The Buck Torch Stand and the Buck Tool Cart- A Benchless Flamworking System designed by Buck and produced by Griffin Glass Tools

This benchless flameworking system is a highly specialized tool guaranteed to change the way modern lampworkers operate. This system gives the artist unrestricted, full range of motion around the torch allowing you to create glass sculptures of every size, shape, and weight imaginable.

The Buck Stand promotes great working posture while giving the artist all essential angles to reduce the weight of their work. Additionally, with nothing restricting the space around the artist’s torch, an artist will experience positions and angles that were previously believed to be possible. It’s seriously amazing. Use it once and you’ll wonder why you haven’t been using it forever.

The Buck Torch Stand is available with many useful, low-profile attachments including:

• 1 hydraulic lift assisted main shaft
• 1 base plate
• 1 water holding trash bucket
• 1 multi-level punty bucket
• 1 tool magnet

The lift-assisted shaft can be securely bolted with concrete anchor bolts to the floor making for a sleek space-saving torch placement in your shop or workspace.  It can also be attached to our stabilizing diamond plated base for traveling or non-permanent set up. The stand attaches easily to the diamond plate base making it mobile and able to be setup just about anywhere.

Regardless of how you choose to install it, you eliminate the need for valuable bench space in your home shop or at a guest location.

A word from Buck. . .

“The development of the Buck Torch Stand was one of natural progression. Like many before, I saw the advantages of putting my torch up onto something as precarious as a cinder block or sketchily duct taping it to the end of a 2×4 just to gain a few extra inches and extend the range of motion around my torch.  Over the years I have worked on and have seen some very ingenious, yet fairly dangerous setups. With the need for space and mobility I began developing prototypes of the Buck Torch Stand. The first Buck Torch stand was a two inch chunk of pipe welded to a 98 pound plate of steel with a few drilled holes and some bent bolts to secure my torch. From there each design led to the next. Despite some of the crud and oversized prototypes I quickly realized the countless advantages to having full range of motion around my torch. As other experienced artists and I used these various prototypes I tweaked more changes until today’s Buck Torch Stand was developed.”

“Just like the other advances in the lampworking communities (i.e. Boro furnaces, larger kilns, etc. have steered the development of new products, this Buck Torch Stand is a must have for today’s boro furnace worker. Its space and mobility are priceless when juggling the large gathers and long pulls produced by today’s methods.”

“As an exclusive user of the Buck Torch Stand I can hardly work without it. The angles I utilize for even the smallest of tasks are super clutch when creating most every one of my sculptures. The ergonomic comfort and unmatched mobility are priceless to me as an artist when creating the evolving work of art.  I hope everyone gives this style of lampworking a try–this tool is a game changer. I believe anyone who works on a Buck Torch Stand for a healthy duration of time will quickly see the endless possibilities and advantages to this amazing tool!”

Buck is an innovative glass artist whose work really pushes the boundaries of the flameworking process.  Check out Buck’s incredible glasswork at www.glassrivers.com

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