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Old 2018-01-24, 3:39am
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Thank you Eileen. Such good advice. I must admit, I'm finding the response of the glass to the Hot Head quite slow. That's probably a good thing for a beginner, but it does make me wonder if I'm doing it correctly.

Those donut beads tend to end up with a thicker bit on the radius from the mandrel to the edge, as if the bead has drooped. No amount of heating and turning seems to even it out again. Marvering just flattens the edge, takes another age to curve out again and is still uneven.

Learning lampworking is being good for me, I think. Not boasting or anything silly, but I've always picked up new craft techniques pretty easily - I'm one of those people who makes the last and most complex thing in the book first, not always a good thing - but this is proving to be a definite learning curve which is making me slow down. Luckily, I'm stubborn and will stick with it until I get there!

Many thanks for all the helpful advice here - it's invaluable.
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