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I have not yet figured out how to post a single picture but I am hopeful I can at least post a link to my website. http://homepage.mac.com/carolbauer1/PhotoAlbum21.html "Sherbet" is an 8 inch square platter that I plucked out of the kiln Friday morning. It was the first time I made somethi...

As for glass, a piece of unfired dichroic costs as much as 50-100 times more than the same size piece of float glass. Just as BE costs way more than float glass. Most people know that 22KT gold costs way more than silver, so they don't have a problem paying more for a gold ring than an identical si...

I have a project that I am working on that needs to be 3" wide. The top, unfired part is only 2 and 1/4" wide and 1/4" thick. So, how much base glass needs to go under it to get it to spread to at least 3" wide? It doesn't matter if it goes over 3" wide, it just needs to be...

And Amy's suggestion about using the Bullseye schedule for thicker glass is excellent. Your piece is likely to break because of the quick annealing time. Did the bottom layer not fuse on ... or did it crack along the surface during cooling? Are there any sharp edges in the bottom layer that were no...

Barbara Muth wrote:My guess, you had a lot more mass to heat and that last layer didn't get hot enough for the tack fuse.

barbara

The layer that did not fuse was the one resting on the shelf. It was also the largest layer. About 4 1/2 inches square.

Carol

The fuse is out of the kiln and a wierd thing happened. 3 of the layers tack fused nicely but one layer did not fuse at all. There is a small indent where the glass started to soften.

I have no idea why this occurred

Carol

Amy Schleif-Mohr wrote:To help you we need to know what glass you are using. If it's BE you should take a look at their annealing thick glass chart. You are going WAY too fast.

Amy

I will check out the chart. Thanks.

Carol

What size are the tiles? What kind of glass? so you are holding at 960 for 40 minutes and then dropping to 800 in less than an hour. I know a lot of casters skimp on the soak (the 960 hold) but that 1hour drop to 800 seems kinda short. without knowing what kinda glass, I would go 4hours from 960 to...

Last night I full fused 4 tiles that are two layers of glass. Tonight I placed them one on top of the other (1 inch total thickness) and am going to attempt a tack fuse. My goal is to create a candle platform. My schedule is 280 degrees/hour to 800 degrees and hold 5 minutes 500 degrees/hour to 1325...

carol nahoom wrote:Does anyone have a source for the ikebana frog pins?

I do not have a source but does anyone know why they are called frogs?

My best guess is because they are partially submurged in water.

Carol

Bottom line. Use there guide lines for compatable, but run your own tests on each glass. Liam If the quality of thier glass beads are any indication of the quality of thier glass then I would say yes. I work for a very large importer of glass beads, mostly from the Czech Republic. We have been work...

[quote="Nevestcefrep"]I've never done glass slumping before but seems really interesting. I'm a teacher and want to teach it to my classes. Wow that is a big ambition. I have been a weekend fuser for a year or so and I have a small library on the subject. Since I discovered this sight 6 mo...

Hi Barbara,

I wrote Skutt with that same question a few weeks ago. I was informed that the only concern is the controller and that I was advised not to run the kiln below 32 degrees.

Carol

Marty wrote:The garage will be fine.

Thanks for your opinion Marty.

My wonderful husband bought me a Skutt Hot Start for Christmas. I am chomping at the bit to get it fired up. I had planned on keeping it in my unheated garage, until I read the owners manual. It says that I should not keep it in a location where temps are below 32 degrees and over 100 degrees. I liv...

[quote="Bert Weiss"] Aparently most of the people reading this board do not post at all. I find that strange. I guess that is my cue to introduce myself. Carol Bauer - Olympia Washington - fusing neophyte. I have a marshmallow kiln and specialize in making blobs of glass. :) I have been re...