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- Wed Jul 16, 2003 2:35 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Hoist with track needed
- Replies: 40
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The problem with rolling tables is vibration when rolling them into position. Stuff moves around on top. Also, if your floor is at all out of level then they can be a pain to adjust over and over. Exactly. The advantage of a stationary table is the ability to lay out an intricate work on the table,...
- Wed Jul 16, 2003 1:26 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Hoist with track needed
- Replies: 40
- Views: 44573
Originally, I was going to just lift up and come back down in the same place, and a regular hoist would work fine for that. The bell has the elements (side and top); the bottom is just a welded frame with legs and a welded box to hold the fire bricks on which to sit a shelf. The shelf's at waist lev...
- Wed Jul 16, 2003 9:41 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Hoist with track needed
- Replies: 40
- Views: 44573
Hoist with track needed
I'm in the process of building a bell kiln and would like to be able to hoist up the main part of the kiln (the bell) and then set it down several feet away. To do this, I believe I need a hoist that's mounted on some sort of track that can pick up the bell (less than 100 pounds) and then either swi...
- Tue Jul 15, 2003 5:08 pm
- Forum: Kiln Casting
- Topic: Pâte de verre casts
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4798
- Tue Jul 15, 2003 1:30 pm
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: Looking for colored Bud vases or colored test tubes?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6298
I've colored test tubes by filling and emptying with a craft store dye (can't remember what it's called) that's used for making fake stained glass. I don't imagine it's very durable, but there are also very low fire colors such as Vitrea colors made by Pebeo which you can bake in your oven at about...
- Tue Jul 15, 2003 1:17 pm
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: Looking for colored Bud vases or colored test tubes?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6298
Re: Looking for colored Bud vases or colored test tubes?
Looking for wholesale info for purchasing colored bud vases or colored test tubes, been on internet all day, searching floral, florist and test tubes can't find what I'm looking for. I saw one at a store, that was frosted blue color, as well as an orange. Anyone out there know what I should be look...
- Wed Jul 09, 2003 6:16 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Slimping into Terra Cotta Mold.....
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5786
- Sat Jul 05, 2003 8:00 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Trying to understand a break...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10252
Speaking of WG@BE, I was looking for some info on it. Is there a info section or do I need to look in the archives? I can't seem to find it, I could be blind. No formal announcement yet. The exhibition will be in November. Most likely, entries will be due from mid August to mid September. We hope t...
- Sat Jul 05, 2003 7:12 pm
- Forum: Kiln Casting
- Topic: shell inclusions
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6024
- Sat Jul 05, 2003 1:35 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Trying to understand a break...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10252
What I want to know... does Jerry know something that we don't know? Are Brad and Brock the same person, just alter egos? or would that be altered :lol: I'd better set this one straight. Brock and I are not the same person. We both wear glasses and our names start with the same two letters, but tha...
- Fri Jul 04, 2003 9:43 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: firing leaves and green staff
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14013
- Fri Jul 04, 2003 1:03 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: big kiln -vs- little kiln
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3512
- Thu Jul 03, 2003 10:50 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: drop ring
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6620
Actually, we're pretty starved in the US for good glass magazines, too. It's only recently that articles on kiln-forming have started to appear, and there really isn't any single publication I'd call excellent. In addition to Glass Craftsman, you might want to check out Glass Art, which tends to fea...
- Thu Jul 03, 2003 11:20 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Brad Walker & Famous-osity
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6092
- Thu Jul 03, 2003 10:30 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: glass thickness ?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11207
By tack fusing and keeping the temperature below 1400, you're already keeping the glass from getting heated enough to flow to 1/4 inch thickness. If you heat it higher, then it will try its best to reach an equilibrium thickness of around 1/4 inch. (This is a law of physics, like gravity. Just as yo...
- Thu Jul 03, 2003 10:17 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Hxtal ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4949
Hxtal is not an ultraviolet glue, it's epoxy. It's fairly expensive, but it does work well. You can get it here: http://www.hisglassworks.com
- Wed Jul 02, 2003 8:11 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: very, very basic
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5097
Absolutely not. Some enamels are compatible with float glass, some are compatible with other types of glass. You need to ask the manufacturer. In some cases, such as Thompson Enamel, they make versions for float glass, versions for Bullseye/Spectrum, and versions for Moretti/Effetre. They're each ma...
- Wed Jul 02, 2003 6:34 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Fusing schedules- ASAP
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2706
For System 96 schedules, click on the link to the System 96 website at the top of this page. For Bullseye, Uroboros, or Wasser schedules, click on the respective links, also at the top of the page. Once you get the the website, just look for the section of their sites with the firing schedules. All ...
- Wed Jul 02, 2003 1:47 pm
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: mailing lists
- Replies: 27
- Views: 27090
This is an interesting topic, because there is a significant distinction between junk (or direct) mail and junk e-mail (or spam). I don't mind junk mail at all; I figure it means the person at least spend fifty cents to a dollar or more to send me something, and even if I don't want it it's easy to ...
- Wed Jul 02, 2003 12:19 pm
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: mailing lists
- Replies: 27
- Views: 27090