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Yep dropping flux and solder down in the self igniting torch stops them dead.
I had an apprentice bugging me hard to let him sweat a joint... Against my better judgement I allowed him to do one... 1st joint he does I'm cleaning the torch out...  I kicked him off my truck within a couple of weeks after that... I just got tired of him wanting to do stuff that he had no idea how to do... Come to think of it... There wasn't much he could do... I think he might have gone to work for Bill with the reversing sawzall trick... 
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07-28-2010, 08:37 PM
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Don't you remember when you didn't know anything?
When I first was in this trade and new to soldering copper, I was trying to sweat a hose spigot on to a 1/2" copper stub out. I was using way too much heat and had the copper so hot all the flux melted away. I wasn't able to understand why the solder wouldn't flow into the joint. My boss said maybe I better think about a career change. LOL. ALL of us were green at one time, ALL of us.
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07-28-2010, 08:45 PM
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Vs. Not knowing anything and thinking you know everything...  The first I can accept and have no problems with... The second might be unteachable...  I was 8 years old when I sweated my first joint and even then I listened and did it right...
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Yes very true. If a guy (or gal) wants to learn I'm only to happy to teach, open a code book, show with diagrams, etc. But when someone acts like they know it all.... well then that's a different story especially when that person doesn't know it all.
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07-28-2010, 09:58 PM
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I've got self igniting air-acetylene tips that are 15 years old and still lighting. I'm soldering while you are dicking around with your striker....
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07-28-2010, 10:11 PM
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sometimes i cant find my striker and use my cigarette lighter
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The acetylene rig is in my garage where it's been gathering dust for years after I pulled it off my truck... If I ever need it I'll take the chance on having to go get it.
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07-28-2010, 10:47 PM
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