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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.

Elegant.

I just came across your magless index card....

Interesting topic. Working alone I position a fan to blow fumes away from me, gently, so as not to cool the soldering iron. With a group that wouldn't work as someone(s) :lol: would always be in the firing line. I've been thinking about a range hood exhaust fan dangling over the layout table. That ...

That's what I was asking- any experience with the desk top (ductless) extractors?

Greg- Good to hear from you. I think the station fans have charcoal filters in them. I always thought that the lead fumes were the least of the problem. Soldering is about 700F, way below vapor points. However some of the lead casting groups have discussed this and the oxide issue was brought up: so...

Specifically, ventilation for stained glass soldering. I know there are forums (fora?) for SG but I want to know what the denizens left here have to say. When I've messed with SG in the past I worked in front of a serious lab-style extraction hood but I will need to provide ventilation for 6-8 stude...

Have the American tourists come back? They were the only ones buying, last I heard. I have no idea what level of work you're looking for but get in touch with Hiyuli Liberman in Tel Aviv. There was a fabulous group show in the Eretz Israel Museum in 2015- try those participants (including some wonde...

I'm probably out of line again but....
You're asking some very elementary questions- on what basis did you accept this commission and are you willing to accept responsibility for the integrity of the piece?

Sometimes that's the only game available. I've had both great and miserable consignment arrangements. The best were based on mutual trust.

Tod wrote:That's when you need a good contract stipulating that the gallery does NOT own your work - ever!

and someone local who can look in every now and then.

Franzeska- My biggest (7'x 3'x 16") kiln will take 12 to 18 hours to cool from 700 to room temp, depending on what's in it. The Paragon GLs are much quicker. If I don't have anything really valuable or risky in the big kiln and I'm getting antsy, I can crack it ½" at 250F. That's at the fr...