gemfeller
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Post by gemfeller on Feb 26, 2023 13:37:52 GMT -5
Does anyone have a stash of old-style non LED light bulbs? Are you willing to sell a couple?
I know this sounds like an odd request but my favorite dopping station has become obsoleted by the lack of a light bulb. It's an old Raytech that uses a 75 or 100 W incandescent bulb as a heat source. My last bulb just gave out and I find that LED bulbs just don't generate enough heat to do the job.
I love this method of dopping because the heat rise is gentle enough for sensitive stones like opal and it keeps stones and wax at just the right temperature . If anyone can spare a couple of 75 or 100 W. old-style bulbs please let me know and we'll work out price/shipping etc. I might even part with a nice slab or 2 as a bonus. TIA!
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rockbrain
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Post by rockbrain on Feb 26, 2023 13:44:54 GMT -5
Could you use a ceramic heat lamp? They make them for reptiles that screw into a light socket. They also make a 50 watt. 100 watt
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gemfeller
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Post by gemfeller on Feb 26, 2023 14:05:15 GMT -5
Could you use a ceramic heat lamp? They make them for reptiles that screw into a light socket. They also make a 50 watt. 100 watt
Good idea. I'll look into it. Thanks! |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 26, 2023 14:42:54 GMT -5
Does anyone have a stash of old-style non LED light bulbs? Are you willing to sell a couple? I know this sounds like an odd request but my favorite dopping station has become obsoleted by the lack of a light bulb. It's an old Raytech that uses a 75 or 100 W incandescent bulb as a heat source. My last bulb just gave out and I find that LED bulbs just don't generate enough heat to do the job. I love this method of dopping because the heat rise is gentle enough for sensitive stones like opal and it keeps stones and wax at just the right temperature . If anyone can spare a couple of 75 or 100 W. old-style bulbs please let me know and we'll work out price/shipping etc. I might even part with a nice slab or 2 as a bonus. TIA! Rick, we have some. I'll bring you over a couple. I need to go out to the Villages tomorrow to rehang a sign the storm ripped off the post last week. Are you going to be home tomorrow? |
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gemfeller
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Post by gemfeller on Feb 26, 2023 16:46:12 GMT -5
Does anyone have a stash of old-style non LED light bulbs? Are you willing to sell a couple? I know this sounds like an odd request but my favorite dopping station has become obsoleted by the lack of a light bulb. It's an old Raytech that uses a 75 or 100 W incandescent bulb as a heat source. My last bulb just gave out and I find that LED bulbs just don't generate enough heat to do the job. I love this method of dopping because the heat rise is gentle enough for sensitive stones like opal and it keeps stones and wax at just the right temperature . If anyone can spare a couple of 75 or 100 W. old-style bulbs please let me know and we'll work out price/shipping etc. I might even part with a nice slab or 2 as a bonus. TIA! Rick, we have some. I'll bring you over a couple. I need to go out to the Villages tomorrow to rehang a sign the storm ripped off the post last week. Are you going to be home tomorrow? Wowzers! Robin to the rescue - again! Should be here all day unless something unexpected comes up. Just give me a call prior to be sure. I'll PM my phone# in case you've forgotten it. And THANKS! |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 26, 2023 20:03:35 GMT -5
Rick, we have some. I'll bring you over a couple. I need to go out to the Villages tomorrow to rehang a sign the storm ripped off the post last week. Are you going to be home tomorrow? Wowzers! Robin to the rescue - again! Should be here all day unless something unexpected comes up. Just give me a call prior to be sure. I'll PM my phone# in case you've forgotten it. And THANKS! No worries!  I'm going to be right across the highway, anyway. We have a lot. I brought home a mess of them from my mom's house after she passed. She had cabinets full of them. |
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rockbrain
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Post by rockbrain on Feb 27, 2023 10:07:55 GMT -5
I love this forum!
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zarguy
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Post by zarguy on Feb 27, 2023 10:52:31 GMT -5
I have found them by the case at the Habitat for Humanity Restore. Final cost was about .25 per bulb.
I use 100 w bulbs in a lamp to heat up slabs & preforms to apply Hxtal epoxy resin.
Lynn
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gemfeller
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Post by gemfeller on Feb 27, 2023 12:06:28 GMT -5
I have found them by the case at the Habitat for Humanity Restore. Final cost was about .25 per bulb. I use 100 w bulbs in a lamp to heat up slabs & preforms to apply Hxtal epoxy resin. Lynn Great idea, but I don't think we have one of those nearby. I'll check. Thanks. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Feb 27, 2023 19:34:10 GMT -5
Those Jimmy Carter stores are everywhere, right?
Ours is on Commerce Drive in Prescott.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 27, 2023 21:07:16 GMT -5
Those Jimmy Carter stores are everywhere, right?
Ours is on Commerce Drive in Prescott.
Off Willow Creek by the Fry's. |
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khara
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Post by khara on Feb 27, 2023 21:09:54 GMT -5
It’s a real shame these will be gone some day. People use them for so much more than light. They help heat up our house which is really nice in the winter and in the summer we just leave lights mostly off since the sun shines in. Also Christmas lights give a place for our hummingbirds to sit on freezing days. The LED bulbs don’t give off any heat for them. They will cuddle up to the old fashioned small or large Christmas lights though and we also wrap the feeders with them and it keeps them from freezing so fast.
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gemfeller
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Post by gemfeller on Feb 28, 2023 0:46:51 GMT -5
Those Jimmy Carter stores are everywhere, right?
Ours is on Commerce Drive in Prescott.
Thanks you and Robin. I researched it an found it earlier. I'd just never encountered on locally. |
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Post by 1dave on Feb 28, 2023 13:47:46 GMT -5
True Love and RTH!
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rockbrain
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Post by rockbrain on Feb 28, 2023 13:49:49 GMT -5
Our Jimmy Carter store is now Fuller House. They couldn't afford the fee's to use the Habitat for Humanity name. Something wrong there.
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Post by vegasjames on Feb 28, 2023 15:19:47 GMT -5
If you need more let me know. I am pretty sure I have cases of them including the flood lamp types out in the garage.
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I'm going to be right across the highway, anyway. We have a lot. I brought home a mess of them from my mom's house after she passed. She had cabinets full of them.
