Another convert. You have been saved from beadmaking hell. Take the money you were spending on MAPP gas & in a month or two you can get a dream kiln to go with it.
-- There are no mistakes, only unexplored techniques
Hi all,
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> I just wanted to "announce" that I have just moved from a hothead torch to a
> minor propane-oxygen setup, and it is such an improvement! Still getting
> the hang of the new flame, but already happy with how much better controlled
> it is. But I must admit that the most immediate benefit is the noise, or
> rather, the lack of it. I don't have to wear earplugs anymore, nor have the
> CD player blasting inhumanely. (Kind of hard to get into a good calm
> creative zen beadmaking mood when you have to blast the mellow music to
> higher decibel levels than airliners taking off.) I'm also very much
> enjoying not having to change out a mapp gas bottle every few beads, not
> having all the empties rattling around at my feet, not having to figure out
> how to try to use up the last bit of the expensive gas, not running out of
> gas in the middle of a bead... you get the idea.
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> So, anyway, you beginning lampworkers --- once you're committed to it and
> can swing the initial costs --- I highly recommend moving on from your
> hothead. (Oh, also nice that propane is about 40 times cheaper per pound
> than MAPP gas in the little bottles...)
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> --Dave B
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