Marksman 68514C Blowtorch and Gas Welding Kit

Burn Baby Burn! This'll Certainly Light Your Fire.

I needed to retrieve a temperature sensor from a defunct Diesel Particulate Filter that had pretty much welded itself into its socket.

Heat is just about the only way to get these sensors out, so I looked around for a cheap solution and found this torch.

The Kit Comes with a self igniting torch head and four cans of butane gas in a handy carry box. The torch is about four to five inches long and one inch wide, constructed from brass, plastic and chromed steel. It looks and feels well made.

The nozzle of the torch is about half the length of the whole unit. It has a gun style trigger for creating the ignition spark and a rotary knob for adjusting the gas pressure. The base of the torch has a push and turn fitting to lock the torch to the top of the gas can.

Attaching the gun to the can is simply a matter of taking the can cap off, locating the head centrally over the can outlet pipe, (making sure the locating dowel on the head slots into the notch in the can top), pushing down and turning one quarter turn to lock the torch in place.

To use the torch it's best to face the nozzle away from anything that may catch fire including yourself, your family and pets etc, then turn the rotary knob until you can hear a reasonable volume of gas exiting the nozzle, press the trigger and hey presto you should have a flame. Adjust the gas flow until you get the best bright blue central flame you can.

When you first use the torch you may find it splutters a bit until the gas flow settles. I let mine stand for thirty seconds or so, which was long enough to settle the flame.

Because this is a butane torch I didn't expect it to instantly heat up my work-piece, however, considering how much metal there was soaking away the heat, I was amazed that I got it to a red hot stage within three to four minutes.

Anyway, job done and £160 saved.

What more can I say, apart from make sure to read the safety instructions and let the torch cool down before you put it away and don't leave it attached to the gas can.Read full review

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Good and Bad Torch

Handy size..... powerful flame from torch........but the torch comes away from the gas cylinder when alight ?????........ will try the next canister from the pack to see if there is an improvement.

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Excellent Product all round /torch is in good quality material.

Both the gas canisters and the torch are exactly how it was described in the sale on ebay. Very satisfied with the product and very easy to use. Very good value for money. Postage was also good(aarived in good time)Read full review

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great value and simple to use

This is great value compared to anything else I have seen. Simple and clear instructions and incredibly easy to set up and use. Also turned up quicker than promised. Very pleased

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Very dangerous

Gas has no control. Adjustment knob doesn't work. Tilt it the wrong way and you have a serious fire hazard. Clearly an unbranded Chinese item Very dangerous. Shouldn't be sold.

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Well worth purchasing

I bought it to light the BBQ. Saves so much time on getting the BBQ lumpwood really hot !!!

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Not impressed

The flame is not steady, I was almost burning my painting last week , maybe the item is faulty, I don't know. Usually I don't write bad comments but this time I'm Sorry to say that but I'm not really happy about the product.Read full review

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It gets things hot

It works and contrary to other reviews I have read I found it easy to put together and just as easy to start

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Perfect for lighting kindle in my wood fired oven

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Well satisfied

So very easy to attach the gas cylinder and with built in ignition -what more could you want!

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