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Hi everyone. I have just cut out with my tile saw a two layer thin glass dichro glass into small pieces to make jewelry out of the small pieces. My problem is that I am noticing some chipping off the edge back side of the glass after cutting it with the tile saw. I have tried griding the chipped of...

Just a little history: I had an attempted combing that wasn't completed so I decided to use it as a design element. Bottom layer clear; next black opal; the failed combing and design elements to tie in with the failed combing. All glass was System 96. I fired this according my trusted firing progra...

I've been trying to make some clay molds and I'm having a heck of a time just drying the things. Typically they are an inch or less thick (some are that thick because I'm intending to use the for low-relief casting). I'd appreciate advice on drying them -- I keep drying them -- or they sit almost c...

Brian....I'll try 2 put it in2 bettr jam-speek-LOL! My kiln has side elements - ceramic kiln originally. I heat up 15 degrees F per every 10 (sometimes I slow it down to 15 min's) to my top process temp. I C why U can't follow my firing schedule. I typo-ed the 90. It should read 900 degrees per hr ...

Brian....I'll try 2 put it in2 bettr jam-speek-LOL! My kiln has side elements - ceramic kiln originally. I heat up 15 degrees F per every 10 (sometimes I slow it down to 15 min's) to my top process temp. I C why U can't follow my firing schedule. I typo-ed the 90. It should read 900 degrees per hr ...

Hmmm....I'm ramping 90 degrees per hr - vented. Close lid @ 1 hr, 10 min' mark. Soak 8 or 10 or 20 minutes depending on surface and edge treatment I want. Also, with translucent glass lay-ups, I do the ramp-up squeeze soak to clear the bubbles out. Is this still too fast in the o-pinions of your gl...

I'm stuck keeping my air compressor in my studio (aka garage) and the noise level is very high! I decided to use what I know about noise control (I'm a Certified Industrial Hygienist in my "day job"). The results were great! I achieved an 18 decibel noise reduction! If you would like to s...

Brian- funny you should mention that- I just finished renovations in the studio that involved moving the office from perfectly good work space into my son's (former) playroom. It was all done very sneakily, no one noticed that he'd lost some acreage. Brian, you'd be proud of me! Maybe I should teac...

Thanks all and you're sure right Brian. Close investigation of what happened with this dichro burnout/glass interaction will certainly lead to new and secret tech advances. I was thinking a little more on this I have posted many times on my firing methods This was worked out with the Global Lab Afi...

Thanks all and you're sure right Brian. Close investigation of what happened with this dichro burnout/glass interaction will certainly lead to new and secret tech advances. By the by - what dichro company do you use? I dont use Dicro, or steel rooms All technology regarding the effect is classified...

Marty wrote:Four years already?!?!
Tempus sure does fugit when we're having fun!
Thanks, Brad.

Thanks Brad n all the Global Lab Affiliates n 2 Spab n all his friends

Marty how many rooms did U steel in the 4 years ???

Brian

Cynthia, What do you think of the statement that it (Borax) will wear off eventually? Judy I don't have a clue about it wearing off, but this is what my intuition tells me. My understanding is... Borax is a flux (overspray), not an overglaze and is an agent that is causing the glass to be liquid at...

Just pulled a gorgeous #1 fuse plate - blank out of the kiln. So happy with the perfectly formed edges, smooth full fuse top- controlled bubbling, I was doing the dance of joy. That is until I took it out into the bright light of the studio table. The dichro inclusions on the attached edge piece ha...

Brock wrote:I must have tried 15 yearws in a row before I gave up.

Hmmm . . . what if I crushed up 1000 light bulbs and used the frit to spell out the words of an ecological diatribe about dwindling resources. Brock

Brock

In order 2 win prizes ur light bulbs must go on n off

Brian

[ What happens is the stuff is a low temp flux so the glass is 2 liquid 2 grow devit I use a lead borosilicate glass enamel ........................................ thanks for this info,,,,,,,can you tel me what different result you will get with the borosilicate than you would get from the borax, ...

What is the most commonly used or should I say best performing overspray to use when fusing Bullseye glass. I'm having devit problems. I've cleaned the glass with 70% isopropyle alcohol, and have attempted to clean my kilns enviornment by high firing and venting. Still devits. So I must resort to o...

This one's for all you wise ovenheds out there in WG-land... It's cold here in Portland. Right now it's hovering around freezing, and yesterday & overnight it was colder. When I said goodnight to my Skutt coffin Monday at about 3 pm, the controller was blinking 33 degrees. Does this cold affect...

My apologies.. I was mistaken about the glass I used being from a recent production run. It was manufactured in 2001, so it seems we can eliminate any recent changes in formulation. The only variable is the thin fire, so as Mary Kay has advised, I will be using kiln wash again. Avery Problem does s...

The pic below shows irid pitting. The glass is BE (the irid is rainbow irid on clear). There are two irid layers (on top of another layer) -- never irid-to-irid. The glass was fired twice -- both times irid down on thinfire. First firing was to about 1500F, the second to 1440F. Everything is flat -...

In the a few days I'll be doing something I've not tried before --slumping a very thick, assymetrically shaped piece of glass over a very large stainless S-mold. Background: The piece is made of BE clear sheet and has been fired to achieve this thickness and the decorative elements several times al...