Does anyone know were I can get a small, hollow, stainless steel, flaired at the end rod for blowing out some miniature vases with the torch??? I've searched everywhere. I found them somewhere... can't remember right now... BUT, they were around $75 each!!! That's a bit insane for a 12-14" thin rod! I'm thinking a bit more like $4-$5.00 a rod. Let me know...THANKS!
Dennis
Dennis, you want Rod, or you want tube? SS tube alone is expensive as compared to rod, and in something miniature where there is not as much demand, the prices tend to be higher, now to answer your question, I have a couple extra SS blowtubes I acquired when fooling around with perfume bottles straight from a glory hole,(small size), I could part with one of them pretty inexpensively, what have you got to trade?
SS tubing can be purchased from Copper and Brass sales, I think they have offices nationwide and do ship, it's just the quantity you would have to buy.
Mine is 24" long 7/16" ID, 9/16" OD straight no flare,
Go to a plumbing/heating shop, they will have a flaring tool there and maybe even the SS tubing. Some auto parts stores sell flared lengths of tubing and you might find stainless. They're used for brake lines.
Jack
Nearly melting the keyboard from friction of those fast fingers, "GlassGuy" tapped in the following:
Just a thought, but is there someone in your town who does brake lines? Those would be stainless and have flared ends.
Judy in MN
K&S Engineering
WOWWWWWWWWW! As usual, you guys, (and gals), didn't disappoint me! I never thought of a brake lining!!! I have, in my possession, as I type... EXACTLY what I was looking for! I knew someone made such an animal, just couldn't think of who! Thanks again! And Java... one of these days I may take you up on your offer:).
Dennis
know...THANKS!
Just make sure you say "brake line" instead of "brake lining" and you may save some misunderstanding (at least on the phone).
Someone said something about "perfume bottles at the glory hole" in a post in this thread (that I've lost track of). Would said person be willing to say a few words about that? A guy at school just got done doing some really nice perfume bottles with a standard blowpipe. Was it a lot easier with a teeny one?
Mike Beede
No such thing as "easier", it was a small"gallon" size glory hole I was fooling around with, it wasn't big enough so I made one with a 5 gallon metal pail, like the one in Boyce's book 2, and it worked well, good for a day of fooling around doing something other than what I was used to doing.
What else do you want to know? I probably did it the hard way but they sold.
Hi, You can get SS tubing from Small Parts Inc.,
1-800-220-4242,Thanks Roger Haar
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ebay is not a bad source. Search "Stainless tubing" and you will get a variety of diameters.
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