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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.

Sharol- I've been using the fiberfrax 970 equivalent in 1/32" for years. It's expensive- about $2/sq.ft. in 2'x160' rolls. I'm curious about the cost of "your" stuff. The 970 has a very faint weave on the front, a little rougher on the back but is the smoothest paper (once you get pas...

Glad this post came up . . don't think I would care for this system. I like thinking in terms of the safe speed limit on a particular stretch of heating and the destination - speed kills. I don't need to know how long it will take to get there unless I will be needed for firing intervention suck as...

It's the same programming as those "other" devices but seen from the time side. You enter elapsed time from start and then your target temp for that segment. One of my typical schedules reads 4:00 (hours:minutes), 1100 (temp F) 4:30, 1100 (30 minute hold) 5:00, 1470 5:15, 1475 (15 minute h...

I’m curious, how do you program AFAP on these controllers? My understanding is that you don't. You program how long it takes to get from one temperature to another. So there's no as fast as possible. AFAP on the Digitry is 1 minute. You're working with elapsed time from the start of the schedule.

Another closely monitored private board, but Pete is more irascible than Brad. It's mostly blowing but there are a few active fusers. No anonymity there.

Brad- One of my Canadian students uses it instead of VB- it's magnesium salt based, seems to be stronger than VB with less warpage. I asked on Pete's board, we'll see what comes up. I'll also call Jim Wiles (?) and see what he knows.

Anyone have experience with this stuff from Pyrotec (shelves, dams, molds, whatever)?

I wouldn't rely on thinfire for that. Do you need serious weight to dam your work?

Bonnie- "bricks" sounds ominous, large masses of heat sink. Can't you use something smaller, like cut up shelves or other kiln furniture to dam your work?

Bonnie- In my opinion those holds are completely unnecessary, as is any change in ramp up to 1000 (or so). You want to go slow enough to avoid thermal shock but that can occur anywhere along that ramp so going slower to 350 and then speeding up does nothing for you. What do the holds do? I'd like to...