This was my first torch when I got into jewelry making. It's a gem!

Thank you for this video. It is the most detailed and informative one I have found. Now I feel much more confident in getting a torch that I desperatey need in order to do all I want to do in silversmithing.

Just bought this set up!! Very informative!! TFS!!

You made that really easy to follow. Now I feel more confident to go ahead and set up and use my torch. Thank you

Great video. I’ve always wanted to learn how to weld and your video made it really simple and straightforward and easy to learn. Thank you.

MIND BLOWN - NOW I know why my Little Torch didn't work when I first got it - I didnt set it up right!! Thank you for this tutorial!! :)

Great explanation! Thank you.❤

The knobs are the exact opposite colors of the canisters! How bizarre? Lefty tighty will save you!

Thank you, your video was helpful when I needed to change the oxygen canister as I was twisting it the wrong way.

Thanks. Very useful video.

Awesome. Thanks.

thank you

Nice advice keep up

I got a feeling that mask isn't rated for gasses. Just saying. Do you need flash arrestors on the valves?

Thanks!

Hola como están...me gustan sus vídeos y técnica que manejan. Que tan posible sería de hacer entregas de vídeos y listado de los materiales en español.

Great video. Told me exactly what I needed to know. Thank you.

Thank you! I have been struggling and now I know why - the colours do not match. How counter intuitive.

Thank you for the informative video. I have a question for you. this video is for setting up the torch set, how about disassembling the set for Relocation. I have this set and my disposable 2 tanks are not empty but I need to take them apart. how do I do this? please help me!

Any idea where to get the preset regulators from in Australia? That don't cost more than the torch kit...

Pro welding tip: Don't ever use a butane lighter to light torches (or keep one in your pocket). They make a nasty bomb if a spark or slag hits them and melts thru. Always use a sparker. You will only make that mistake once.

great video! I am switching to these little disposable tanks for mobile work, I'm wondering if you can get as much heat as the bigger bottles with regulators, I'm hoping to be able to continue using my little smith torch for sand casting,Thanks!

Do you have to buy that soap stuff from Rio to check for leaks or can you make a solution at home with dish detergent?

Can i attach soldering iron tips to the little torch? Im wondering if i can also use it on electronics as well as jewelry. I dont want to buy to types of torches for no reason u know?

I would have the tip pointing the opposite way so when altering the flow your fingers are further away from the flame and also when you put the torch down the nozzle is pointing up away from any possible combustibles, accidents do happen, also I would add flashback arrestors they are not expensive however unlikely an accident would be when messing with a potential bomb you should always err on the side of maximum safety.

Its funny how the green regulator goes on the red bottle which has a lefthanded connector but the hose that goes on the other side of the connector has a righthand thread again

What is your recommendation for a larger O2 supply? Larger tank or any o2 concentrator? Many thanks!

For someone looking to get into the art this was very informative, and I hope it's not one of those videos where you professionals make things look so easy.... when it really isn't. I'll let you know how it goes.

Thanks for the video. How long can you typically solder jewelry before your oxygen runs out?

i'm in the UK & have a little smith torch, being delivered soon. will i need flashback arrestors if i'm only using disposable cylinders? thanks

What about using a flashback arrestor attached to the regulator on the propane? Worried about safety.

Thank you for your informative video! I am about to purchase my first non-chef's torch this week... a Smith Little oxy-propane and can use all the help I can get! I have 3 questions: 1- Do you need flash back arrestors with a disposable canister set up? 2- If I buy a few disposable oxy tanks to keep in reserve, is there anything special I need to know about storage (i.e., upright, temperature control)? 3- How do I dispose of them? Thanks again!

is there a demo to actually use it for melting gold and silver? How much oz can be melted with this setup?

Hi Matt, I do soldering and copper flame painting, and am setting up a little smith torch. I would like to use a grill propane tank. do I need a regulator and flashback protection? Also will this small torch heat enough to do small brazing work? Your input would be a BIG help...Plus my red hose on the torch is shot, is vinyl tubing ok to use with propane?

Chu keng be using the mapp gas?

Never start a torch with a lighter!!!!!! Can create what they call a "mixed gas situation" and you can cause an explosion!!!!! Use a manual flint striker or better yet they make lovely little piezo electric striker units for the little torches that work very well!!! Please no lighters!!!!! I had to get a larger O2 tank, about a 100cf size, the little red cans are just painfully expensive and they run out quickly. They run $11 to $16 each around here. I can refill a big canister for about $25 and it lasts a good long time. Went through about 4 of the O2 regulators for the canisters too... for some reason they develop leaks frequently. Even when you think they are turned off there will still be O2 leaking out the torch tip or out the top of the regulator.

I got this same torch last week. All I am missing are the two regulators for the tanks where did you get them? I tried our local hardware store but couldn’t find them.

I noticed another tank in your background with a regulator on it. Is that a larger oxygen tank for use with the disposable propane tanks?

Can this work with out an arrestor?

recently bought the same setup do you need a flashback arrestor?

Great video, but why did you put the red regulator on the green bottle and vice versa? You had to opportunity to just colourcode everything.

How can you hook up hoses in Europe, threads are different, oxygen and propane tanks are also different, can one get proper fittings to be able to use torches in Portugal?

So is it safe not to be using flashback arrestors? Are they NOT a necessity?

My valves have VERY LOW MILEAGE, but my red is leaking out of the threads, as you open it you begin to hear a noise and then u can smell it, can it be fixed?

Hi Matt, I cut the end of the hoses and converted them to insert in the adjustable regulator with gauges cuz didn’t find this gauge that have female end that fit to the male hose end, but the Oxygen end leaking, while the butane hose’s connected to cooking cylinder successfully. Could you direct me where to buy this kind of regulator with gauge for the oxygen? Thanks 🌷

Can you melt silver with this

Hi - my regulator tops are black, (not red & green). Am I ok to use these directions to set up my Little Torch? Thank you.

Where can I find those regulators?

i bought a used little torch but not regulator came with it. where can iget them?

Where to Buy Oxygen Switching Valves

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For the regulators Green=Oxygen, Red=Fuel. So like why is the oxygen bottle red?

Could you hook it up to an air compressor instead of oxygen I know it wouldn’t be as hot but it would be cheaper and more accessible

Where did you get the regulator I keep buying regulators that don’t fit

my smith kit did not come with the fittings for oxcy or propane were do i find them

Why no flashback arrestors?

carbon dioxide and water vapour are the only thing that comes off propane bro...

This torch can melt 30 grams of copper??

Are flashback arrestors not required with this torch? You’re not using them.

one tip, DON'T use a lighter, but, like the big cousin, the 'oxy-torch', that welders use on cars, etc. use a flint style sparker, this prevents the lit tourch causing a 'flashback' on the lighter, and it blowing up in your hands, or for the hotter flame from burning your hands (if you used a match). and another no no, you lit straight away, you MUST PURGE the lines,,one at a time, this stops a mixed gas explosion (when Fuel and oxygen mix in another spot in the system, than that designed, and an ignition source finds it).

Better question is whear did those regulators come from.

Hello, is this a safe set up for an apartment building?

Woah $434?

I’ll be completely honest, the fact that the valves and the cans are the opposite colors is very confusing and I could see where it could cause a lot of issues.

Teflon tape on fuel bottles is dangerous. Also I'd use a striker, not a lighter.

Why such a small amount of oxygen what the hell is up with that?

Wow thought I had oxygen leak all this time lmao,

DIAMETERS ABOUT THIS REGULATOR DIAMETERS NUMBERS??????? WHAT???

I like Mr. bubbles for leak detection.

Im not complaining whatsoever but what is a guy to do if he cant just lay down 400 plus dollars and is wanting to get into jewelry making with copper and silver and needs to melt either one? Im sure its the best mini torch on the market but Why is this thing so expensive?

Lack of standards in USA is appaling. No wonder there are so many accidents.

Why are you wearing a mask

I would have the tip pointing the opposite way so when altering the flow your fingers are further away from the flame and also when you put the torch down the nozzle is pointing up away from any possible combustibles, accidents do happen, also I would add flashback arrestors they are not expensive however unlikely an accident would be when messing with a potential bomb you should always err on the side of maximum safety.