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by DanB
Sun Mar 21, 2004 7:19 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Pot Melt Problems
Replies: 16
Views: 17955

I have found that Yellow and Blue hot glass color also make Turtle Poop Brown unless clear is imposed inbetween. Generally the reds and yellows react poorly with the greens and blues. If you had clear pieces mixed into the melt, then you may have had some of the mixture protected.
by DanB
Sun Mar 21, 2004 3:10 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Pot Melt Problems
Replies: 16
Views: 17955

I'm a glassblower not a fuser, but in my world yellow and green glass colors always chemically react together to make Turtle Poop Brown unless I separate them with a layer or two of clear. I expect that is what happend to your colors
by DanB
Wed Feb 18, 2004 7:08 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: floral former - but bigger
Replies: 14
Views: 13838

Ok thanks, now I got it. I should have Googled first, lots of fusing websites out there that show floral formers, duh. Lots of new vocab to learn!
by DanB
Wed Feb 18, 2004 6:43 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: floral former - but bigger
Replies: 14
Views: 13838

Got it, thanks Charlie. So what does the "formed floral" actually look like after it comes off the upside down martini shaker - are we talking a little fluty bowl? (I am a glassblower, but will be a brand new fuser in a little while, so I am lurking and trying to soak up all the lingo here...
by DanB
Wed Feb 18, 2004 6:28 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: floral former - but bigger
Replies: 14
Views: 13838

What does a "floral former" look like?
by DanB
Thu Feb 05, 2004 9:37 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Eating Silica? German anyone?
Replies: 27
Views: 28869

What part of Northern Germany are you living in and how do you like it? I lived in Wedel, a small town on the Elbe just north of Hamburg for two years a few years back. It was quite an experience being immersed in the German culture. I can just imagine what you are going through with the language. I...
by DanB
Fri Oct 31, 2003 3:29 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Drilling holes in sinks
Replies: 21
Views: 19743

I needed a way to drill large dia glass bowls and did not want to buy an enormous drill press with a giant throat, so I purchased an inexpensive small drill press for $100, reveresed the support stand column so that it extended up through the pulley box on top, and then mounted the drill press to th...
by DanB
Sat Aug 30, 2003 8:07 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: cutting mullite rods
Replies: 4
Views: 5345

Thanks , I wil check them out. Actually I am just looking for some long ceramic rods to use in the glassblowing shop to wrap hot glass around. The ceramic material does not suck the heat out of the glass as quickly as metal ones do. I had not thought about mullite rods, caught my eye.
by DanB
Sat Aug 30, 2003 12:55 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: cutting mullite rods
Replies: 4
Views: 5345

Where is a good source for 1 inch mullite rods in the Seattle area?

Thanks, Dan
by DanB
Tue Aug 12, 2003 1:53 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Fusing Mold Material Recommendation
Replies: 4
Views: 5011

Fusing Mold Material Recommendation

Hello - I am a glass blower and am about to begin some experimenting with small fused pieces. Specifically I will be seeking to make flat shallow cavity molded patterns in a suitable mold material, by carving the pattern, ant then fuse frit mixtures into them so I can pick them up later and incorpor...