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by Carla Fox
Fri Dec 14, 2007 10:51 am
Forum: Board Help
Topic: Simple style as opposed to prosilver
Replies: 6
Views: 11471

Re: Simple style as opposed to prosilver

Carla, all you need to do is remove the : and the numbers inside the first image tag in your signature using your control panel to have just [img] in front of your photo url. The new board added the size of the photos to the first image tag of all the photos posted on the old board. Only the origin...
by Carla Fox
Mon Apr 12, 2004 1:43 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: glass block
Replies: 5
Views: 7628

What a timely question. Last week I started recycling glass block into vases, small aquariums and terrariums.What I want to do next is drill a small hole near the top of the "back" side in order to hang the block on the wall. I've posted one jpeg on my yahoo photo album. You'll see one al...
by Carla Fox
Sun Apr 11, 2004 3:45 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Thin glass question....
Replies: 7
Views: 8740

At full fuse glass wants to maintain a thickness of 6mm. Chances are your rods will suck up trying to get to that thickness.

Carla
by Carla Fox
Thu Apr 08, 2004 5:10 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Didymium Glasses/for glass wearers?
Replies: 7
Views: 8721

Mike at auralens can make them in your prescription....even better then smashing another pair of glasses on you face....Or he made me clip-ons.

Carla
by Carla Fox
Sun Apr 04, 2004 2:36 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: How perfect are you?
Replies: 22
Views: 34803

My parents were perfectionists and as a child it drove me crazy. I told myself I'd "never be like that." Of course, we should never say never. Here I am a metalsmith and novice glassie both of which require a lot of anal perfectionism. On the days I go off the anal deep end, I think of man...
by Carla Fox
Thu Apr 01, 2004 1:33 pm
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: Credit Cards - Who do you use for your merchant account?
Replies: 5
Views: 10249

Talk to Guy McDonald at TeaMac. His website is: http://www.teamacinc.com/ We personally do not use him, yet.....cuz when we found out about him we were already hooked up with Novus. But many artists speak very highly of him and his service. We are thinking about changing and Guy is the man we will g...
by Carla Fox
Wed Mar 31, 2004 1:10 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: microwaveable glass - bubbles?
Replies: 12
Views: 15442

I filled my bubbly pasta bowl with tap water and heated it to boiling in the mw. It didn't break. I was afraid of thermo shock too. But it lived to be used another day.

Carla
by Carla Fox
Tue Mar 30, 2004 4:28 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Kiln Wash can I or can't I ? Do I really have to ??
Replies: 31
Views: 34574

I don't have the technical info, but yes, this stuff is bad for lungs. Hopefully, someone with more info then me will fill in the blanks. You can also go to: http://www.gregorieglass.com/HS_menu.htm This wonderful person has written up a whole bunch of info on safety and warm glass. He's a saint in ...
by Carla Fox
Tue Mar 30, 2004 4:08 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Kiln Wash can I or can't I ? Do I really have to ??
Replies: 31
Views: 34574

You do know to wear a respirator during the scraping (ie dusty) stage don't you?

Carla, who doesn't always think of these things
by Carla Fox
Tue Mar 30, 2004 3:00 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: microwaveable glass - bubbles?
Replies: 12
Views: 15442

I'm still puzzled by this, since I microwave on my plates all the time and never have had problems. Is there really any water left in the bubbles after all they have gone thru in the kiln. I would think any water is long gone before the glass ever fuses. So is the air in the glass bubbles expanding?...
by Carla Fox
Mon Mar 29, 2004 2:08 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: microwaveable glass - bubbles?
Replies: 12
Views: 15442

Hummm, I must be living on the edge. I have plates with bubbles I microwave them, dishwasher them, bang em around. They are fine. The only problem I had was after running one under the broiler for the 10th or so time, it broke. But the microwave has never affected them.

Carla
by Carla Fox
Wed Mar 24, 2004 5:53 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Acurate forming technique/device for stringers
Replies: 8
Views: 11684

Have you tried bending them using a torch or candle flame? Candles work well with the thinner stringers.

Carla
by Carla Fox
Wed Mar 24, 2004 12:53 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: New Evenheat GTS2541 Warping Lid
Replies: 22
Views: 30191

So Tammy at evenheat says this is normal. What does she say is wrong with all the other kilns whose lids don't warp, don't leak heat, and fire evenly? :lol: [/u] I've been thinking of this. It may be a venting solution. My evenheat holds the heat for a long time. This maybe the way evenhead allows ...
by Carla Fox
Tue Mar 23, 2004 4:31 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: New Evenheat GTS2541 Warping Lid
Replies: 22
Views: 30191

We too, have this big evenheat coffin kiln. I too, noticed that once it heats the lid does not sit down fully. I too, worried about this. But I went ahead and ran it. It works, does the job....holds heat well. In fact I think it takes forever to cool off. So maybe this lid deal is within the paramet...
by Carla Fox
Mon Mar 22, 2004 7:55 pm
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: biting my tongue...
Replies: 19
Views: 25315

Re: biting my tongue...

I'm kind of laughing, thinking about a possible letter of complaint: Dear Show Promoters, I suspect that artist so-and-so is doing buy-sell, and should be appropriately disciplined. Also, the artist in booth #xxx is a real jerk. Please remove this person from your show. Sincerely, Disgruntled Potent...
by Carla Fox
Sun Mar 21, 2004 8:18 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Pot Melt Problems
Replies: 16
Views: 17940

Randy:
Thanks for sharing. That was informative and grand to look at.

C.
by Carla Fox
Fri Mar 19, 2004 1:33 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Tips on cutting opal circles
Replies: 3
Views: 5238

Tips on cutting opal circles

We (a royal we, the partner actually) are wizards at cutting round circles for plates. But we (meaning me) had a grand idea to work with opalescent BE to make some full size opal'nt plates. My master cutter scored his circle and then turned it over (as he does with clears) to put pressure to run the...
by Carla Fox
Fri Mar 19, 2004 1:28 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: design link
Replies: 4
Views: 5697

Absolutely golden info.

Thanks for sharing.

Carla
by Carla Fox
Mon Mar 15, 2004 10:47 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Inspiration
Replies: 119
Views: 154651

This discussion brings up many feelings and thoughts for me. I have a former friend who not only adopted many of my designs (in jewelry) but also bought similar items to display her jewelry on. It became so confusing people couldn't tell our displays apart. I finally separated from her permanently d...
by Carla Fox
Sun Mar 14, 2004 12:04 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Reconciling Temp Differences Between Kilns
Replies: 19
Views: 21264

Steve: I have noticed we have a 25° difference between our big evenheat and small skutt. The small skutt does the same fuse at a higher temp. I didn't reconcile them. I have a series of test tiles I did in both kilns at their corresponding temps so I know which kiln does what at which temp. (Follow...