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  • Glassmakers, anyone?

    04/23/2011 1:48:45 PM PDT · by dangus · 35 replies
    Vanity ^ | 4-23-11 | dangus
    Anyone know if you can use a small butane or propane torch for fusing and forming glass? I'm not talking glass blowing, just bending, deforming and fusing. And slow is good. I found, for instance, an Iwatani butane torch. http://www.amazon.com/Iwatani-Torch-Burner-Professional-Cb-tc-pro/ It looked like what I figured I'd need, but in the comments, people were discussing searing stake with it, not soldering like I'd expect. Also, anyone know why hobby glass would be so expensive? I mean, they sell cheap beer in this stuff? Why am I seeing just simple billets selling for ten dollars per pound? I'm thinking maybe I...