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Old 2008-04-16, 1:35pm
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Originally Posted by Hayley View Post
Chad - first of all, I do apologize . . . that sentence was re-written and I didn't delete the "unlike you" . . . I started to write "unlike you, I work mainly with soft glass" and when I changed it, I neglected to delete "unlike you." I REALLY didn't mean to say that you didn't do your research at all! Now I know why you were upset with me as you had every right - the comment was uncalled for but it was honestly a mistake.

I took Brent's advice coz I like everything he has ever shown in soft glass AND I hope to do boro one day (thus my upgrading to a Cuda).

Perhaps they don't make the Little Dragon like the ones you used, for I have used it next to a Mini CC and a Bobcat and find the opposite is true. I also know someone who upgraded from a Mini CC to a Knight Bullet recently and find that the inner fire of the Bullet is cooler than her Mini CC.

Well it goes to show that everyone's experience can be different . . .
The Little Dragon that I own is the same one that we sell in our store. According to a Carlisle employee, the guys that make the Knight torches used to work for Carlisle, and when they left, they made their torches exactly the same, but with a different body.

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Originally Posted by kimberly View Post
Again, I will disagree. The needle flame on the 'Cuda is more than adequate for detail on soft glass and on boro sculpture. I wouldn't try to melt a big boro gather with it, but I wouldn't use a needle flame on any torch to melt a big boro gather.

I took Brent Graber's boro class at Glass Stock and used my 'Cuda for that class. I had plenty of heat. (Loved the class, too!!!)
I've never been able to get any heat out of the 4 or 5 Bethlehems I've worked on. For soft glass they may be fine. But, when doing things like inside-out work in borosilicate, they won't melt the stringer for anything. To get enough heat to melt it, you have to crank the flame up, and that creates a lot of blow back, which cooled the flame down even more.
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