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Re: Voltarc-Hyde 6" ribbon burner

Posted By: H.Erickson
Date: Saturday, 13 July 2013, at 4:49 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Voltarc-Hyde 6" ribbon burner (neontek)

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> I am wondering how a person would get that
> much use out of a 6" ribbon burner ???

> I bought a 24" head when doing a lot of
> "high volume/repetitive" channel
> letter work in the 1990s (to cut down on the
> number of bends/heats per 4' stick-or larger
> ribbon heats).
> I have kept my 24" head on (and never
> even put the 16" head on anymore), and
> just adjust down for smaller heats.

> Are some of you using the ribbon fire for
> doublebacks,etc.also???
> I guess that may be a reason for using a
> small head more often. I use a crossfire for
> doublebacks/dropturns,etc(up thru 15mm).
> ---I have used the ribbon fire for dropturns
> on large diameter tubing in large channel
> letter jobs (where there is plenty of excess
> room and tight work is not required)but I
> just adjust down without switching heads.

> I guess "novelty" would be the
> only need for me.

> Tony D.

I like working off one end of the ribbon, so the the 16" works fine for me. I have the 24" but rarely have enough big stuff to work on.
The guy who taught me neon, Dean Blazek from Antigo, Wisconsin invented an all in one design ribbon burner , blower / gas / spark lighter with a foot pedal. You hit the pedal it lights , you do your bend , hit the pedal it turns off.

Dean frowned on using the ribbon for double backs, cheating he called it maybe. Its faster maybe with 15mm or larger , but the outside of the bend can get thin. I kinda figured that's where one of these 6" heads would be used,,,
I think the novelty term also might have come from Dean. If you're bending alot of glass and putting out a variety of units the 6" head will be on display on the shelf. But its a free country use what you like . Our plant used to put out over a hundred units a day , a 6" ribbon head wouldn't have fit into that demand. Just the way it was. My one bench / art neon plant ? It still doesn't fit in, the 16" perfectly fine.

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