Re: NEON- Slow Curves

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Subject: Re: NEON- Slow Curves
From: kenny@neonshop.com
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 09:32:35 -5
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These are a challenge.  There is an article on my site from Neon News 
on this subject.  7mm does make it rough.  My own 2 cents would be 
not to heat too high but just to where it begins to bend.  Work with 
as wide and short (but hot) a flame as possible.  Let it cool down sufficiently before 
the next heat.

I know the standard here is usually to move on to the next bend 
before it cools, but I find I have greater control with the above 
method.  Just be careful to anneal well so that you have a smooth 
transition point between each heated section.


Kenny



> Was struggling with the elementals today.
> 
> I had a dead border to make that was about 15 feet long, in several
> sections, to go over a brick oven that was a very slow curve.  And,
> they wanted it 7mm which seemed to make it ever more challenging.
> 
> Any tips on bending slow, and I mean slow, curves with smaller
> diameters? This seemed to present me with a whole 'nother challenge.
> 
> Tom U.
> 
> 
> 
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