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Get Henry Halem's Glass Notes and build your own. Mine's brick floor and walls (the brick is on the flat, not edge, and is not cemented), top is 2 layers of fiberboard with some blanket on top, protected with expanded metal mesh. Elements in quartz tubing. Angle iron frame, on casters, counterweight...

Babette (Shawn) wrote: I use fits, all sizes not powder.

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St. Vitus' Dance?
I've done some arcane things to get kiln stuff to work but haven't tried that yet.

What's the problem with "industrial" sizes? 10" is more or less standard. Everyone I know who got a smaller one quickly regretted it. You don't say where you are but Harbor Freight, Lowes and HD among others, all carry the same MK knock-off (under different names) for between $300 and...

Paragon customer service is an oxymoron.
Call Duralite and get new elements and quartz tubing to suspend them in (within which to suspend them?).
PM me if you want more.

Concrete, honed but not polished (look up the grades of finishing concrete, I went for the last one before polish), and don't bother staining it. On top of that, perforated interlocking rubber 3'x3' floor mats. Home Depot's got them. You'll be able to re-configure them, take them outside to hose dow...

Bonnie- You should have terms WRITTEN out for when the word "commission" is first mentioned. For example, come to the studio and chat for free. I come to your house and consult for travel expenses and time (taken off the cost of the commission, if you want). 50% deposit to start. Cancellat...

If you have a drill you can get diamond bits (try HIS Glassworks). Either submerge the stone in water or build up a dam around the hole for water (clay, playdough, duck tape etc.). It's easier than drilling glass- use light pressure and raise the bit every few seconds to clear the swarf out of the h...

I've weighted the glass down on top of the ring with uneven success but haven't tried anything as thick as this.

To sort or to distribute? I'd start with a grading sieve. More distance from the work will give evenosity ™ (Brian B).

i know you're looking for business advice (check out Milon Townsend's books for that) and not an emotional reaction but all I can think of is "ick". A lot of glass blowers have been dealing with that (dead people's ashes, not "ick")- it can be lucrative. Is Wendy Rosen's Art Busi...

Aaron- Do your own homework- get Henry Halem's book, Ed Schmidt's too. Go visit glass shops and offer to compensate anyone who will spend time with you.

Wires wrapped around an armature.
Sydney Cash did this long ago.

Check on the cure time- last I used it I left it for a week undisturbed.

Marty wrote:I've never had one split either. Mine fray.
I have to change some out and the new ones are several years old. Stay tuned.

Full sized belts, from HIS.

I've never had one split either. Mine fray.
I have to change some out and the new ones are several years old. Stay tuned.

Talk to the stone workers near you. Glass is close enough to granite in hardness. You want the tools that everyone else is using (for supplies and repairs).

I find that the thinfire, once the binder burns out, is too powdery to keep the glass from flowing through it down to the vermiculite and sticking.

Thanks for the review.

Peter- it depends greatly on the weight of the glass and methods of attachment.

Amazingly inconsistent income- fat years, lean years.