AD (but not mine) for what looks like a lampworking setup - CHEAP

Hmmm - what kind of torch is that? Looks like a deal to me. Jewitch - don't look, since you obviously aren't interested!! ;) >

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com (alia) :

]hey wow tink, so is this all someone would need?? do u think someone ]could really learn to lampwork this way? i would like to learn.... ] ]alia

**snort** got another one!

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

's not what you take, when you leave this world behind you;it's what you leave behind you when you go. -- Randy Travis

HEY!! No fair! Aren't you supposed to be working on a business plan or something instead of luring and enticing us poor little neophytes?

Christy

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Well, no - you need really good ventilation, and workspace along with a table that is resistant to fire. But it is a good start. :)

Ahhh - wrong kind of torch. And I didn't look close enough to catch that it's a boro book. Bummer!

Mmmm... Boro. Okay, I've only just tried boro for the first time this afternoon, so I'm sure I'll get over it and back to the Moretti. Meanwhile, I'm having fun.

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well, there *was* that episode of trading spaces, where they took the mortar (or something) of the fireplace, and put her beads into it. You *could* do that all over.

If you could make big enough beads, perhaps you could make a solarium or similar, but I don't think you could do a *whole* house...

Mary

The torch is a National 3A, the borosilicate glassworkers equivalent to a Minor. It's not that expensive of a torch brand new. It's not that good of a torch for soft glass, it burns too hot. It is a premix torch (the propane & O2 are mixed in the torch instead of at the tip), so you would definitely need check valves or flashback arrestors. The book is okay, but is geared toward boro work. The glasses look like regular didymium, so they would be inadequate for boro work. But when I checked, it wasn't a bad price, just not a real deal or anything.

Nice try ...

Deirdre

What makes regular didymium glasses inadequate for boro work?

- Sandy

Watts Towers was made of glass bottles cemented together... it even survived the riots (but possibly not the neglect & politics since then...). And I think there's a "bottle house" or two in some of the ghost towns out here in the West....

Kaytee "Simplexities" on

here in the West...<

Yep, I used to live by the one in Rhyolite.

Carol in SLC My jewelry:

*chuckle*

They are not enough protection. You need AUR92's or better, I believe. I don't even think plain didymium is good enough for soft glass, but that's probably a matter of opinion.

HUSH!

BTW, i am NOT watching this particular auction on "My eBay" page.

Jewitch checking to see if her nose is growing any . . .

I may be somewhat in awe of you, Tink . . . but not enough to go along with an idea like that!

Jewitch

LOL - if you're serious about starting up, take a good class first and then decide if you want to spend the money on a setup. eBay has some good deals, but as in this case, it is always good to post here and see what everyone says before taking the leap. :)

Actually, for beginners in boro, this is considered the beginner's torch. Mainly because it is cheap. You can get a new one for about $60, but you will need to buy tips. However, it is too much heat for soft glass. And I have a goblet that is about 10" tall that I saw Roger Parramore blow on a minor burner. So you can use a minor for boro.