Can I my torch use indoors?

[ErinKay00]

Thank you for the replies
I found a lampworking studio close by and have been paying them hourly to use their space.

[jhana]

Check out the Safety room http://www.lampworketc.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=39

Check out this thread but especially post # 14
http://www.lampworketc.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=205793

[Lorraine Chandler]

Hi Erin, welcome to the madness!

Chances are your apt. complex will not let you torch in it. You might even cancel your lease by doing so. Lampworking is expensive and the hardest part is getting an area to legally do it in. Lots of people just moved into a place that had a yard or an area where they could torch without getting into trouble with neighbors, landlords or the authorities.

Here is an excerpt from another thread titled:

So you want to torch???


Very basic set-up;
#1 Didymium glasses.. These do not protect your eyes completely from flying glass , they only protect against soda flare.
#2. Hot Head torch
#3. One pound propane canister
#4. A few glass rods
#5. Two fiber blankets to place your beads in between
#6, Bead release
#7 A few mandrels

This set up is not desirable because you do not have proper ventilation, you do not have a kiln to anneal your beads. Putting them into a fiber blanket is just a holding area before they get to a kiln for batch annealing. You do not have any way to attach HH to a bench or table so you may have to set it in a bowl of sand or?? So this set up is very incomplete to say the least…
Cost would be around….$125.00 Give or take.

Basic Set-up #2
Same as above but you have added a floor fan to your bench/table and a made a clamp to attach HH torch to your table and purchased a bulk hose, and BBQ tank . This set up is still undesirable because you still do not have a ventilation that is set up to really protect you. You still do not have a kiln.
You have now added another $125.00 give or take. No glass orders, tools etc. Bare bones still.

Basic set up #3
You now decide to add a homemade stove pipe annealer…it will work for the time being. You decide to make a homemade Barley box with a high velocity fan for drying carpets or? that you pick up on sale at Harbor Freight….

Now you’re getting there…..
You have just added another $300.00 give or take depending on how much of this you did yourself and how much material you were able to scrounge up around the homestead….still no glass orders, no tool orders, no frit orders etc…bare bones.


OOPS!!! Now you are blowing fuses!! DRATS, DH wants his garage back, You want more glass, tools, frit, silver foil, and your own little space just for you! What to do????

Set up #4.
You decide to build a cute small shed studio, professionally installed ventilation system , upgrade to a Lynx and buy a nice generator, buy more glass, tools, Have an electrician come in and wire your studio, buy a nice kiln, build a glass storage rack, order more glass, supplies, join Etsy, make up business cards, get a resale license….no looking back now.
And you have only spent and additional…...wait for it…..here it is….

Another $3,000.00 to $9,000.00 or more…

[Gila]

Please don't get discouraged, just get informed .
Read up on safety and plot and plan.

Ventilation is key and needs to be in place. So many different set-up options and lots of good info to refer to here.

[2tumblingdragonz]

I'm in a similar condo. I only keep a couple of cans of gas at one time and store them in a closet that has no door that is next to my front door which has breezes coming from around and below it.

Not the best but at least not in the interior of my home.

I am still looking to put in ventilation. I currently work at my dining room table with the front door open, with screen in, and back door across the room open. I have a fan blowing from behind me to dispel fumes. I don't lampwork 8 hours a day every day and I take frequent breaks. Again, not great but if I don't work on glass, well, it's what makes living where I'm living right now bearable.

You do what you can and what you can live with. I've been saving up for equipment and ventilation so I can do it right. I plan on moving into the second BR which has 2 side by side windows. I will vent out of one window and then keep my front and back doors still open and have a fan blowing fresh air in. that's the best I can come up with until I move from here.

I did not tell my hoa but I did tell my insurance co and have it written into my insurance policy.
Optimum is proper everything.....you will hear lots of opinions, take what works for you, just know the risks you are taking.

Welcome to your new addiction and welcome to le.

namaste
Rowyn