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Re: Ovens.

>>Ovens force you to keep a very restrictive tube configuration. Fine if you
are doing a lot of similar production but not for a onesy-twosey custom neon
operation.
> Jeff<<

I've been mulling this over in the back of my head for years now, and I think
you could make a flexible configuration if you were doing anything that
different.  

With liberal use of fiberfrax and cement board you could make almost any
shape and return the oven to a more normal shape after you were done.  It's
all moveable and flexible, and it isn't as if you need to have the ultimately
efficient design in the Universe for a temporary solution.  If you were doing
a lot of large pieces then it seems you would need a permanent large oven but
the end justifies the equipment in this case as I see it.  A lso remember
there is a limit to size and shape on a HV Bombarder as well, in fact I can
see some large and complex 3D shapes being much easier to pump in an oven.
bettina

Bettina:
I must first admit that I do not know what fibertrax is. How does it become
flexible? How hot could you get it?
Like you, I have been playing with this idea for a long time and still
haven't found an idea that I am excited enough to try. For one thing, it
still leaves you with the problem of heating up and cooling down, a much
longer cycle than my straightforward handtorch heating.
Jeff
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