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by Rebecca M.
Wed Feb 18, 2004 8:30 pm
Forum: Kiln Casting
Topic: new pot melt information.........
Replies: 9
Views: 11105

Charlie, I like that very much. Could you please explain further about cutting the pieces around it? Am I seeing 4 pieces? And do you have one full base? Or need to dam it? I've been wanting to do something with one of my pot melts if I can only decide which COE it may have been. :oops:
by Rebecca M.
Tue Feb 17, 2004 2:28 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Print Gocco question
Replies: 0
Views: 3734

Print Gocco question

Print Gocco has directions that say to use a PPC or plain paper copier to make screens. What it really wants is carbon based ink. Does anyone know off-hand if an ink-jet (Hewlett-Packard) has carbon ink? I was looking to do some small screen printing on glass as well as making my own decals with gla...
by Rebecca M.
Thu Feb 12, 2004 11:25 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Gecco glass as bead glass, yet again...
Replies: 5
Views: 6935

Liam, when you say beads, do you mean torchwork or fused?
by Rebecca M.
Thu Feb 12, 2004 5:04 pm
Forum: Photos and Stuff
Topic: Tommy can you see me....
Replies: 7
Views: 9456

Saw that one, and not the other one. The picture on the page his humungous!! But the link (which worked just fine) is a better size.
by Rebecca M.
Wed Feb 11, 2004 6:22 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Volcanic glass
Replies: 6
Views: 7705

I saw a lot of Mt. St. Helen's glass after the eruption. They have the date right anyway. May 18, 1980 for the first one. I think it blew again after that. I was in the Spokane area at the time. We had been listening to albums all day when the sky got very dark. It looked like a big mother of a stor...
by Rebecca M.
Wed Feb 11, 2004 12:00 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Help Inducing Devit on Float(tempered) Fusing temperature
Replies: 15
Views: 13764

Thanks Brian

My vote is for dissolving, crystalizing and weird.

They have been dumped in a tumble-vibe to try and unweirdify them. :)
by Rebecca M.
Wed Feb 11, 2004 12:47 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Help Inducing Devit on Float(tempered) Fusing temperature
Replies: 15
Views: 13764

This may seem kind of off track, or not. I'm not sure what I have here. I put some small pot melts in a bowl of Lime-Away to get some persistant kiln wash off the backs. The tops were nice and smooth. I forgot about them for 3 days, and they sat in the Lime-Away all that time. When I pulled them out...
by Rebecca M.
Sun Feb 08, 2004 11:00 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Speed of drilling
Replies: 7
Views: 9184

Is a 1/16" tripple ripple bit large enough to create a jump ring hole through a three layer dichroic glass pendant If not whar size bit should be used Bob, that sounds plenty big. I've got the 2.1mm, and if that's a close conversion :?: I'm bad at that stuff. Anyway, the only thing might be th...
by Rebecca M.
Sun Feb 08, 2004 2:55 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Why can't I melt my pot...er, I mean...
Replies: 30
Views: 31159

Deb, was the tink, tink, tink possibly from the glass left in the pot? Mine sometimes do that for hours after everything is taken out from a room temperature :wink: kiln. Sorry, I used to be a Peeping Tomasina too. I sometimes think it's too bad. The dregs of the pot more often than not look much be...
by Rebecca M.
Wed Feb 04, 2004 1:42 pm
Forum: Photos and Stuff
Topic: new work - the hand
Replies: 16
Views: 19248

Paul, I've looked at this piece several times since you posted it. You're right it's wonderful to look at. The colors in the background and the shapes made by where the colors aren't are super. The hand keeps doing different things. That may sound strange, but hopefully not. Sometimes it says 'Hey!'...
by Rebecca M.
Sun Feb 01, 2004 11:35 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Gecko fusible
Replies: 23
Views: 24262

I think it's ridiculous that Gecko is introducing a third COE to the fusing world. It's not like BE, Uroboros or Spectrum has an exhaustive inventory of colors -- why not contribute to the world by developing new colors for an existing line?? Cheryl, what about 104COE and whatever COE float is? Tha...
by Rebecca M.
Sat Jan 31, 2004 4:32 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: parlate italiano
Replies: 5
Views: 5490

This is a translation site. When I put in the Italian to English I got table of the star. Turned around to star chart it came out to exactly what you wrote. I only know 2 Italian phrases, and they are the kind that can get a person in big trouble.

http://translation.langenberg.com/
by Rebecca M.
Sun Jan 25, 2004 9:04 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: question about silver polishing/yumbling
Replies: 10
Views: 10381

Steve, I don't know what they were using. Here at home I have a liquid chemical dip called Instant-Dip Sterling Polish. I think I got it at the grocery store. It gets the tarnish off and I think I've had the same bottle for 5 years. Dip, rinse and dry. You might also try a jewelers rouge cloth. I th...
by Rebecca M.
Sun Jan 25, 2004 4:40 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: question about silver polishing/yumbling
Replies: 10
Views: 10381

Steve, why can't you just dip them? I was at a market today buying sterling chain, and the girl behind the counter dipped it, and then blasted it with a steam machine. It was very clean and shiny.
by Rebecca M.
Sun Jan 18, 2004 3:26 pm
Forum: Photos and Stuff
Topic: Comments on picture frame
Replies: 6
Views: 7259

Great frames on those lamps Joe. Do you make those yourself?
Good luck on the frames. Rock chalk... oh you know the rest. :lol:
by Rebecca M.
Fri Jan 16, 2004 4:00 pm
Forum: Photos and Stuff
Topic: New site, new work
Replies: 14
Views: 14386

Those are fabulous Amy! I love the ones with the pulled torchwork. They make my eyes dance. :)
by Rebecca M.
Tue Jan 13, 2004 4:57 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: vermiculite board as dams
Replies: 9
Views: 11129

Ceramaguard strips make great damns and, as best as I can tell, last just about forever if you treat them gently. You can cut it square with a table saw -- just don't do it inside -- it is inconievable dusty. They do require kiln furniture/bricks for support. - Paul Paul, do you use kilnwash on the...
by Rebecca M.
Mon Jan 12, 2004 4:53 pm
Forum: Photos and Stuff
Topic: test of post
Replies: 12
Views: 13183

Jim, check out some of these free picture hosting sites. http://www.free-webhosts.com/free-image-hosting.php I haven't used any of them, I went and paid for Picturetrail. They have a free trial but that can also be a pain for some people to get others to see. It's pretty much updating Image/URL in O...
by Rebecca M.
Sun Jan 11, 2004 10:02 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: xerography questions
Replies: 6
Views: 10844

I have only used "laser" decal paper. I think ink-jet decal paper might work, but that they have different sueface finishes. It is possible, however, the the ink-jet paper might melt in the fuser of the printer or copy machine. Both types pf paper cost about the same. If you have ink-jet ...
by Rebecca M.
Sat Jan 10, 2004 7:46 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Thompson Enamels
Replies: 16
Views: 13456

Don posted this a month or so ago.
http://www.thompsonenamel.com/products/ ... 2.htm#mtle
I haven't tried them, but they look very interesting. Has anyone tried them yet?