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hope your knee replacement is not a painful as mine is. got mine 6/5. still trying to figure pain meds. had a couple reactions
make sure you.re off the pain meds and thinking clearly when you attempt conversion

Electronic controllers have allowed fusing to be easily accessible to 1000's. without them I doubt nearly as many would be involved. I wonder what will happen to all those when the fused glass manufacturers cease to exist. how many will make their own glass? prior to the late 70's we had no compatib...

depends if you are working soft glass or boro. Boro is much harder on your eyes than soft glass. the size of items you are working on I think has an effect on your eyes as well. Philips and Aura are 2 good manufacturers of these glasses, call and talk to them. They'll have some things to recommend.

IMHO: better to buy a used ceramic kiln and get started, many times you can find some of these on craigslist for under $150. buying good insulating fire brick isn't cheap. you can get a set point controller and pyrometer for another $50. that is the cheapest way to get started and then upgrade as yo...

Bert: contact Tangent Industries in Winsted, CT. or better yet, go see them. They will have something that will work. nice people and very helpful. That should be a day trip for you. Thyey make 100's of different adhesives depending on what your requirements are. Tell them I recommended them.

Find a friend who has a good water jet cutter. makes difficult shapes easy and impossible shapes possible.

I have used a regular steel wok for many years. I just coat it well with kiln wash. it will flake some but can usually be brushed off with no problem. I've also used all types of stainless, including stainless exhaust pipes, barware, cheap mixing bowls, grill parts, etc. I also have a large drop out...

all kilns require maintenance and repair. just like automobiles. if you're not ready to accept that, then find another media. Everything has it's limits and can be problems depending upon their usage. As I stated before they are pieces of mechanical equipment just like autos and each has it's own se...

which type glass lathe are you trying to make? engraving or torchworking? they are very different.

That's kind of like buying a car. There are a lot of good manufacturers and different models. Everyone has their own preferences and set of requirements. I have a friend who just traded her 12 year old car on a new one and wishes he had the old one back. Look at a lot of the kiln dealers and see wha...

some higher end jewelry stores put a small,1/4" high sign in very legible black and white in front of or next to the items. Even if it's $5000 or $20. Label it with price, but do it very tastefully, not handwritten on a hand tag or a sticker. add some class to it and make it easily read.

Check out The Flow and Profitable Glass and Glass Quarterly.

if you can heat up the inner coil with a torch, and pull it while it's hot, you can stretch the coil without breaking it and then force more of it thru the ceramic piece to connect to.

check your thermocouple first. Thermocouples definitely have a life span and it sounds like yours may be about up. Type K thermocouples are notorious for this. If it's over 2 years old replace it. the other thing it could be is an element and those should not be very expensive, check with Duralite f...

try sandblasting the silver off and then prepare with kiln wash, then you don't risk contaminating your kiln from the silver.

I've polished 1000's of pieces with cerium oxide on an old Somaca lap wheel. I've also done it as you mentioned with a piece of float. The most important part is to make sure you go thru all the grits and get all the scratches out before going to the next finer grit. If you get evenly ground to 600 ...

I have used a spade shaped bit and drill until it just barely comes thru the surface of the opposite side, then turn the piece over and drill from the other side. I've drilled 1000's of holes this way and have only had a few that cracked because I was not careful to support the glass evenly. I almos...

spend the big bucks and make yourself some new body parts. I find at my age most of what I have left is worn out. Since our bodies are our most important tool, think, what can I make to do what my busted body can no longer do. design and produce parts to make a contraption that will do repetitive cu...

you may be thinking of Dan Lopacki, www.lopacki.com he has lots of diamond blades.