Finished cleaning up my pendants and thinking about what to put in the center
Someone asked what I used for soldering
I would have used my little smith torch but I evidently must have touched the hose and burned a hole in it so I grabbed my trusty regular torch and used it - works just as well
I like the auto light - grab - hit the button and I'm in business
takes only a couple minutes and I was done
Of course I was thinking all day about what to put in the centers
I decided I wanted to torch a cabochon
and of course nothing was connected - since I took the torch back down to the house along with the hose and fittings for the oxy concentrators
I had bought a 2nd set of hose and fittings as I have two pair of oxy cons
so it took me about 20 minutes to find the 2nd set - which when I started to put together found that one of the fittings was broken - so I tried glue - didnt work - and the filters they put on slow the oxy so I cut them out
and finally I used another copper fitting and connected the hose to the torch and oxy as a temp fix
so now I could just turn on the propane and the oxy cons and torch
I did make th cab - and it was a bit too big - deep and I used the grinder to shave down a bit
but next one will be not as deep and a bit larger - I'll make a template on my marver to ensure the circumference is right
I took the pic at a good angle so you dont see how bad it looks from the side but I think I will make the cabs via torch - fast and easy - this one is a bit darker than I would like - a lighter purple maybe
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