OT sorta, my new concentrator
I'll join you in that happy dance! Glad to hear that. Enjoy it and
continue to make beautiful beads! Later, Helen C "Kandice Seeber" wrote in message et... Oh, yeah, baby! I got my new oxygen concentrator today and it's wonderful. I am so, so happy. I'm doing a little jig. Yipee!!! -- Kandice Seeber Air & Earth Designs http://www.lampwork.net |
Ooooooooooo. I'm jealous! Congratulations Kandice!
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:D Coming soon! I am going to try and make some hearts in these colors
today as well. And possibly a vessel if I am feeling lucky. :D -- Kandice Seeber Air & Earth Designs http://www.lampwork.net Okay -- that was torture. I want to see these babies. I pulled stringer, made a couple of spacers and then tested it on a larger bead. I used a volitile color (gold pink, or rubino oro - same thing) over pale lavender on a black base. I made raised flowers - one of my more difficult designs. The bead turned out beautifully. ~~ Sooz ------- Let the beauty we love be what we do. --Rumi I'm not a hamster, and life's not a wheel. --Sooz ~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html |
I am so, so happy. I'm doing a little jig. Yipee!!!
And I'm so happy *for* you, Kandice!! Carol in SLC My new stuff: http://members.aol.com/carolinslc/emma.jpg |
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"Kandice Seeber" wrote: Oh, yeah, baby! I got my new oxygen concentrator today and it's wonderful. For those of you who have no idea what I mean - an oxygen concentrator is a contraption normally used by people who need oxygen for breathing. Lampwork bead makers have recently began using them for their torches with much success. I got mine from Paulette at Suncoast Beads (www.suncoastbeads.com), who gets them from a medical supply company. The models we get are refurbished. It can take up to four weeks to get one according to Paulette's web site - mine took almost five. Not that I am complaining - I am just so glad to have one! Hooking up the concentrator to my Nortel Minor torch was incredibly easy - easier than hooking up a tank of oxygen, as you don't need a flashback arrestor or a regulator. Paulette has instructions up on her site, and they are easy to follow. She has specs, also, in case the unit needs maintenance. The concentrator is very quiet - and with all the other stuff in my studio on (the overhead fan, the kiln, the radio, the torch itself) I can't even hear it. By itself, it makes a whirring noise (the motor, I'm sure), a kind of swishy breathing noise (kinda like Darth Vadar, only softer), and the pump makes a faint plopping noise every few seconds. The flame is nice and medium - even a little hotter than I am used to, but I normally work in a very cool oxygen rich flame for my smallish Moretti beads. It's adjustable, but takes some getting used to because most of the adjusting is done with the propane valve. Boy is it nice to not have to worry about how much oxygen I am using. Ahhhhhh. And no more having to wait for a tank to be delivered. No more paying $100 or more a month for oxygen. Even if this baby lasts only 4 months, it will have more than paid for itself. And no more being overbilled in error by the welding supply store. Yey!!! I pulled stringer, made a couple of spacers and then tested it on a larger bead. I used a volitile color (gold pink, or rubino oro - same thing) over pale lavender on a black base. I made raised flowers - one of my more difficult designs. The bead turned out beautifully. I am so, so happy. I'm doing a little jig. Yipee!!! -- Kandice Seeber Yay Kandice, that's so exciting! I looooooove mine too, and couldn't recommend them highly enough! I just need to get a second one so I can use the larger flame on my Midrange. I have a sudden obsession with making glass eggs. -- -Kalera Mom of Juliet, 5, Sam, 3, and Ophelia, born 5/31/03 Wife of the incomparable Moxley of www.spaceplex.com See us at www.strattonhome.org |
It's so nice to have Kalera back. You were missed, babykins.
-Kalera Mom of Juliet, 5, Sam, 3, and Ophelia, born 5/31/03 Wife of the incomparable Moxley ~~ Sooz ------- Let the beauty we love be what we do. --Rumi ~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html ~ Bead Notes: Beading information A through Z http://www.lampwork.net/beadnotes.html |
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