Hi - I'm considering doing work in boro to make large contemporary syle marbles. Up till now I've been working exclsively with Moretti type soft glass and have made a number of soft glass marbles but mainly lots of beads.
I work in a small second story room in my house with piped in propane and one 5L/min O2 concentrator, a Mini cc torch and I have a small Don McKinney Toolbox annealing kiln that can be programmed to anneal boro glass (I think - need to double check that).
I know I need a bigger torch and probably a second O2 concentrator and most likely a bigger kiln.
I guess my real question is: Does the actual work area need to be bigger? That is, I work on a desktop equipped with a galvinized steel ventilation hood. The set-up is aout 20 inches deep. Actually, I have a photo of it from when I first built it:
I have this vision of a bigger torch burning a hole thru the back of my my set-up. Is the a realistic concern?
Thanks, Jim