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Don- Are you taking applications for new family members?

How much cutting of what sizes will you be doing? The bridge saw is not meant for or good for cutting small pieces- I'd get the regular sliding table 10" first. MK is reliable, the $300 Chinese copies are decent. If you can get a good used MK it's a great start; spend your money on the blade. L...

Your needs may change- get the 10".

Don- I'll be happy to accept any donations of BE fusible glass (not too much yellow, please) on Bullseye's behalf and would gladly let them know of your generosity.
Actually, you could run the purchase through Fused Glass Warehouse in NH and make even more people happy.

Unfortunately, given the current....

sorry, couldn't help myself.

Indeed. What does it cost to bring something like that to court? Half a million? Of course we'd all like to see the full jury circus with underdog BE triumphant (and giving free glass to loyal supporters) but I'm betting that won't happen. This cynic says that DEQ will settle, admitting no wrong, BE...

Get a bigger kiln.
Buy a smaller mold.
Sand down the edges of the mold with wet/dry sandpaper so it fits in your kiln.

sure- I'll pm.

The main point is that you're having fun with this, right?

"Another possibility is that I have been combining Bullseye and Wissmach glass - both COE 90."

DON'T.

Thinfire shrinkage is my guess.

(oops, Jim Hobbyist got it first)

Get thee to the hardware store, not HD, where you will find someone who will sell you a flange that you can screw to the canister and adapt to the hose.

Those were done individually on a punty (pontil) in a hot shop and then just grouped together for display. There are probably holes in the base for the glass which is most likely glued down.
I'd hate to have to ship that anywhere.

Blunt force. Even incompat doesn't look like that.

3" wide, ok. How about thickness? Are you making a pot melt (or whatever) that's 3" thick (by 3" wide by 6-10" long)?

The Result blades may need to be dressed before the first use to remove any plating material covering the outer layer of diamond. Run the blade (wet) through a chunk of brick or silicon carbide sharpening stone; just a couple of cuts should do it. Some people have a fetish about dressing the blades,...

1) First of all, while this is all true about Bullseye, I found their representatives to be exceedingly arrogant, rude and obnoxious. A long time ago I decided to make art with 96 rather than put up with unprofessional behavior. Considering the posts for incompatibility/ devitrification/ etc. I hav...

I don't read the post as vitrigraph stuff- roykirk seems to me to be talking about having stuff come out of the pot as if the surface of the glass is exploding, like fireworks, no? Lots of problems- first with pulling the pot out to draw glass from it (or lifting a kiln lid to get at the stuff), the...

Vonon- Re rivets- you've got some wiggle room with the silicone but rivet heads can be ground almost flat and still work.

Set up a stop, set saw to cut 1.25", cut groove and flip to finish.
I'm finding a lot of drag on the thicker pieces (10" Result blade with 5" stiffeners, plenty of water) otherwise.