I have one of these that I bought in a rash moment from B&Q
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It has served me well in the past, it does however lack any real grunt. I was making some mild steel brackets last night and I am starting to feel
like my canister is running out! Not wanting to buy another expensive benzonine job I thought there might be a more locost option. I wondered if you
guys had any ideas. All ideas welcome except those that result in the 'cost' being I get blown up!!! hehe
If you can rescue a cylinder from one of those "wood burning bottle butchers" 
you could do worse than buy one of these.
Cheers,
Paul G
propane torch
[Edited on 29/3/11 by 907]
mine is a roofers one, running from 907's bottle
no real Finesse but plenty of heat
I've got a chuffin' great bottle of propane we used when we had a gas cooker running on bottled gas (joys of not being connected to the gas
main where we are). Can I assume that the torch in the Terry clip runs from a sepearte bottle then? If so, where's the best place to buy one. If
I had that connected to the bottle I have it would last for ever
Buy a mapp gas cylinder for it and see if that does anything for it.
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Originally posted by Daddylonglegs
I've got a chuffin' great bottle of propane we used when we had a gas cooker running on bottled gas (joys of not being connected to the gas main where we are). Can I assume that the torch in the Terry clip runs from a sepearte bottle then? If so, where's the best place to buy one. If I had that connected to the bottle I have it would last for ever
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Originally posted by dave r
mine is a roofers one, running from 907's bottle
no real Finesse but plenty of heat
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Originally posted by BenB
I'd get onto BES plumbing. They sell all the bits you need to make the worlds biggest propane bottle powered torch.
Cool I can get one of those orange propane tanks. We use them at work for forklifts etc. If I bought this
Clarkey Machiney Linky
or something similar would that work with the standard fitting on a propane gas tank?
Is this torch powerful enough for general pipe work, bending flat bar etc?
Dave, you bar steward. Get yer own gas bottle. 
We cook with Calor gas so we have the big 47kg bottles.
I just hook it up to one of them.
The reg that comes with the torch has a left hand male thread, same as an acetylene connection.
Not sure about forklift bottle threads. I also think that they have to be used on their side.
The next step up heat wise is a welding torch so you can use propane with oxygen,
but then we're no longer talking locost.
Cheers
Paul G
mine also on a 47kg, from when i had my gas heater
rekon it will maybe outlast me, the ammount i use it!!
dave