Lurch wrote in message . ..
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 18:48:06 -0000, "r.p.mcmurphy"
strung together this:

don't know if i will be the only one to attempt to answer your question

well, if you read the whole thread first you'd notice that you are in
fact the second person to post a answer to the question rather than an
alternative method.


a crack will let air in, result: instant filament failure.
araldite hasnt got the remotest chance of surviving the temp.

To repair it youll need to be able to weld the quartz, and do so while
the bulb is in a semi vacuum with bromine or iodine added. Halogens
are about the least repairable of all bulb types.


NT