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Sidistyk
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2007-01-26 12:54 GMT-5 hours - #5415 |
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Yes, this is a prety basic question I know, but, I just recieved my first wand today and my contacts within the wand are so tight, I feel like If I don't twist or shimmy the electrode into place then it won't budge. Is it supposed to be this tight? Is it ok for me to twist or shimmy the electrodes in untill I have established a comfortable fit? Will twisting or shimmying ruin the electrode or wand? Are the glass electrodes really tough enough to withstand being pushed and pulled from the wand when it feels so tight? Thats all for now...Thanks everyone..
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2007-01-26 13:39 GMT-5 hours - #5416 |
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The contacts as you call them is actually called the collet and yes, on a new wand, they are tight...
No, you dont want to shimmy or twist as this could loosen the end cap and cause it to get stuck inside the collet.
The proper way of inserting and withdrawing an electrode as explained in the wand manual is to just push it straight in and pull it straight out...There is a tendency to twist and shimmy an electrode in when the wand and collet are new, but it is strongly advised NOT to do so...
There is a remedy for a "too loose" collet in these forums, but no-one ever addressed a "too tight" remedy on this site as far as I know...I have been asked this question many times at my demo's and workshops and this is how I have solved this very problem with my new wands, and how I approach the remedy with others...I dont know if EE will agree with my method, but so far it has worked with no complications...
Obviously with use the collet will loosen, so what I do is to use a metal hot shot electrode or a lightbulb adapter (both of these have a much longer metal base) and put either into and out of the collet many times untill you loosen the collet...Simple solution
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2007-01-26 13:43 GMT-5 hours - #5417 |
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Sidistyk :
Yes, this is a prety basic question I know, but, I just recieved my first wand today and my contacts within the wand are so tight, I feel like If I don't twist or shimmy the electrode into place then it won't budge. Is it supposed to be this tight?
Nope, not really but it is an easy fix. 
Is it ok for me to twist or shimmy the electrodes in untill I have established a comfortable fit?
NO!! 
Will twisting or shimmying ruin the electrode or wand?
It could break the seal or glass on electrodes
Are the glass electrodes really tough enough to withstand being pushed and pulled from the wand when it feels so tight?
Probably but let's fix it.  With a small screw driver, or similar item, put it gently into the collet (where the electrode goes) and open/loosen the fit by carefully pushing the sides apart(toward the sides of the nosecone) will only take a little so, small adjustments.
Thats all for now...Thanks everyone..
..Sidistyk..
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2009.10.29 22:06:42 |
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Eclectic Electric 'glow' photos of electrodes
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2009.10.29 21:44:58 |
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Blowing and finishing electrodes
Original Author : Violetwanda / Date : 2005-09-20 19:13
We use a combination of offhand and torch work in order to blow electrodes, depending upon the electrode.
Offhand glassblowing is the gathering of a glob of fused glass on the end of a hollow steel tube called a blowpipe or blowing iron. Torchwork or lampwork is the softening of glass rods or tubes, by heating them in the flame of a torch.
It's all hands at the kiln when electrodes are in production! Here is a combination of the techniques shown for a mushroom electrode: a glob of molten glass has been gathered on the end of a blowing iron and blown to expand the glob and create a cavity within it. All the while the blower rolls the blowing iron to keep the glass symmetrically shaped and circular. If you stop rolling, the molten glass droops downward. Constant rolling overcomes the droop and holds the shape.
A torch and other hand tools help attain the flattened mushroom shape or other designs. Once formed, this mushroom head will be separated from the blowing iron with a drop of water. The neck and stem will be blown separately from the head and attached by fusing them together with the torch.
To do a production run of electrode takes several weeks, as only a handful can be made per day. In the photo above, rakes that have just been completed, backfilled with gas and sealed, await their endcaps. Endcaps have to be filed on the interior for hold.
End caps are attached while the binder dries. Antique electrodes used plaster of paris as a non-conductive and electrically stable binder. Our binder is a stablized multichain polymer mixed with glass microspheres for additional stability, meaning there is no overheating or disintegration over time.
There is nothing mass produced here at Eclectic Electric! Everything is hand-manufactured just as it was during the Golden Age of Violet Rays.
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