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bearings, platens, and other part that wear can be replaced fairly easily and are still availble even for very old ones. check to see that when tension is put on it that it runs fairly true.

Starrett makes some very good nippers with replaceable blades but they are quite expensive. $100+ if I recall, but very good.

get a very thin and small blade for your tile saw. I got mine from www.lopacki.com , 4" dia. and very thin, use lots of water and go slow, even buy several and make a motor with multiple blades and cut several slices with one pass. little wasteage to rod with this setup.

using a couple of old Sommer & Maca 20"" lPS, WORK WELL AND YOU CAN STILL GET REPLACEMENT parts for them. got discs from HIS years ago, There is a new Chinese source for the discs thAT IS GOOD BUT REQUIRES A GROUP PURCHASE TO offset the high shipping costs and buying requirements but c...

try silicone. also try high temp wire instead of copper wire,or drill holes in glass and attached bracket with screws and rubber washers.

One of the biggest problems I've run into on most public art jobs these days is being able to put together a slick enough presentation. I run into tons of architecture offices that don't have any architecture work so they have gotten into the public art arena. A small group of architects can put tog...

charge for samples and give a credit for the charge on their first order. That's gives them incentive to order or try and move your product.

start at a price you think is a little on the high side of what your ego thinks you shoud get for the project. If it doesn't get the job, start negotiating and adding a few changes that appears you are trying to do everything possible to obtain the job. BTW: as others have said, i now always get som...

you'd be better off putting the pieces in a warm oven and then picking up and use as decoration on other blown or solid pieces comingout of the furnace. holding at fullfuse temps changes the surface on those pieces. BTW: stannous works a lot better on glasses that have bit of metal in them as oppose...

just got an e-mail from paypal stating they can send you equipment to convert your PC into a credit card terminal. I'm interested since I don't do shows anymore and don't have a smartphone, i.e.old contract that is very cheap so won't switch if I can help it. Has anyone else tried this and if so, ho...

I may give it a try if things don't get better in a few months. have already been donating to a lot of non profit auctions, etc.

It was recorded. GAS should have it, check with Richards he may have a copy. he highighted Erdis Eckardt as well.

Richard Lalonde gave a great presentation at last year's GAS conference on the early days of fusing and decorating with features on The Higgins and others. The Higgins were at some of the earlier GAS conferences as I met them at one. They and I were alum's of the same design school but they were the...

just got an e-mail that Rio Grande is now owned by Berkshire Hathaway. management will remain as it is.

I would think that 16 ga. or heavier steel would be sufficient to not torque or bend much in 22" dia. circles. You can always"beef" it up a little with some other supporting structure. Drawing/sketch or something would be helpful as was noted.

Dale, from what i was told, bought an existing company that was already developing this techinque and it was established by a chemist that worked to formulate the right plastic that would work. As I recall that was in the early to mid 90's. It may be a little tricky trying to get the actual composit...

clean out tube and blow it out on a regular basis. mine clogs up all the time, every week I blow it out.

definitely a fan of "showing up" and 'being there". if you're not "there" nothing can happen. Inspiration and karma can come when you "extend" yourself.

I think the proper term for it is bloom. glass formulation had too much alkali in it and eventually it corrodes. I've had several antique pieces that sat in the display case for years and when removed had a film on them like they had sweat on them, when wiped on your hand they smelled like rotten eg...

I have a lot of drinking glasses and bowls I have blown that i put in the dishwasher daily and have had no problems. haaven't tried them in the microwave. but my ty jut to see. they're made with glassesthat have good pecntage of metallic oxides in them. do you suppose 24% leaad crystal will do stran...