Glass Bead Making Torch
Hothead Torch

for Glass Bead makers, Marble makers and Button makers

$42

Select this complete setup for connecting your torch to a bulk fuel tank.   Setup Includes: 1) HotHead Torch 2) Bracket #1622 3) Work surface - (you can upgrade size in cart) 4) Torch Mounted Marvering Pad #104116 5) Spark lighter 6) Bulk tank hose Adaptor #F273701 - 5 Feet (you can upgrade length in cart) $121		Select this setup for connecting your torch to a bulk fuel tank. Setup Includes: 1) HotHead Torch 2) Bracket #1622 3) Bulk tank hose Adaptor #F273701 - 5 Feet (upgrade length in cart) $83
Select this setup for torch with a torch holding work surface. Setup Includes: 1) HotHead Torch 2) Torch Holding Work Surface #1645 (you can up grade size in cart) $66		Select this setup for countries out of the USA Or you want to attach the torch to a cut end of hosing. Click here if you are from out of the USA Setup Includes: 1) HotHead Torch 2) Adaptor F276130 3) Adaptor A2 (Fuel) $66

	Item	Price
	1599 Glass Bead Making Torch Manufactures list price $49.95 Buy 1 and Pay $42 VOLUME DISCOUNTS Buy 2 and pay $37.80 each Buy 4 and pay $35.70 each Buy 6 and pay $33.60 each	$42 Qty:
	1599104 Torch Mounted Marvering Pad Get the Hothead Torch and a 104116 marvering pad together at a discounted  price. $5 more if purchased separately. Click Here For More Information	$56

Accessories for the HotHead Glass Torch

Item #	Item	Price
	1040 Torch Mounted Marvering Pad	$29
	104116 Torch Mounted Marvering Pad Buy 1 and Pay $22 VOLUME DISCOUNTS Buy 2 and pay $19.80 each Buy 4 and pay $17.60 each Buy 6 and pay $15.40 each Click Here For More Information	$22 Qty:
	1619 Propane Bottle Bracket - this bracket mounts to a table using a C-clamp and/or with screws. C-Clamp is included! Bracket can be bent for desired torch angle. Bracket can be installed up or down, see pictures.	$18
	1622 Holder for Torch For this torch, a HotHead torch or any torch that looks similar to the one pictured. If you want to use a bulk gas tank instead of the disposal bottle tank using the bulk adaptor hose system listed below, you will need to use this bracket to hold the bead making torch to a table. C-Clamp is included!	$12
	A2 Fitting  Use this adaptor with the below F276130 adaptor if you are in a country, like the UK, without the correct fittings to connect to a torch.	1/4 inch $3.50 3/8 inch $3.50
	F276130  Use this adaptor with the above A2 adaptor if you are in a country, like the UK, without the correct fittings to connect to a torch.	$19
	1501 Sparklighter Use to light torches. Squeeze the handles together to cause a spark.	$3

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Bulk Tank Adaptor Systems
For users of Hot Head Torches or any torches similar to the HotHead torch.
Save on the cost of propane by using a large bulk refillable propane tank instead of the small disposable fuel gas cylinders. A single hose with the correct fittings on each end. 5, 10 or 12 foot hoses available.

	Description	Price
	Bulk adaptor system with 5 foot hose  Made in the USA  Same item as the 190190 below.  OK now you have that choice-Made in USA or China F273701	$29
	Bulk adaptor system with 5 foot hose  Made in China  Same item as the above F273701  OK now you have that choice-Made in USA or China Buy one Hose $27 Buy 2 or more $24.30 190190	$25 Qty:
	Bulk adaptor system with 12 foot hose  Made in the USA  F273702	$42
	Bulk adaptor system with 10 foot hose  Made in China  Same item as the above F273702 but 2' shorter  OK now you have that choice-Made in USA or China Buy one Hose $35 Buy 2 or more $31.50 ea 191191	$34 Qty:
	Y - Propane Fitting  Made in China Connect two torches with this fitting. This Y fits into a bulk tank - the two other ends fit two of the above hoses which go to the Hot Head torches. Buy one Fitting $24 Buy 2 or More $21.60 ea 188188	$24 Qty:

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This is a discussion about a HotHead style torch melting "soft" glass. A flame needs oxygen and fuel gas like propane or propylene to burn. Molten glass likes a "neutral flame". A "neutral flame" has the proper ratio or amount of oxygen and propane so all of the gasses are consumed in the flame and there is no extra or leftover unburned oxygen or propane. A flame with unburned oxygen is called an "oxidized flame" and a flame with unburned propane is called a "reduction flame". A flame with just the right amount of oxygen and propane is called a "neutral flame". If soft molten glass (like Moretti/Effetre) is sitting in a "reduction flame' the colors turn muddy. Even the clear will turn streaky black and muddy. The common torch you might find in your garage just won't work. The reason is, this style torch has plenty of fuel gas from the propane tank but can only get its oxygen from the air. But air has only about 20% oxygen. Not nearly enough to achieve a neutral flame in a torch like this. These torches are made for plumbing or whatever and a neutral flame is not a concern for them. UNLESS you use a torch especially designed for glass, like the HotHead, that pulls in more air therefore more oxygen. It is actually a specially designed torch for glass. Also the extra oxygen makes it a hotter flame. Even in the HotHead torch, where you hold the glass in the flame makes a difference. To close to the nozzle where there is more unburned propane turns the glass muddy, to far out in the flame is not hot enough. You need to learn where the "sweet spot" is in the flame. Also size of flame makes a difference. The bigger the flame the more BTU's and faster you can work the glass. Most common garage brazing torches have a smaller sized flame (compared to the HotHead Torch) which means less BTU's and less heat. The HotHead Torch has as big a flame as you get with this style torch, and guess what, it barely has enough heat. This is why the choice of brand of soft glass makes a big difference. There are some brands like Bullseye Glass that takes twice as long to heat and work than the commonly used Moretti/Effetre Glass. There are even easier to melt glass out here in the world like some Japanese made glass (although very pricey!). Don't even try borosilicate glass (Pyrex), it wont melt at all. But can you make great beads with this HotHead torch! YES you can. We had an employee, Calvin Orr, who made the most amazing beautiful beads using only the HotHead torch. He has gone on now to become a fairly famous glass bead maker. If you want a torch that has a very hot flame, totally adjustable to achieve a neutral flame, and yes (because it has plenty of heat) it is desirable to have a smaller pointed flame (as compared to the HotHead) so you can heat just a spot on the glass surface to do detail work without heating the whole bead, pendant, button whatever, then you need to use a torch which not only has the propane tank (like the HotHead torch) but also an oxygen tank. By using this pure oxygen you get a very hot flame! Remember hot flame allows you to work faster. You also have two sets of valves which control just the right amount fo gasses to get that neutral flame. But of course the down side is the cost. The Hothead is $39 and this other type of torch costs 10 times more (because of the hose and regulators you would need), or even more.

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