Hi Rob. Very interesting, never tried to melt glass with my Bullfinch torch, might have to give it a go now š I must admit that I didn't think either of the torches would get the glass hot enough to actually melt it. Live and learn. Cheers, Alan.
Gāday Rob. I havenāt intentionally melted glass either, the closest Iāve come to doing it is in a campfire where the following morning thereās a melted bottle in the ashes, donāt know what Iād melt glass for. Great demo thanks. Cheers Peter
Hello Rob, What a clever idea creating a video that needs you to drink beer first to get the raw material... It should be noted that it was a Heineken beer bottle which are probably the best beer bottles in the world - lol. Seriously though an interesting demo... thank you. Cheers Paul,,
Hi Rob, interesting demo, that bullfinch certainly concentrates the heat much better, I would also argue there was much less wasted gas to get to a higher temperature than the Chinese job. This must all be down to clever jetting as the calorific value of the gas is obviously the same in both experiments. Shame you didn't have 3 or 4 other torches to test as well, could have been quite a nice day out in the shop! Cheers, Jon
Obviously you will have to try making Prince Rupert Drops now. I don't know much about glass but I think beer bottles are pretty low grade and not very good for making beads etc, tried making many ashtrays in a fire and they always go brittle and shatter when you look at em. Hope the eyeballs are good Rob šŗ
Melt glass with standard LPG or propane - which torch is best ?
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Cheap Chinese gas torch versus Bullfinch Autotorch Brazing System. One for the bead makers.