Not gonna do it!!

Nope, I don't think so!

I just had a session with the little torch, I thought I'd try the bead press which Santa gifted me, that was probably a bad idea because it cools the glass right down of course - then I have to wait and wait for it to heat back up in the flame.  It took nearly an hour to make three beads with it, one of which cracked.

I think the only thing it will be good for is stringer work and very small earring beads.  Melting stringer is like melting a full rod of glass with my mega.  Well, it was worth a try.  So what do I do now?  Try and hook the hh back up for a couple of weeks or take vacation to somewhere warm and sunny that has oceanfront property?