I bought my TIG rods after I had purchased my set-up for oxy-propane. Not much deer-in-headlights. They were so delighted to sell me stuff they didn't really care what I did with it. I discovered that if I bake my brand-new mandrels in the kiln before I use them that it is much easier to get the beads off them, so I wasn't losing as much to bending when I took off the beads. Of course, I wrecked a whole bunch before I figured out that I couldn't just leave the ends toasting in the flame of the Minor like had done with my Hothead.
Celeste
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