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- Sun Apr 20, 2003 11:19 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Technique Ownership - A Question of Ethics
- Replies: 183
- Views: 178870
- Sat Apr 19, 2003 12:23 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Technique Ownership - A Question of Ethics
- Replies: 183
- Views: 178870
Eventually, I would like to get back to the idea of teaching, teacher qualifications or certifications and how we can deal with less-than-competent teachers... so stay tuned. Tony I don't want to get on a rant about it but... I am inclined to agree with Ron's observations about instructors. The les...
- Tue Apr 08, 2003 1:29 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Warm Glass conference -- hotel poll
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17090
Since I live in the DC metro area cost isn't such an issue but some other considerations might be, proximity to airports. With the collapse of the telecom industry, there are great deals/places in the Tyson's, Dulles corridor (my northern Virginia bias) although Bethesda is great - lotsa great resta...
- Mon Apr 07, 2003 12:26 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: wet Belt sander question
- Replies: 25
- Views: 30698
I also have a Covington -- about a year now -- and I love it for the size work I do. It is a tad slow, you can't really bear down on it like the bigger ones. Getting belts don't seem to be a problem, I even bought some on sale at the Gem Show in Tucson in February. My one complaint would be that the...
- Sun Mar 30, 2003 1:51 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Pottery vs. Glass kilns
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7623
Doug - One of my kilns is an Olympic which has side elements only and is fairly deep. I only use it for glass and have had no problems. You do have to slow things down a bit to get a more even temperature distribution, but with a good controller thats easy. The instructor (Judith Conway thanks!) who...