Burn baby burn

“You’ve worked hard, and you’ve saved and earned, but all of it’s going to burn”

It’s a little known fact that Arthur Brown wrote these lyrics while setting up his first neon shop: he’d just read the quotation for the necessary gas torches and was feeling the heat in his wallet.

It’s a truer fact that the burners, and the equipment needed to run them, are one of the two chief expenses in setting up a working neon shop. Getting the right kit and understanding when and how to use it is key to setting up and staying within budget.

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Welcome to the jumble: we’ve got fun and flames

OK, welcome back and thank you for sticking with me past the first post! Before I jump into all the technical details, plans, sketches and so on, I wanted to post a quick overview or recap of what I’ve been doing over the last year or so since the project kicked off. Take this as a brief tour or status update: I’ll go through things roughly in order as you walk into the shop.

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