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Brock wrote:Bert, ya big grouch, ya scared him away. He privately emailed me.
Are we THAT intimidating?

The two of you are.

Brock, I tried to find it, too, before I responded to you and couldn't. I think it was in a thread that got deleted because of other content. I wish that if you had been so insulted by what I said, you would have told me so then instead of waiting until now. We could have cleared it up back then. H...

Has anyone tried to tranfer using Polaroid transfer or laser copy transfer processes? The Polaroid transfer process is not likely to work because it works best on porous materials, and glass isn't porous. The emulsion transfer process (a related Polaroid process) will work on non-porous materials s...

Do i go for Quartz tubes with elements inside or Mullite with elements wrapped around, (just roof elements) and what are the pros and cons of ceramic fibre only on walls and roof (4") as against backing fibre with board(2"+2"). I'm looking for efficiency of firing as i have limited p...

Ron Coleman wrote:Just curious if you have really tried any of your ashtray in actual use. I'm thinking thermal stress and broken ashtrays from hot butts.

I made one for my father five or six years ago that's still going strong -- and he smokes pipes and cigars.

rosanna gusler wrote:october what? first? fifteenth? thirtyith?

Somewhere in that range.

The timing will be pretty much the same as last year. Announcement in October, magnets due in February.

Paul: Another technique you might want to consider is casting bllets in a box mold, creating a reverse felief. You would make a positive relief element in plaster and cast over it in a box. The method was taught and demonstratd by Ted Sawyer from Bullseye, and they now have a new TipSheet (#5) on t...

Barbara Cashman wrote:Charlie, Charlie, Charlie...How long shall we hold our collective breath???

Until October.

I think a big factor is what browser you use. In spite of my son's insistance, I've resisted switching from Netscape to Explorer for this very reason. I get attacked by very few of the worms and viruses that are designed to penetrate Explorer. I don't understand how the browser you're using is a fa...

Yes, high temps for extended periods of time can affect compatibility. I try to minimize this problem by going higher and for less time.

You should also check your annealing schedule. Annealing problems are also likely to show up after a few days.

What about putting clear frit in the holes? Good idea! I'd go one further and first make small beads, so that they're round. To make beads of different sizes, just sprinkle some coarse/large frit on the shelf and fire to fusing temp. Don't let the frit grains touch each other. To make beads all the...

Questions...1) Will the holes close up when I fuse it and if so, how can I keep that from happening? 2) This will be slumped as a deep bowl and I would like some design to show on the underside of the bowl - would I put my design facing down between the two layers of clear and red? I adore those wi...

It's fiber blanket with a Dawson kiln sitter. Made for ceramics. (but fiber blanket is used in many more glass kilns than ceramic ones) Assuming the elements are still good, it should work for you. If they need to be replaced, you may also have to replace the fiber blanket. Be cautious if you distur...

I have pictures but am waiting for them to post on the web. It's a used kiln, and the walls do indeed look like piber blanket from the pis I've seen. No elements visible. Haven't fired it yet, haven't seen it in person yet. I have heard in the past that the walls are some sort of foam, not fiber bl...

Is this a new kiln or a used one? To the best of my knowledge, Nova is an old kiln name. The Nova kilns were marketed as "space age", with hidden elements. I believe the company was bought out by Duncan. I don't know if the walls of the Nova kiln were lined with fiber blanket (the most com...

how to we post pics from shutterfly?? You'll have to read Shutterfly's guidelines -- they have a very lengthy and complicated way to share photos: http://www.shutterfly.com/help/share_sharing.jsp You can post a link to page with a photo on Shutterfly on this board and people can follow the link to ...

Yes, you must open the attachment in order for the virus to get onto the system. For anyone who has a current virus protection program, even opening an attachment won't be disastrous because the program (assuming it's turned on!) will catch it in time. But a lot of people don't have virus protection...

Yes, the SoBig virus (and most of these viruses) uses Microsoft products as a gateway. This one attacks computers that run Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP and doesn't attack computers running Linux, Macintosh, OS/2, UNIX, or Windows 3.x. However, that's just ...

Some background information about the worm that is making the rounds: The most common one I'm getting (and I received 362 emails with this virus in the last 24 hours) is called W32.Sobig.F@mm. It is a mass mailing worm that sends itself to all email addresses it finds on a person's computer. It &quo...

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I'll also be putting the "how they were made" info online in the next few days.