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by artisand
Wed Mar 17, 2004 1:43 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: crisp edge on jewelry
Replies: 4
Views: 5483

Karon,

You can also get that look by working with a large bar and then cutting it into pieces. I don't have a saw either. Just use my glass cutter, and that's on pieces with a bottom, thick layer of dichro, then a clear top. I find it fun to work with the larger pieces.

Sharon
by artisand
Fri Mar 12, 2004 1:49 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Help! It broke
Replies: 9
Views: 9679

Thanks Barbara. I have experienced that with dichroic and should have known it would be the same with iridized. I have had luck with this technique with small pendants, but they were topped with clear glass. What a silly glass to chose for my first big fusing project. Oh well. I'll try again. Thanks...
by artisand
Fri Mar 12, 2004 11:30 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Help! It broke
Replies: 9
Views: 9679

Sorry Charlie. The edges were sharp and Stuart, it cracked during slumping. Charlie, I'm not sure I understand your numbers. Is it 3 hours to 1100 with no hold, etc. (If I remember correctly). Sorry, I'm numerically challenged. Stuart. The strips were small, less than 1/2 inch. They did fuse togethe...
by artisand
Fri Mar 12, 2004 11:06 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Help! It broke
Replies: 9
Views: 9679

The crack is flat and pretty smooth. Fusing schedule: two hours to 1100 with 15 minute hold, one hour to 1300 with 15 minute hold, then aqap to 1500. Took about half an hour for the layers to join and the edges to round out. Flash vented to 1100. Two hours to 750, 10 minute hold, then turned kiln of...
by artisand
Fri Mar 12, 2004 10:17 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Help! It broke
Replies: 9
Views: 9679

Help! It broke

I just fused and slumped my first dish, a 5X10" platter. I believe the glass was green aventurine. It was iridized (?) on one side and sparkly on the other. I placed a layer of clear glass on the bottom and put the iridized side face up. I then placed strips of the same glass, iridized side fac...
by artisand
Tue Mar 09, 2004 3:17 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Cutting a Circle
Replies: 8
Views: 9176

Thanks, Tony. Just what I needed.

Sharon
by artisand
Tue Mar 09, 2004 2:55 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Cutting a Circle
Replies: 8
Views: 9176

Cutting a Circle

Hi, I just received my handy-dandy circle cutter but no instructions. I just scored a beautiful, even circle. Now what? How do I get the circle out of the glass. I've tried tapping. I cut a score into the circle line and broke some of the border off. Is this how it is done. Seems like I might break ...
by artisand
Fri Jan 30, 2004 12:46 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: A new computer virus out there
Replies: 27
Views: 26887

Thanks for the help, Charlie!

Sharon
by artisand
Fri Jan 30, 2004 12:04 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: A new computer virus out there
Replies: 27
Views: 26887

Help!

I am a total computer ignoramus. I posted on this board for the first time in a while yesterday and last night received an e-mail saying I have a private e-mail. I'm afraid to open it. Should I be? Is there some way to check to see if it is for real? thanks.

Sharon
by artisand
Thu Jan 29, 2004 11:25 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Use of PMC3 and effects on kiln
Replies: 7
Views: 8342

There is another thread running titled "Any Kind PMC and Glass" in which "Candy" has offered to answer any questions about PMC and glass. She has several years of experience.

Sharon
by artisand
Thu Jan 29, 2004 11:00 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: fused glass jewelry questions
Replies: 9
Views: 9706

Kitty, How do you get five firings in a day? My kiln is just a little larger than yours and I'm lucky to get two. How quickly do you cool down? I have on occasion just turned mine off when firing tiny earrings with no breakage but am nervous about pushing it with larger cabs, etc. My kiln is not lin...
by artisand
Thu Nov 20, 2003 10:52 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Broken While Drilling
Replies: 3
Views: 4643

Thanks, Tony. I'll try the splice.

Sharon
by artisand
Thu Nov 20, 2003 10:38 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Marking glass
Replies: 22
Views: 19782

Jim,

Sharpies do not hold up to water in a grinder so I doubt the markings would in a saw. You can try covering your markings with chap stick or candle wax. Although I have not tried either yet, I have heard they both will work.

Sharon
by artisand
Thu Nov 20, 2003 12:08 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Flip and firepolish?
Replies: 11
Views: 9250

Charlie,

That piece is beautiful!

Sharon
by artisand
Thu Nov 20, 2003 12:03 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Broken While Drilling
Replies: 3
Views: 4643

Broken While Drilling

While drilling a hole in a piece that I spent a considerable amount of time on, the edge on the outside of the hole broke off. It was a clean break. If I glue it back on and refire, will it repair itself? Do I take it to full fuse? Any other suggestions?

Thanks.
Sharon
by artisand
Mon Nov 17, 2003 11:21 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Glass Placement
Replies: 4
Views: 5090

Got It! Thanks!

Sharon
by artisand
Mon Nov 17, 2003 9:01 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Glass Placement
Replies: 4
Views: 5090

Glass Placement

Hi Ya'll, I'm getting ready for my second show this weekend. The first, last weekend, went reasonably well.Of course I'm in a hurry. Am trying to make Christmas ornaments and wanted to make snowflakes. It's odd, but I've never tried this before (not snowflakes). Will a single layer of glass fuse tog...
by artisand
Thu Nov 06, 2003 3:05 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Diamond Drill Bits and Fire Polishing
Replies: 8
Views: 9324

Thanks so much for all the info.

Sharon
by artisand
Sat Nov 01, 2003 6:29 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Diamond Drill Bits and Fire Polishing
Replies: 8
Views: 9324

Dee and Mark, Thanks for your help. Mark, I was not lifting the bit that often. Will try that. Dee, I thought $8.00 was a pretty expensive drill bit for only 20 holes, but maybe I wasn't lifting often enough. Will try that now that I know I should be able to get more holes from a bit. Ya'll are wond...
by artisand
Sat Nov 01, 2003 6:25 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Kiln stuff
Replies: 4
Views: 5590

Leah, I purchased a Fusebox II kiln from Frantz Art Glass for lampworking and am also fusing small jewelry and slumping small bowls, etc. It has a top element, two doors in the front for easy loading of beads to anneal - and - the whole top lifts on hinges so that the entire floor of the kiln is ope...