that truly facinated me were a pair of old kerosene powered, brass tanked, hand pumped blow torches. I see similar ones on the web listed as blow lamps or blow torch lamps. Why is that? I have truly wondered about the affectivness of these old torches. Did they throw a lot of heat? and how far in front of the nozzle? What were they primarily used for.........soldering? Could they be used for brazing? Where can I find out more about where and what these were used for and how well they worked? Do we have any older gentlemen on here that might have firsthand experience with them back in the day? Those of us who collect camp stoves mostly feel the swedish made stoves were superior to others of the day. Were there torches made that collectors feel similarly about? Thanks Ian....
Hi Guys, I'm noticing a lot of these swedish stoves look identical to one another in one way or another and differ from one another in some other fashion. The burners on the kerosene stoves appear to be of either the roarer or silent types. And on Ebay a week or so ago there was a model 45 kero stove with an additional 00 model extra tank. Apparently the two models of stove share the same burner or at least will accept the same burner. Did most of these stoves use the same size of thread in the tank where the burner stem screws in? And were the roarer burners also the same thread size as the silent burners? ----------------------------------------------------- On to cooking on these babies. I have found that burners of the roarer style dont have a great propensity to simmer at a real low roar. I have found that when hot they can be turned down quite low but then quickly cool off and they end up casting an orange flame that will soot up the pots. It is easy to turn the burner up a notch but if it is not high enough the stove is continueing to cool and the small amount of heat being produced is not enough to keep the stove running under its own steam and after a few minutes it starts to cast an orange flame again. The level of heat the burner has to be set at to maintain a constant self perpetuating clean burn is way too high for say simmering REAL rice for thirty minutes without scorching the rice on the bottom of the pot. Not having had a chance to play with any of the silent burner type stoves, I ask you this; Are the silent burners more capable of a gentle simmer than the roarer types? If so, and they do simmer well........do they do so at a sacrifice of max heat output for say melting snow etc? Looking forward to hearing from you all. Thanks Ian....
