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Search the archives on "E6000", "Loctite" and "Epoxy" -- there is a ton of information in past threads. - Paul I think I read in here that Welders (industrial) had the best results for gluing bails to pendants. So which do I use? Welders or E6000? Thanks to all you pros...

<snip> 9999/hr to 1565 hold:25 9999/hr to 1150 hold:20 200/hr to 800 hold:20 100/hr to 600 hold:01 <snip> I don't have Graham's book in front of my but I'm with Judy -- you're cooling much to fast after your anneal soak for 1/2". Also, you shouldn't need the second soak during the anneal cool ...

Any reason not to make a reusable clay mold for shallow, open face casting (no undercuts)?

- Paul

I have a bunch of scrap BE that I'd like to use for fusing. Does the non-tested BE tend to be COE90, or is it more random? Specifically I'm looking at 0301 (pink opal) but also wondering in general. (I know, I should test it myself ... but the magless deadline is getting closer!) Thanks -- Marilyn ...

Nancy wrote:I've been holding for 15 minutes.

How long to get rid of the tiny bubbles?

Thanks.

To squeeze out bubbles I go from 1050F to 1250F @ 75F/hour. I then hold for 60 minutes at 1250F.

That is probably excessive -- but it has been 100% reliable for me.

- Paul

Paul.. Speaking of toxic fumes, I recently bought several pieces of glavanized steel nipples for making cylindrical pattern bars, not knowing at the time that I should have bought black pipe. I'm thinking of firing them anyway, just venting well to clear out the zinc fumes. Do you know how hazardou...

Debinsandiego wrote:Paul,

Have your ordered from http://www.novadisplay.com?? I really liked their site and their products.

Thanks,
Deb

Nope -- I only know what's on their site.

We want to sign/engrave our name on our clear glass work. We want it to be very small but legible. Does anyone know of a great tool for performing this? Thank you. Sheryl A Dremel or Foredom tool with a diamond bit will work. Most stained glass stores also sell inexpensive engraving tools. The fast...

vermiculite is rumoured to be almost as bad as asbestos when it comes to dust control. it comes from the same mines and may have asbestos in it. i think you might want to encapsulate it before use. This is Skamol which I understand is asbestos free. But, I will look into it. Here's the MDS: http://...

These folks provide hardware for installing glass walls (stationary and moving):

http://www.hawa.ch/english/products/index.htm


These folks have some sign/shelf hardware that is probably adaptable for some projects:

http://www.novadisplay.com/Hardware/sign_supports.html

- Paul

If you really want to protect privacy, make sure you're shredding all the credit card applications that come in the mail :) That's where much of the identity theft starts. - Paul Or you could send the applications back in the lovely postage paid envelope - without filling out any info. I used to pu...

FYI - I just found this website http://ecommerce.internet.com/ that has a lot of good generic info for small biz and e-commerce. It sends a lot of cookies though (I have them turned off so I have to click to accept in my browser because I'm kind of a privacy freak) Cookies only contain info the sit...

Be careful putting unknown metals into the kiln.

Some (anything galvanized, zinc ?) give off toxic gases at high temps.

- Paul

Avery Anderson wrote:... I find the PhotoBrasive company to be extremely helpful to my students, should they have difficulties or problems, and their products reliable...

Thanks all for the input.

Avery -- which PhotoBrasive film do you use?

Okay -- I spent the weekend playing with enamels, micas and my sandblaster: http://www.izm.com/misc/sb-leaf.jpg I'm ready to invest in a photo resist setup. I've spent a bunch of time at Rayzist's site -- but I'm still not sure exactly what needs to be on my shopping list. Photo resist film is obvio...

A & A Products. Alecia That's where I got mine. At the time they were the only ones who actually had a better price (Morton seems to be one of those things that everyone charges exactly the same price for...). Btw, if you've ever actually been to A&A then you know its a hoot. They are out i...

I have three shelves in the kiln stacked with about 8-10 inches apart. The kiln is side and bottom fired. Stacked shelves like that are going to require you to go exceptionally slowly since you want to keep heat even and you've got multiple layers of shelf between the top-most items and the bottom ...

When you say you are using three shelves do you mean side by side or stacked?

If stacked, your schedule will need to go much slower than with a non-stacked arrangement in order to maintain evenity.

- Paul

I've been trying to make some clay molds and I'm having a heck of a time just drying the things. Typically they are an inch or less thick (some are that thick because I'm intending to use the for low-relief casting). I'd appreciate advice on drying them -- I keep drying them -- or they sit almost co...

Hi Elizabeth! Have you actually tried this yourself? The reason I ask is, I was looking into using Art Clay Silver for the same purpose, to form it as a bezel and backing mount around a glass pendant and put the glass and clay silver back into the kiln. However, I looked through two different books...