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2016-02-17, 4:18am
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About to buying a new torch.... What do you recomend?
I have a Minor, works great but I want to work with boro too.
What do you recomend?
Now I'm in the USA for an other few weeks so I can buy it and take it home with me
Thanks,
Réka
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2016-02-17, 8:24am
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More information is needed for a good recommendation:
- What do you want to make out of Boro? What size?
- How will you be supplying the oxygen to the torch?
- What is your budget?
I'm sure you can do small boro work with the minor already - beads, small marbles, small sculptures.
-BEP
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Originally Posted by Cheekybeads
I have a Minor, works great but I want to work with boro too.
What do you recomend?
Now I'm in the USA for an other few weeks so I can buy it and take it home with me
Thanks,
Réka
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Lifelong glass lover, now getting to work with it. Using a Bravo on an M20 & Natural Gas ( inner ), Tanked O2 & Propane ( outer ).
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2016-02-17, 5:49pm
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Thanks BEP
I tried to work with boro a few years ago but it didn't work out so well.....
I'm making small things, most of them are beads....
I'm using tanked O2 and tanked PB gas.
I can't buy really expensive torch.... Home I can sell easy the used one, if I want to change again later.
Réka
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Originally Posted by bepnewt
More information is needed for a good recommendation:
- What do you want to make out of Boro? What size?
- How will you be supplying the oxygen to the torch?
- What is your budget?
I'm sure you can do small boro work with the minor already - beads, small marbles, small sculptures.
-BEP
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2016-02-17, 6:21pm
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I would suggest the "Nortel Mid-Range" with Minor Top. It has the Minor torch on top that you are already familiar using and has the Mid-Range torch on the bottom that will put out plenty of heat for your needs.
It is not an expensive torch, but it works very good. I have had mine for the past seven years and it works great and has been problem free.
Good luck !
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2016-02-17, 6:28pm
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Thank you!
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Originally Posted by beckd
I would suggest the "Nortel Mid-Range" with Minor Top. It has the Minor torch on top that you are already familiar using and has the Mid-Range torch on the bottom that will put out plenty of heat for your needs.
It is not an expensive torch, but it works very good. I have had mine for the past seven years and it works great and has been problem free.
Good luck !
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2016-02-17, 7:53pm
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Your are welcome,
Google the following "Nortel-midrange plus youtube" and watch the video by Timia Glass.
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2016-02-18, 9:27am
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Buy a GTT Lynx. At 400 for a good used one its a steal considering that its a much better torch in a lot ways then beths and nortels. It will also hold its value for resale better then most others as well. Since your using compressed oxygen, use that capability.
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