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Old 08-30-2017, 09:40 AM   #17
BILL WILLIAMSON
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Default Re: Acetelyne torch sparker

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Originally Posted by 2manycars View Post
When I was in AG school we needed a way to light torches, and the striker was always in someone's pocket, so I got an old magneto from a farmall F20 and attached a handle to the crank end and wired all the 4 terminals together and a wire to a model A spark plug mounted upside down, mounted on a bench, and I think that was used until they closed the shop 30 or 40 years later.
Chief sed, "Bet you CAN'T turn this MAG"----I grasped it by the cap & it knocked the FOOL out of me!---MOMMA wouldn't fall for it
Bill Neverthesameagain
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