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razor blade.

there's also a chemical that can dissolve it. i believe home depot carries it.

find a local welder. they're probably pretty easy to make.

if you get over 212F, you'll get steam and possibly movement. you might test out 160-180 and see how long it would take to dry. you can hold a mirror at one of the peepholes and see if you get any condensation. if not, it's probably dry.

you buy them. it depends upon how big you need. marble or bead makers use them. you can probably get them off ebay cheaply.

i would take a diamond blade in a 4" side angle grinder, and carefully lower the blade into the discarded piece near where the edges of the hole will be. make many cuts, and use the edge of it to round off and smooth (and probably bevel) the hole sides. make shallow cuts, deepening them with mu...

[quote="Mark Hall"]Don't forget good ventilation, especially working with powders. I prefer a whole house fan mounted at the end of the bench, blowing out. Somewhere you can brush off your work that's filled with stuck fiber paper & such. A portable fan can be positioned to create hori...

i like the ace hardware crystal clear silicone over ge. it cures a lot clearer. ge seems to get milky as it cures. it is a bit more than ge though. i never seem to finish a large tube, so the smaller ones, although more expensive per oz, is actually cheaper because i don't have to throw away as much...

yard sales. think chipped dining room or living room tabletops. i've gotten pieces up to 1.5" thick for a few dollars.

the hotter you go, the more it will shrink because it's trying to get to 6mm overall. you might get dogboning or something similar.

i made a couple of stacks of float glass, glued with UV water thin glue i got at home depot as feet for a sheet of glass over an LED lightbulb. the glue was water clear and disappeared. about 7 years now. i also made some stacks of float glass to glue on sheets of glass I use on top of my salt water...

take it to the car wash and use their washer. it's not as powerful as a purchased power washer, because no one likes removing the paint from their car.

it's fusing. you can't get all sides to be shiny. whatever is against a mold will always be matte to some degree. a blasted surface will be even more matte than a non-blasted surface, if it's against a shelf.

i do a matte at 1225 for 7 minutes. leave it in the mold, or you risk it unslumping.

anyone with a table saw can make french cleats. try a home handyman, or a shop that makes kitchen cabinets. it's basically a piece of wood or plexiglass, maybe around 10cmx20cmx8mm, cut in half the long way on a 45 degree angle. screw one side to the wall, glue the other side (i use silicone) to the...

i'm not sure 5 min at 1275 will firepolish. it won't in my kiln. i'd get a light matte surface.

you should look in at 1275, and see if it's shiny enough for you. if not, just increase the time.

as the heat has undoubtably caused the glass to stretch, when you flatten it, it won't be round or even again, but distorted.

you can either start over, or use a large flat lap to grind down the edge to make it even. you'd have to do this to all the bowls to make them match.

[quote="The Hobbyist"]I would make a plaster cast of the center medallion. Then roll out a flat circle of clay. Press the medallion into the center and hand carve the petals and scallop the edges. Check for any under cuts that need easing and then bisque the clay when it's dry. This will y...

[quote="Vonon"]Charlie, Are the stands from Picazzo's for tableware - like for holding pizza or bread basket?[/quote] they are pizza stands for the table. they must get then from some supplier, because all the stores in the chain have the same ones, but no mgr that i've asked has been able...

[quote="Babette (Shawn)"]I made a coiled steel stand for those totally round bottoms. Expensive and a bit excentric...[/quote] the stands at a place called Picazzo's (here in AZ) are perfect for this. i've bought stands from them for not very much. they look almost like this, except they'r...

and put the magnet in a plastic bag first.