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If, as Charlie suspects, it’s a compatibility problem, fuse up a simple chip test, view the glass through polarizing lenses and you’ll know.

If, as many others suspect, it’s annealing, here’s some basic stuff to consider:

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I compliment you for taking steps to educate teachers in your area and others thru this board. If it isn't on their agenda already, maybe Lani and Bullseye could slide this issue into their teacher conference. Jo Jo, this is a big issue in our small community. And yes, it will be covered at BECon i...

GAS is a great organization. I am in awe of their managing to coordinate a conference that will likely draw 2000 people this year. But there are probably just too many sectors in glass for each to be covered in any depth (well, except maybe blowing :( ) Which is why we are running our own conference...

Brad's right - as usual..... WG@BE3 is scheduled to open in Portland at the new BE Resource Center in early November. Procedures will be pretty similar to WG@BE2 ... sorry about delay getting it all detailed.... still trying to get BECon covered .... and figure out how I can get to DC from London in...

twin_vision_glass@hotmail.com is finally on email. I still have to remember how to type since I have not done so in 30 years. OOOOps! Dating myself and Melanie again. Have the topics been set yet or would anyone like to discuss Zircar Mold mix 6 and a more envirenmentally friendly way to use it. Le...

mixing different kinds together in a crucible is sort of like homogenizing it, and the resulting COE is the average of the component types. it works for blowing, but that's about it. If it were only that simple. Depending on how hot and how long it's melted, it could be lower than the average... or...

Brock wrote:Fantastic Lani, my application is on the way.
Oops, no it isn't, problem with the data base. Brock

No! It's you, Brock. It's a Luddite-protected database.

Anyone else who has problems with the form should contact: ChrisPetrauskas@bullseye-glass.com

Lani

Far from final, but we've added the list of program topics and the beginnings of the list of presenters for the Bullseye Teachers Conference to the conference site today: http:www.beconference.com To everyone who's applied and made suggestions: THANK YOU! Your ideas are terrific and your humor is .....

But if I had 2 list where all my Cheetin Technology stuff is stolen from it would B very long And if U I include the machines as well it would cover many disaplines From fish equipment to geology I am not fussy If its got any use I will steel it One thing tho I dont pretend anything is mine Of cour...

I reuse my fiberpaper all the time, but maybe thats not what others do. If its the 1/8" I can use it at least 4 times, and the 1/16" at least twice, maybe three times. Yo, Jackie…. another Thrifty Woman … I’ve used ceramic fiber paper up to a dozen times. Unless you’ve just cooked...

I think that an instructors certification is their bio and their work. Also a valid approach - the one that has certainly been successful at Pilchuck. And I sure don't see certification as a requirement, just an option ... and at this point... only a hypothetical one. There is no magic firing sched...

Why don't you charge for your teacher training? ... Charging for the classes would allow people from all mediums to benefit from your teacher training. In the long run, it would benefit the artform across the board. A good question. But again, we're just one small company. There is only so much we ...

What prompted this discussion was that recently, someone asked me what I thought about another individual distributing detailed information about a technique that that person learned in a class they had taken. I was surprised that a person would do that as I felt it was unethical. Or is attributing...

(Els is probably right -- many of our best discussions do, regretably, turn into Bullseye vs. Spectrum....) I don't disagree. I just don't find it regrettable. If one has players in a field with different positions, is there nothing to be learned by debate? Of course I never manage to get anyone fr...

... The other view is that a full and rich understanding of the technical aspects of fusing is a necessary foundation to entering the field. Brad, I hope you aren't lumping Bullseye into that position. We believe that what's needed to *enter* the field is being inspired by making a successful proje...

Bert Weiss wrote:Jim

PS Lani "You are the greatest"

Thanks, Bert, I needed that this morning. (Now, don't tell me greatest "what")

The only solution to ignorance is education. BE is in the forefront of this effort but their programs are not aimed at the people who are buying the "dumbed down" products. Putting on shows and exhibits at galleries and cultural centers is "preaching to the choir". What we need ...

I really would like to keep this thread free from taunts and accusations. I would too. I'm sorry if my description of the introduction of this type of equipment into our marketplace sounded like a taunt or accusation. I certainly admit to feeling passionately that it's the wrong direction... not be...

Carole Burton wrote:John has done some things for me and aims to please. He is nice to deal with. On top of all of that he give fast service. Carole

Ditto!

John's worked with Bullseye on a number of very tricky artist projects and always been terrific to work with! - Lani

Lani, is there any way to tell the old from the new for sure? Something like a product number? Or is it so different in appearance that I'll be able to tell? I buy from NW art Glass. Els Thanks for asking about the quotes. I hadn't figured it out either. :oops: Els, I don't think that the look is d...