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Thanks Bob, I've made the link and bought one already. They say it'll be here in two days but I will believe that when I see it.

Hello all, I have read in one of the threads here that the only way to tell which side of float glass is the tin side, is by shining a short wavelength U.V. light onto it from underneath, and then look at it with welding glasses. Does anyone know where to get these short wavelength U.V. lights and 2...

Hello Bert and Cynthea, Thank you both for you info, I had unsuccessfully googled lead crystal suppliers and was thinking I was out of luck here in this part of the world. In answer to your question Cynthea, about my prospective efforts, I am interested in large sculptural pieces and in combining ce...

Hello all, I am quite new to kiln casting, I've spent most of my working life as a comercial sculptor using plastics and elastomers, so all the intricassies of moulding and mould making are part of my stock in trade. What I am looking for is some information on casting lead crystal and more importan...

If you are intending to do lots of copies of the same item it may be worthwhile considering using an alloy of tin, lead, and bismuth. These alloys are usually quite expensive to buy but you don't lose any in the process, so you can get thousands of uses out of one lot of alloy. I have used this allo...

If you don't want to go to the expence or bother of doing a bisque fired ceramic mould you could do one in calcium aluminate, sometimes marketed as ciment fondue. It will last many many firings at quite a high temp. Terry.