Alcohol Blowtorch for Difficult Soldering
Clamps for Holding the Alcohol Receptacle on the End of the Blowpipe
To solder in close places, I have found the device illustrated quite convenient, as it leaves both hands free to handle the object being soldered. Two pieces of spring brass, about 3 in. long and ¹⁄₄ in. wide, are bent to the shape shown at A and clamped together with a screw taken from a dry cell, as shown at B. This device clamped to the blowpipe end and fitted with a tube, such as used for holding pencil leads, filled with a wick saturated in alcohol, completes the blowtorch. It makes an excellent tool for small work, as the hands are free to hold the parts to be soldered in place.—Contributed by J. A. Tandy, Ghent, Ky.
¶Electric wires should never be run crooked.