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Check the archives. Lots of info. This subject in particular has probably been covered copious times.

Cheers,

Phil

Steve & Charlie,

Thanks, Barbara B. pointed this out to me a few posts back. Looks like he is a glass blower and makes a bunch of standard type design elements for the kids to use. Very cool. Like I said, I'm going to see how this one works and then go from there.

Phil

The pictures don't look similar to me, I'm sorry. If you feel the concept of putting someone's ashe's as unique to your work my guess is that may not be the case either. I would guess that a little more research would probably find that there are a number of cases/times over history that this has pr...

I'm pre-cutting so they do not have to use any tools other than watered down elmers glue and maybe a candle to bend stringers, spoons for frit. I'm going to take the above hint and do a quick fire on the cut glass to smooth the edges. We are going to have worksheet handouts on the first session to k...

Most true microwaveable glass is made from quartz not glass. (Pyrex) This stuff is almost unshockable. You can take it out hot and put it in cold water and it will not crack. As mentioned above, I believe is a root cause was searched for it would be found to be uneven localized heating which is caus...

When I say tiles, the project is a small 4.5" square tile. I have a bunch of small molds I got very cheap from a local pottery store. They are kind of like coffee cup saucers or (gag...cough.....cough) ash trays. I wanted them to have something shaped instead of just flat. If this works I'm goi...

( I gotta be nuts...) I'm teaching a group of 105 to 110 fifth graders on glass fusing. I'm going to precut all of the elements. (like the tip on heating them to knock of the edges) and then we will use corse frit and stringers in addition to the design elemets to make the tiles. I'll have them glue...

Tony, Not really. The fact is the human factor throws in so many variables that all of this discussion is really uncontrolled speculation. What it does speak to is the high degree of adaptability that the human brain is and how we all use it to make our techniques work for us. You can make dry cutti...

Well for me, I cut lots and lots of strips. I can tell when my cutter is dry as the score's never run complete. I oil the cutter again and I get 100% success. If it works for you to run dry, go for it. It works for me to run mineral spirits. Another fyi on this. I did a back of the envelope calculat...

Microwave ovens work simply because the frequency they operate is at a high absorption band for water. Since most, if not all of our food contains water, it will heat it up. That is not to say that if you put in a dry glass container it will not heat up, it will, it just won't heat up as efficintly ...

Steve, Your work just keeps getting more and more impressive. Truly a BEAUTIFUL piece. Congratulations. Jackie, You've got it wrong......Steve will know he's crossed the line when he quits writing perscriptions for his patients and starts writing them up annealing schedules instead. So Steve, what i...

You probably told me and I just didn't put two and two together. You know us fieble minded old men.......I have slip ons cause I forgot how to tie my shoes.

Glad to see you doing so well. You are in good company there and more importantly you deserve to be there.

Phil

No pictures to post but for all of you that get American Craft Magazine check out page 13 of the new April/May Issue. There are some very cool pictures of Susan's and Marty and if you look to the right you will see someone we all know on the TOP of the list of names in the Innovative American Glass ...

Offering customer service is probably the biggest expense in the sink biz. Plumbers have zero experience in installing glass sinks and are pretty likely to break them. Replacement percentages are high. Can't say I disagree with anything you've said Bert but if a plumber broke a sink I made, seems t...

Watershed, I don't undestand. Are you talking to the potential buyer who thinks $1200 is too much for a sink? Or are you saying that I shouldn't be asking $1200 right off the bat? I don't get it. Are you responding to the person who wants to buy a kiln so she can make a sink or are you talking to m...

Paragon GL24 will work nice. Skutt makes great kilns but I don't know if the clamshell everyone likes is deep enough to slump. You need probably a minimum of 10" to 12" internal height to fit the mold, have the glass on the top of the mold and not have the glass right next to the elements....

I would advise her to take some basic fusing glasses first. Then take a sink class. Then take a good look at her wallet and make sure she wants to make a lot of sinks. If all she wants is one sink for herself, take a class. To make good, professional sinks, takes a good investment. Nothing new here....

My data concours with Lauri, I've put hour meters on both of my production kilns and interestingly enough, for a typical cycle they are only ON for about 10% of the total time of the cycle. To figure your cost however this is probably the smallest component. Your lost opportunity cost is probably th...

Charlie, I did a little more analysis on your problem. Steel, or any material for that matter, will change shape equally in all directions if it is unconstrained. The simple formula is: Delta (inches) = COE (Material in in/F) * DeltaTemp (F) * Length (inches) In these units the COE of standard alloy...

Ah....but mesh will expand and contract without a problem. Lots of holes for flex. Solid steel wants to expand but if the sides are welded there is no place to go but up as they say.

I stand corrected. Mesh floors should work fine. Solid floors should NOT be welded.

Phil