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by Cheryl
Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:12 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Hang your Glass glue
Replies: 16
Views: 27352

Re: Hang your Glass glue

bert - don't do it. Not only does HYG yellow/brown quickly, but it also fails over time. I've stopped using it entirely after the THIRD gallery had a piece just spontaneously come unglued. And I am meticulous in the application.
by Cheryl
Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:10 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: SICK of my Denver Kiln's element hanging system
Replies: 4
Views: 5954

SICK of my Denver Kiln's element hanging system

Has anyone seen/heard of/imagined a good hanging system for a fiber-lidded kiln? The Denver system uses mullite tubes (which break all the time) that hook onto steel pegs. There are two separate racks (one for each side) and the system is unwieldy at best, horrible terrible cussing & swearing at...
by Cheryl
Sun Dec 07, 2014 10:23 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: repairing mullite rods
Replies: 7
Views: 10129

repairing mullite rods

I hate paying $45 for a replacement mullite rod - the ones that suspend my kiln elements. Does anyone have any thoughts about repairing them? They're hollow (and so even more doggone fragile). Thanks!
by Cheryl
Mon Nov 24, 2014 12:43 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Silhouette Cutter
Replies: 4
Views: 6735

Re: Silhouette Cutter

I bought a silhouette (last year?) to cut fiber paper. I tried 1/8 and it was a mess, so it's on my list to try 1/16. Give me a holler if either of y'all have done this and succeeded!
by Cheryl
Thu Nov 06, 2014 11:21 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: modifying a lapidary arbor
Replies: 5
Views: 7239

Re: modifying a lapidary arbor

ah, this is why I love this board - questions I hadn't thought of! I want an engraving lathe but can't afford the Steve Klein covington. I've become a craig's list fan and saw a lapidary arbor and thought...hmmmm...
by Cheryl
Mon Nov 03, 2014 6:35 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: modifying a lapidary arbor
Replies: 5
Views: 7239

modifying a lapidary arbor

has anyone had experience modifying a lapidary arbor for use as a glass lathe?
by Cheryl
Sat May 10, 2014 11:14 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: slumping over corrugated iron
Replies: 11
Views: 11071

Re: slumping over corrugated iron

you can use what you have to make a mold with clay, or wet felt (fiber blanket with rigidizer), or that mold mix that Mike Dupille sells (which has a name that has flown right out of my head).
by Cheryl
Wed Mar 05, 2014 10:58 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: cutting thick stuff
Replies: 3
Views: 5191

Re: cutting thick stuff

interesting stuff. I apparently need to buy a tie before I make my next circle cut tho
by Cheryl
Tue Mar 04, 2014 10:50 pm
Forum: Kiln Casting
Topic: easiest casting method for small 3-D objects?
Replies: 1
Views: 5291

easiest casting method for small 3-D objects?

I should just email Tim Tate and ask him, I suppose, but I am wanting to cast small (think toy soldier, domino, that's about the right size) objects. I have zero experience with casting other than in open face molds. Would love to know the best way to make a model and then cast it. Small words pleas...
by Cheryl
Thu Feb 27, 2014 7:45 pm
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: new glass sales website
Replies: 2
Views: 7172

Re: new glass sales website

PM Geri Comstock, she has work on their site. My first impression is mixed - some good folks (like Geri) and some amateurs underpricing glass. I'm always offended by folks who rip off copyrighted characters (like Betty Boop). That's just illegal and shouldn't be condoned by a sales site. With this f...
by Cheryl
Sun Feb 23, 2014 9:23 pm
Forum: Kiln Casting
Topic: Frit casting in stainless steel mold
Replies: 3
Views: 7550

Re: Frit casting in stainless steel mold

Don't use fiberpaper. Kiln-wash your stainless steel instead.
by Cheryl
Fri Feb 21, 2014 8:52 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Bridge saws
Replies: 5
Views: 8820

Re: Bridge saws

i use an IMER. love some things about it, not thrilled about others - like blade depth.
by Cheryl
Sat Nov 23, 2013 7:11 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Glass turning silvery grey
Replies: 7
Views: 9410

Re: Glass turning silvery grey

just standard BE white. Not sure what you mean by what I'm firing it with. On kilnwash, mixed color loads. Nothing that I know of that should fume.
by Cheryl
Fri Nov 22, 2013 12:29 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Glass turning silvery grey
Replies: 7
Views: 9410

Glass turning silvery grey

So...what causes glass to turn silver grey? I have been having this happen with white and yellow glass lately, at all sorts of firing temps. It almost has a fumed look. Firings have included all sorts of other colors.
by Cheryl
Mon Oct 21, 2013 6:35 pm
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: merchant responses to shipping costs
Replies: 4
Views: 7736

merchant responses to shipping costs

Argh. I spend a lot of time making my glass and then figuring out the best way to pack and ship it. Most pieces get double-boxed with padding between boxes. So I generally pay for the size, not the weight, of shipping glass. It really burns me when galleries fuss about the shipping cost - especially...
by Cheryl
Sun Oct 20, 2013 9:04 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Uro & Celadon not playing nice
Replies: 5
Views: 6962

Re: Uro & Celadon not playing nice

It's not clear to me whether you are firing Uroboros 90 with spectrum 96? If so, don't. If not, please tell us more.
by Cheryl
Mon Oct 07, 2013 7:52 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Evenheat 2841 Kiln rusted out
Replies: 11
Views: 12268

Re: Evenheat 2841 Kiln rusted out

One day, I will get around to having a welder build me a new box for the kiln(s). But then I want them deeper. and...there it starts!! :)
by Cheryl
Mon Oct 07, 2013 7:50 pm
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: Shipping large piece-best way?
Replies: 25
Views: 39236

Re: Shipping large piece-best way?

I agree. UPS is unreasonable and way too $$$$. I sell to a gallery in Hawaii. They wanted $1,000 to box & ship 2 pieces (worth to me wholesale about $400). When I balked, their response was that I shouldn't sell to Hawaii!!! With that said, have you ever bought glass directly from Bullseye (or S...
by Cheryl
Sun Oct 06, 2013 6:06 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Evenheat 2841 Kiln rusted out
Replies: 11
Views: 12268

Re: Evenheat 2841 Kiln rusted out

Hi Carol, I live over in Quincy - did you know that locally we have formed a new glass guild? Check out the Southern Art Glass Alliance. At any rate, I have extremely rusty denver kilns - one day I went to scrape off some of the rust on one in preparation for painting it and discovered that there wa...
by Cheryl
Thu Oct 03, 2013 7:32 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Fixing inclusins
Replies: 3
Views: 5276

Re: Fixing inclusins

So, there are ways to try to stabilize an inclusion. You can surround it with frit. You can but it up against a sheet of glass. A lot of movement has to do with the volume of your glass - if you have a single sheet, with (for example) some copper on top, and another sheet of glass on the top, it wil...