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THE ALCOHOL BLOW LAMP
By Geo. C. WHITNEY
About the handiest little kink that I know of is this little alcohol blow lamp. It burns alcohol and one filling lasts a long time, as it has a cap which makes it airtight when not in use. It fits in the vest pocket or tackle box. costs about a dollar and can be made at home out of a piece of brass tubing, a wick and a piece of camera hose.
It is operated by lighting, and then blowing the flame (which is very hot and clean) on the article to be repaired, at the same time running soft solder or cement on the work. It can be used to solder fish hooks together in gangs or tandem, temper points or weed guards, opening eyes in hooks, adding solder weights, soldering tips on steel rods, guides, cementing on agates, making small molds, melting rosin or cement onto flies, mending leaky minnow buckets, tackle boxes and a hundred other little jobs. And I saved the day on my last trip by repairing a puncture in the canoe with it by running hot ceiling wax in the hole over and under the canvas, It is always in my tackle box with a piece of soft solder, a little soldering paste and a piece of jeweler’s cement. It is handier than a soldering iron and makes a much better job.
Katz, Harry N. Kinks A Book of 250 Helpful Hints for Hunters, Anglers and Outers. Chicago: Outers, 1917. Print.
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