Actually we did use one back in 8th grade wood shop. One of the projects was cutting out your name in wood letters and glueing it to a board. We had a torch there to, I dunno, scorch the board (or the letters) to offer up some contrast without having to paint or finish anything. Worked really well, nobody caught on fire or got sent to the burn unit.
Oxyacetylene is a bit much for wood burning art, don't you think (3500C)? Simple propane or oxy-air would be sufficient. Now, if you're cutting half-inch steel plate, that's different.
Oxyacetylene is a bit much for wood burning art, don't you think (3500C)? Simple propane or oxy-air would be sufficient. Now, if you're cutting half-inch steel plate, that's different.
I didn't design the curriculum. Looked like the same kind of torches we used next door in metal shop for brazing the prior semester. If you lit it without enough oxygen, you got big curls of soot and people yelling at you.