Thanks Beatrix, that's a good idea. Even now, just a few days in, I can see a marked improvement in the most recent beads.
I'm still trying to sprint when I should be learning to walk, but that's my nature, unfortunately. I'm trying to learn stringer control and finding it tricky. If the stringer is painting nicely (for the second or two that it actually works right!), the bead is overheating, and if the bead's ok the stringer is like cooked spaghetti. I've read lots about it and watched some videos, but it seems hard to find just the right spot with the Hot Head. I wonder if it's because it's such a wide flame?
I've made some pretty good (for me) base beads the last couple of days, then made them very ugly with awful stringer work but, hey it's all practice!
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