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by dee
Sun Oct 26, 2014 4:05 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: firing irid, face-down
Replies: 16
Views: 24168

Re: firing irid, face-down

barry, who is selling wissmach irid? the colors look great!
by dee
Wed Oct 22, 2014 1:29 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: firing irid, face-down
Replies: 16
Views: 24168

Re: firing irid, face-down

Nina, the other option is uroborus machine rolled irid, i LOVE working with their machine rolled glass and their irid has good color all across the sheet.

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by dee
Tue Jun 03, 2014 10:52 pm
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: Customers Asking for Discounts
Replies: 19
Views: 29021

Re: Customers Asking for Discounts

GO ROSANNA!!!! and his wife bought which is totally bloody awesome!!!!!!
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by dee
Thu Feb 20, 2014 11:29 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Jen-Ken Kilns
Replies: 6
Views: 15900

Re: Jen-Ken Kilns

My Jen-Ken mama kiln is the oldest in my studio, other than having to replace relays periodically, it is a work horse. after 11 yrs just starting to see some sagging of the elements a bit here and there, nothing major. bought an olympic square kiln a few years ago, seeing element issues - sagging ou...
by dee
Wed Feb 19, 2014 10:37 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Kilns
Replies: 24
Views: 49638

Re: Kilns

i doubt it is the kiln wash. i have a jenken that i have fired in daily with kiln wash for 11 yrs, my mentor had 3 jen kens she fired in with kiln wash daily for many years and they never had this level of trouble. i live in the southeast, land of the humid with my kilns in what would be a garage. t...
by dee
Mon Feb 17, 2014 1:21 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: MK -100 saw water source
Replies: 10
Views: 13004

Re: MK -100 saw water source

i went to a large pump from lowes used for outdoor fountains and do have to change it out after a couple of years depending on amount of use. with the pump in a bucket of clean water you shouldn't be getting clogs in the spray nozzles. is some of the spray from cutting going into the bucket? i feed ...
by dee
Sun Feb 02, 2014 1:39 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Bridge saws
Replies: 5
Views: 8827

Re: Bridge saws

Also check places that sell tile flooring, we have a place here, floor and decor, that has different brands of tile saws than what home depot has and i've been looking at one over there off and on...
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by dee
Thu Nov 14, 2013 11:12 pm
Forum: Jewelry Making
Topic: Removing failed glue from silver finding
Replies: 6
Views: 28888

Re: Removing failed glue from silver finding

what type of glue did you use?
by dee
Thu Nov 14, 2013 11:11 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: 24" inch round Kiln Shelves
Replies: 10
Views: 12913

Re: 24" inch round Kiln Shelves

i have corelite shelves for both mama - 24" jen ken "round" - and papa - 28" square olympic - kilns. LOVE them! i only use kiln wash on them, often cheat and just add 4 layers new kiln wash on existing kiln wash unless i've had opal glass pull up the kilnwash. they clean well wit...
by dee
Sun Aug 18, 2013 11:31 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: CoreLite Kiln Shelves
Replies: 5
Views: 9539

Re: CoreLite Kiln Shelves

i have corelite kiln shelves for my "papa" kiln and love them! i do ramp up 366 dph on initial firings and 250 dph for slump firings w/o a problem.
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by dee
Sun Aug 18, 2013 9:02 pm
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: Website
Replies: 8
Views: 13089

Re: Website

pat, while you don't "have to have" any specific thing, as one of the other responders mentioned, good navigation is a must. you might want to outline on paper the main pages and any sub-pages under them - then tweak it until you're happy. once you have the organization laid out - which wi...
by dee
Sat Aug 17, 2013 11:03 pm
Forum: Jewelry Making
Topic: Tile saws for cutting glass
Replies: 23
Views: 60284

Re: Tile saws for cutting glass

the hot dog blade will give you alot of chipping on the bottom edge. it's fine for cutting up kiln shelves but for glass you need a finer blade that gives a better cut.
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by dee
Sat Aug 17, 2013 11:01 pm
Forum: Jewelry Making
Topic: Tile saws for cutting glass
Replies: 23
Views: 60284

Re: Tile saws for cutting glass

i don't use any coolant in my water, i get very good blade life just with water which doesn't gum up the pump.
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by dee
Sat Aug 17, 2013 9:55 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Tighten saw blade
Replies: 5
Views: 7722

Re: Tighten saw blade

i have an mk101 pro and use the provided wrench to hand tighten the nut when changing blades. you should be able to rotate the blade by hand afterward. if i have trouble getting the nut to loosen i use something to hit the wrench with a couple of times to start the nut loosening, like hitting the ca...
by dee
Sun Jun 16, 2013 7:04 pm
Forum: Jewelry Making
Topic: Tile saws for cutting glass
Replies: 23
Views: 60284

Re: Tile saws for cutting glass

haley, the hot dog blades are really not the best for glass. the 303 professional or the 215gl are much better. the 215gl will be the slower of the 2 blades. there is the issue of chipping and chewing out the under corner at the end of a cut, the 2 blades i use minimize that. kinglsy north lapidary ...
by dee
Sat May 04, 2013 5:45 pm
Forum: Jewelry Making
Topic: Tile saws for cutting glass
Replies: 23
Views: 60284

Re: Tile saws for cutting glass

do NOT use the hot dog blade! i use an mk diamond 303 professional or 215gl blade - mostly the 303 professional as it is faster than the 215gl and a slightly thinner kerf - .032 i get them from kingsley north lapidary supplies

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by dee
Sat May 04, 2013 10:22 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Buying Taurus 3 - which extra blades should I get?
Replies: 9
Views: 12715

Re: Buying Taurus 3 - which extra blades should I get?

for cutting multiple layers i recommend the speed blade, time effective, last the longest of the blades for the t3 and cuts thicker pieces well. i only use the standard blade for cutting a single thickness of glass - 3mm or 2 mm.

Dee
by dee
Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:02 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Dichroic Extract
Replies: 5
Views: 9969

Re: Dichroic Extract

morganica, no, it doesn't appear to be that and the price certainly doesn't indicate that. i use dichro slide for one product and this isn't looking like it at all...
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by dee
Tue Mar 26, 2013 8:59 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Using a tile saw chips glass. Is this normal?
Replies: 9
Views: 11910

Re: Using a tile saw chips glass. Is this normal?

other options to the result blades are the mk 303 professional blade and the 215gl blade - they cut very well for jewelry and are a bit more cost effective than the result blades if cost is an issue...
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by dee
Wed Jan 23, 2013 12:28 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Current info on ring saws
Replies: 4
Views: 7032

Re: Current info on ring saws

i use the taurus 3 for production, depending on what i'm doing i use either the speed blade - so far the longest lasting - or the mega blade. the standard blade is for single thickness - up to 3mm - only or you can break it - yes, i've broken 2 way back. despite the plastic used, it's held up well f...