[SEL] Blow Torch Leathers

[jbcast at charter.net]

---- jlb94 at juno.com wrote: 
> Hi List,
> 
> Does anyone out there have any idea where to find the leather cup shaped
> disks found in 
> the pump of an antique blow torch or antique plumbers stove?
> 
> It is made of leather with an outside diameter of about 3/4" and a 3/16"
> hole in the middle.
> It is shaped like a cup with the sides approx 1/8" - 3/16" high.
> 
> Also - I'm looking for the material that might be used in the check valve
> to stop the air 
> from returning back through the pump.
> 
> Any ideas will be appreciated.
> 
>  Joe "Pip" Betz said that. 

Joe, if you're going to fire it up, be careful. A leaking check valve will allow gas to come back out of the pump causing a thermal event. Try it outside and give it room.
J.B. Castagnos
Belle Rose, LA