Choose your personal style and goals and match to the most appropriate choice.
My Personal Style:
- I like to make small to medium sized beads (maybe the occasional large one – up to 2 inches).
- I make (or plan to) beads for jewelry for myself or for sale.
- I like to practice and grow and occasionally experiment with new techniques.
A Minor and one concentrator will be fine starter torch for many people. A minor with two concentrators will be faster and hotter and permit larger work. A Minor with bottled oxygen will be hotter and faster to melt the glass.
My Personal Style:
- I like to make large focal beads – 2 inches is nothing for me.
- I hope to make a living doing production beadmaking
- I am always experimenting with new techniques
A Mega and one concentrator is also a fine starter torch for people who taste runs to larger, more flamboyant work. A Mega with two concentrators will be faster and hotter and permit larger work. A Mega with bottled oxygen will be hotter and faster to melt the glass. Boro can be worked slowly with two concentrators, or faster with bottled oxygen.
My Personal Style:
- I’m making a living at working glass – I need more speed.
- I need to work borosilicate
A Mid-Range might be best for you – Larger, hotter and faster than a Mega. Perfect for larger soft glass work or borosilicate glass.
My Personal Style:
- I need speed, a large flame, and a small flame.
- I need a bigger torch, but I can’t stand to give up my minor.
- I’m doing work that is large, but has fine detail too.
The Mid-Range Plus is a midrange torch with a Minor mounted on top. The dual torch combination can act as two separate torches or complement each other on the same work. NEW! Have a Mega Minor mounted on your Mid-Range instead of a Minor!