Model Boat Mayhem
The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Steam => Topic started by: steam4 on March 04, 2020, 03:07:12 am
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I have a Cleevedon steam gas tank. here in Canada there are no butane refill tanks that are the same aa those in uk. the top of the refill does not have a thread to screw the refill adaptor to.the best I have come up with is the end of stove burner.to say the least this is a pretty iffy way of doing this. has anyone run into this and if so how did you over come it.
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Google confirms that universal disposable butane/butane-propane 220gm containers are available in BC.....
Purchase a 3 or 6 pack of containers with the slide lock and male tip [google example is your Woods brand]
[a large hardware chain could be 1/2 that price]
Purchase a slide lock and male thread [EN 5/16] adapter
Purchase an [EN 5/16] female screwed x extension adapter
Some people suggest the higher burn temperature of 100% butane is superior over butane/butane-propane mix, however in Australia, the latter is some 30 less expensive over the 100% butane
I also use the 220 gm for gas heating, and refilling a smaller [+micro] gas torches for soft and silver soldering]..[cost is about $1.60 for a 220gm disposable can]
One needs to look carefully, as Coleman brand disposable butane containers with the screwed EN 5/16 top can be found, however are cost prohibitive @ <*< $14.00 for 250 gm]
Derek
PS...[the irony here for Australians is it is our gas, compressed, liquified, shipped to Korea, they decant it to the 220 gm containers {but in a gaseous/liquid state}......then ship millions of little green cans back to OZ for us to consume %% ]