blow torches

Portable flame tools

Blow torches is the plural of blow torch, a handheld tool that produces a controlled flame for heating, welding, soldering, or burning.

Plumbers use them to sweat copper pipes; chefs use smaller versions to caramelize sugar on crème brûlée.

Also spelled blowtorch.

The workers fired up their blow torches to cut through the metal beams.

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jewelry making · brazing · kitchens · acetylene · oxygen · gas cylinder · ignition · metal cutting · heat shield · heat gun · butane · fuel · fire extinguisher · fuel tank · safety goggles · safety first · natural gas · kerosene

Opposites
heat intensity

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Wax lights with wicks

tea lights · birthday candles · votive candles · pilot lights · matches

heating vs cooling function

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Devices for dousing flames

ice packs · air conditioners · refrigerants · freezers · refrigerators

Family

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G