Who "knows" old/ vintage plumber's torches?
I may have screwed up (but not that bad LOL). For only 25 bucks and about a 10 mile round trip, I bought an old Ridgid plumbers torch. This is air-propane came with a ? lb ? 10-20lb LPG tank, regulator, hose. After blowing the junk out of it the only tip supplied does work. So I had ASSUMED this was something a guy might find parts for, AKA Harris, Smith, Victor, Turbo Torch, Lenox, on and on.
The ONLY thing on the torch ANYWHERE except the Ridgid name, is an unreadable patent no., and "made in Denmark" on both the tip/ mixer and the handle.
So I did a search. And finally found this:
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ARTCO - When is an Exact torch NOT an Exact torch?
When is an Exact torch NOT an Exact torch?
It's a long story, but it goes something like this ...
'Exact' was a company, founded around 1960 in Denmark, that manufactured propane torches. Although they were marketed as an industrial product (primarily in the roofing industry), they were quickly recognized as being very useful in the hot glass studio.
About 10-15 years ago, Exact was purchased by a German conglomerate called 'Rothenberger', and Rothenberger changed the name of the Danish facility to 'Rothenberger-Exact A/S'. After a couple of years, Rothenberger decided to shut down the facility in Denmark, and move the torch manufacturing to another one of their factories in Spain.
With the Danish factory being shutting down, the Danish management bought back the remains of the factory, and the rights to the name 'Exact'. They re-opened under the new name 'Exact-Denmark', and continued to sell the torches (that were now being made in Spain). Unfortunately, they were only able to stay in business for a year or so before having to close for good. Hence, the Exact name is no longer.
Meanwhile, production of the torches still continues in Spain. These are the same torches that were originally manufactured in Denmark, and are being made on the very same equipment. Rothenberger currently markets these torches under two brand names: the 'Super-Ego' brand name, and Rothenberger name. ARTCO carries the torches with the Rothenberger name on them.
So, ARTCO still carries the same exact torch (pun intended!); it just doesn't have the Exact name on it.
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........................................But that website, "Artco" seems to not carry anything resembling what "I have."
So I got on egag and found this: an NOS unused torch, but still no idea of model LOLOL
The ONLY thing on the torch ANYWHERE except the Ridgid name, is an unreadable patent no., and "made in Denmark" on both the tip/ mixer and the handle.
So I did a search. And finally found this:
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ARTCO - When is an Exact torch NOT an Exact torch?
When is an Exact torch NOT an Exact torch?
It's a long story, but it goes something like this ...
'Exact' was a company, founded around 1960 in Denmark, that manufactured propane torches. Although they were marketed as an industrial product (primarily in the roofing industry), they were quickly recognized as being very useful in the hot glass studio.
About 10-15 years ago, Exact was purchased by a German conglomerate called 'Rothenberger', and Rothenberger changed the name of the Danish facility to 'Rothenberger-Exact A/S'. After a couple of years, Rothenberger decided to shut down the facility in Denmark, and move the torch manufacturing to another one of their factories in Spain.
With the Danish factory being shutting down, the Danish management bought back the remains of the factory, and the rights to the name 'Exact'. They re-opened under the new name 'Exact-Denmark', and continued to sell the torches (that were now being made in Spain). Unfortunately, they were only able to stay in business for a year or so before having to close for good. Hence, the Exact name is no longer.
Meanwhile, production of the torches still continues in Spain. These are the same torches that were originally manufactured in Denmark, and are being made on the very same equipment. Rothenberger currently markets these torches under two brand names: the 'Super-Ego' brand name, and Rothenberger name. ARTCO carries the torches with the Rothenberger name on them.
So, ARTCO still carries the same exact torch (pun intended!); it just doesn't have the Exact name on it.
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........................................But that website, "Artco" seems to not carry anything resembling what "I have."
So I got on egag and found this: an NOS unused torch, but still no idea of model LOLOL
I can tell by comparing other torch tips that "surely" the Rothenberger pictured uses the same quick connect machining pattern but I still don't have a model
Well, ...................life goes on LOL
I may have screwed up (but not that bad LOL). For only 25 bucks and about a 10 mile round trip, I bought an old Ridgid plumbers torch. This is air-propane came with a ? lb ? 10-20lb LPG tank, regulator, hose. After blowing the junk out of it the only tip supplied does work. So I had ASSUMED this was something a guy might find parts for, AKA Harris, Smith, Victor, Turbo Torch, Lenox, on and on.
The ONLY thing on the torch ANYWHERE except the Ridgid name, is an unreadable patent no., and "made in Denmark" on both the tip/ mixer and the handle.
So I did a search. And finally found this:
=============================================================================
ARTCO - When is an Exact torch NOT an Exact torch?
When is an Exact torch NOT an Exact torch?
It's a long story, but it goes something like this ...
'Exact' was a company, founded around 1960 in Denmark, that manufactured propane torches. Although they were marketed as an industrial product (primarily in the roofing industry), they were quickly recognized as being very useful in the hot glass studio.
About 10-15 years ago, Exact was purchased by a German conglomerate called 'Rothenberger', and Rothenberger changed the name of the Danish facility to 'Rothenberger-Exact A/S'. After a couple of years, Rothenberger decided to shut down the facility in Denmark, and move the torch manufacturing to another one of their factories in Spain.
With the Danish factory being shutting down, the Danish management bought back the remains of the factory, and the rights to the name 'Exact'. They re-opened under the new name 'Exact-Denmark', and continued to sell the torches (that were now being made in Spain). Unfortunately, they were only able to stay in business for a year or so before having to close for good. Hence, the Exact name is no longer.
Meanwhile, production of the torches still continues in Spain. These are the same torches that were originally manufactured in Denmark, and are being made on the very same equipment. Rothenberger currently markets these torches under two brand names: the 'Super-Ego' brand name, and Rothenberger name. ARTCO carries the torches with the Rothenberger name on them.
So, ARTCO still carries the same exact torch (pun intended!); it just doesn't have the Exact name on it.
============================================================================
........................................But that website, "Artco" seems to not carry anything resembling what "I have."
So I got on egag and found this: an NOS unused torch, but still no idea of model LOLOL
The ONLY thing on the torch ANYWHERE except the Ridgid name, is an unreadable patent no., and "made in Denmark" on both the tip/ mixer and the handle.
So I did a search. And finally found this:
=============================================================================
ARTCO - When is an Exact torch NOT an Exact torch?
When is an Exact torch NOT an Exact torch?
It's a long story, but it goes something like this ...
'Exact' was a company, founded around 1960 in Denmark, that manufactured propane torches. Although they were marketed as an industrial product (primarily in the roofing industry), they were quickly recognized as being very useful in the hot glass studio.
About 10-15 years ago, Exact was purchased by a German conglomerate called 'Rothenberger', and Rothenberger changed the name of the Danish facility to 'Rothenberger-Exact A/S'. After a couple of years, Rothenberger decided to shut down the facility in Denmark, and move the torch manufacturing to another one of their factories in Spain.
With the Danish factory being shutting down, the Danish management bought back the remains of the factory, and the rights to the name 'Exact'. They re-opened under the new name 'Exact-Denmark', and continued to sell the torches (that were now being made in Spain). Unfortunately, they were only able to stay in business for a year or so before having to close for good. Hence, the Exact name is no longer.
Meanwhile, production of the torches still continues in Spain. These are the same torches that were originally manufactured in Denmark, and are being made on the very same equipment. Rothenberger currently markets these torches under two brand names: the 'Super-Ego' brand name, and Rothenberger name. ARTCO carries the torches with the Rothenberger name on them.
So, ARTCO still carries the same exact torch (pun intended!); it just doesn't have the Exact name on it.
============================================================================
........................................But that website, "Artco" seems to not carry anything resembling what "I have."
So I got on egag and found this: an NOS unused torch, but still no idea of model LOLOL
I can tell by comparing other torch tips that "surely" the Rothenberger pictured uses the same quick connect machining pattern but I still don't have a model
Well, ...................life goes on LOL
