Bernzomatic Butane Micro Torch

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My first order of business with this and every product review is a disclaimer: I am not a professional contractor. I am a farmer and a fine furniture maker. When it comes to construction and renovation projects, I’m a DIYer and weekend warrior. That said, I doubt many professional contractors will be reading my tool reviews. My goal in reviewing tools and products is to provide honest feedback based on my own use and experience with these tools to other regular folks like me- wanting to get their hands dirty, try new things, and get the best value for their hard earned dollars. 

Let’s talk about this Butane Micro Torch!

This butane micro torch has three interchangeable settings: fine solder, hot air blower, and pencil flame. The trigger ignition easily ignites and extinguishes the flame, and for $27, I love the convenience of this multi use tool. Since I’ve never used a butane torch that didn’t come with it’s own fuel source, the only challenge I faced with this tool was finding the right fuel tank for it for sale separately and then figuring out how to fill it. Since then, this little gadget has seen a ton of use in my workshop from light soldering to starting fires in the stove to fun little projects like the one I share below:

For my fine woodworker/farmer friends, I did a quick, fun project to test the torch: re-handling my farrier file for trimming my donkey Howdy’s hooves. This is a technique I learned from Dave Jeske at Blue Spruce tools- you make a handle, cut a length of hot glue and place it inside the handle, heat the tang of the file, and then insert it hot point first into the glue in the handle. The file’s heat will melt the glue and create a piston fit inside the handle!