Hi Bruce- Hey, thanks for the ideas; I think I figured it out! When it fails to light, I've never had a problem after the second or third try, so we're really talking maybe 10 seconds of inconvenience anyway. On mine, the ignition slider is spring-loaded and locks into position (there's a button on the side that you press to release the lock), and since it requires some amount of force to push it into the on position, the tendency is to switch it on quickly. After reading your note, I decided to play around a little more, and have discovered that if I switch it on just a little bit more slowly (allowing a little more gas to flow before ignition), it seems to light reliably. So maybe the answer is to just not be so quick on the trigger! Thanks again! -Andrew On Feb 28, 2009, at 6:20 PM, Bruce Dornfeld wrote: > Hello Andrew! Welcome to the list. I know Paul, Robert & Co. are > taking good care of you at the CSPT. I have been using a Weller > soldering tool for hammer burning for years now. The model I have > is a Weller Portasol PSI-100K. If the controls are the same I may > have some help for you. There are two slide controls. One turns on > the butane, this uses commonly available cigarette lighter butane > gas. The second slide control is the ignition. I had trouble > lighting mine constantly for a while and found what helps. Pull the > slide down and let it go quickly. If it is released too slowly, it > does not light. I do find this a great tool for burning shanks. I > like to let it warm up for about a minute first… then it is good and > hot to go. > > Bruce Dornfeld, RPT > bdornfeld at earthlink.net > North Shore Chapter > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090228/1e64d238/attachment.html>
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