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Originally Posted by Mary K
I have often wondered what your take on this system would be Dale. I know a lot of people go with this, but for the life of me, I just don't see how this can work, as efficiently as a hood, there just has to be no control in collecting the nox to evacuate it. After seeing those pictures taken with special equiptment that could photo the gasses released from a torch while it was running in the Glassline article years ago, much less what happens when glass is manipulated melting and spewing gasses in the torch flame, for me, I just would not feel safe with that.
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If they are designed correctly they can work very well. The downside is that the effective capture area is small so they can be restrictive to work under. I used a good one for years before moving to my current space which has a 8 ft by 5 ft hood.