I work on a minor all the Time. Reduction is the one thing I really really miss from the hot head. If you go on you tube you can find a videos of how to get the reduction flame on the minor. The dragon breath thing never really gave me consistent results... It helps me however if I adjust my oxy down but not off and work on the middle to upper edges of the flame nice and cool wave the through I will get the reduction. I've been on the minor for umm 5+ years now and still feel like I'm not doing it right. Even when I do get reduction lol. (And I find it apalmost every time... It just doesn't feel the same ........ Or react the same as the hh did.. Which was the most brilliant reduction flame!)
Hang in there! I also tend to over reduce on the minor. Not sure why. Again I go back to the hh differences, but I do.. I think one of my problems is not getting the glass cool enough brfore reducing. The hh kept the glass relatively cooler, thus the bead held less heat, cooled faster, etc etc.. So I always think maybe that's it.
Reduction really took me quite a while to find again one the minor. You will get it!
Here is a great video that's not dragon breath-y
http://youtu.be/iqCPyAi68mE
Not a minor, but good info:
http://youtu.be/eu0Jfrfq5CM
And some cool tutorials that might help.
http://youtu.be/xtf4DXrHHqg
http://youtu.be/QX33QJVdEnU
http://youtu.be/a7_LO0EdYMA