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Ive seen some very fancy P traps for sinks at the local megabox hardware. Of course you have to buy the sink to get the plumbing. Anybody know were to get fittings like these?

Liam

I think I read that when encased, it had to have some glass to glass contact. Is that right, or will the top blank fuse to the prefused mica blank?

Liam

yup, that was it. thanks
Vermiculite. hmm. interesting

Liam

Thanks for the pic and the links Ron. It was nice to revisit them as it reminded me of somthing I had planned way back when, but never got around to doing. You once had a link for bending the sides of the box. Is that still around? Did you ever try using plaster instead of sand for one of your boxes...

I messed with the idea of getting a speedburn kiln but the cost was prohibitive, and making one. Well I wasn't convinced that available ceramic elements could withstand repeted ramping. I aslo wasn't sure I would get even heat. I gave up and bought an electric fast ramping denver. They are thin wall...

speaking of blasting, here's a nifty link. it's a syphon blaster, but it's got a smaller orfice than regular syphon types, making it use less air.
http://www.paascheairbrush.com/parts_20 ... veGuns.pdf

Liam

When you figure out how to get a new board into the lid, without cutting the one piece welded lid, let me know. It's a mistery to me.

Liam

I,m sure you thought of this but I'll mention it anyways. Blast red flashed, then paint the blasted area?

I like my denver, but you will need to do more upkeep than you would for most kilns. That was a plus for me because it forced me to learn how my kiln works. Now I could build a denver type kiln from scratch. They have a problem with the lid insulation board warping down and resting on the elements. ...

you end up with a mini China Syndrome and the element melts down. Tony :?: I wonder if that phrase's meaning will ever become a trivia question, like "lock stock and barrel" the 3 parts needed to complete a flint lock firearm, who's components could be bought separatley, or all at once, L...

for rigidizing do a search in the archives for
fiber rigidizer
or fiberdizer
Anything with fiberdizer-n-go is good
Liam

We use the green wax like pencil that pottery supply places sell as a hi fire marker...I think they are three bucks......applied to dry glass it is excellent under the tile saw and grinder. Found nothing faster, better or easier and I looked a lot. Rick How well does this stand up to firing? Ive be...

Tami C wrote:I got my Float fire sample set on Friday. It looks to me like the color is a paint or enamel applied to the surface. TamiC

Hmm, this might be good glass to do that Fenton thing with 3/8" strips layed up on their side to get a basket weave effect.

My light tabel is has a 2x4 top, with a hole in the middle that accepts a 18x 36 1/4"glass sheet. I taped wax paper to the bottom of the sheet to difuse the light. Some day I'll get around to sandblasting it. From chains I hung a shelf under it that has 2- 3foot double florecent fixtures and it...

testing,, testing

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Very cool link Ron, thanks.
What size tubing have you all used for this? And do you have an idea of wall thickness?
Liam

I just want to make sure I understand how it's hung. The elements are suspended in the quartz tubes, and the tubes (not the elements) are suspended by nicrome wire, right? How many wires does it take to suport one tube? I rebuilt mine using Denver's ceramic rods in a simialr way, but I'm unhappy wit...

why not try plater of paris, or its high temp cousins, hyroperm or hydrocal. They should sand right off.

Liam

You can make the original in clay if you like, apply a separator, and make casts off of it while its still wet, so that it hasn't shrunk with drying. Keep the original damp so that it doesn't shrink and keep making plaster molds off of it.
Liam

Ya, plaster can crack, but make an original negative, and make a thousand plaster molds off of it. and no kiln wash to wory about.
Liam