beginners books?

[Crimson.king]

hey everyone im getting a book from barnes and nobles about flameworking heres the link i heard its a pretty good book http://www.sundanceglass.com/bookWEB/flameworking-book.htm please let me know if youve read this book how good it is and what are some other good ones maybe one that will elaborate more on tools and their uses? well thanks again for taking the time to read my post ill be looking forward to all the replise and info have a great night

[Kato]

I haven't read that particular book your looking at but may i recommend
Contemporary Lampworking Vol I. II. and III. i reference these books all the time!!

http://www.amazon.com/Contemporary-Lampworking-Practical-Guide-Shaping/dp/0965897214
http://www.amazon.com/Contemporary-Lampworking-III-Bandhu-Dunham/dp/0965897230/ref=pd_sim_b_4

Bibles

[melter skelter]

... this is a good one to start with...

http://www.glasscraftinc.com/home2/gla/page_5619_544/book___glassblowing_an_introduction_homer_hoyt.htm l

[JohnnyHigh]

The books that Kato mentioned are the ones I have and is what I would recommend as well.

[Boozeclues]

and dont worry too much about tools yet. make sure you have a graphite paddle, a few graphite rods (one like the thickness of a pencil and one like your finger) a nice tweezer, and some glasses for your eyes and you have all you need to make like 90% of everything. I just started 2 months ago and barely touch any of my other tools.

I am also a big fan of getting a pair of mosiac cutters and at least a thumb scoring tool to break down the 5ft rods and tubes into easy to work with sizes

[Cornbread]

not to knock those who use graphite rods, but i found that i use my reamers almost exclusively to the rods. Could just be me, but just saying some tools can be used for more than one thing. If your budget is limited and you plan on bying reamers anyway, just grab those instead. Also, when you want to do something to the glass that requires a tool, you'll figure out how to get it done with what you've got laying around. I will say that some things that are uncompromisable are a good set of tweezers or tongs or grabbers to help you load your kiln with hot glass. dropping a finished piece when it's on the way to the kiln happened to me all too often until i got some tongs.

I am glad this thread is here, i've been wanting to try out some books, i may get those contemp lampworking books myself. i've heard great things about them. also, beadmakers swear by "passing the flame"

GL