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Thank you all. That was exactly the advice I needed. I will go shopping this weekend and get it rigged. Thanks Ron for posting the picture. Pictures are good for my particular style of (mis)understanding! (Although I understand the step stool and gallon jug thing too, thanks Cynthia! If I did that I...

Hello All, New wet belt sander. No water in studio. I've read the old archives. Most people seem to use a bucket above and gravity water through fittings to the water input for the WBS. A couple of questions to those of you who have either done this or who think in mechanical thoughts; If I put a bu...

I have a cheap Harbor Freight (Chicago Electric brand) tile saw (bought to, of all things, cut tile with)... but it works fine on 1/4" (2 - 3 layers) glass. I've never tried to cut anything thicker with it yet, so don't know how it would do on pattern bars or anything like that...

Linda

Okay, my thoughts on teaching. I am a teacher by trade. I've taught high school, middle school, swimming, scuba diving, etc. Over the years I've discovered something. No matter how good you are at your subject, if you can't "read" your students, you're a failure. My stained glass teacher ...

They make mobile bases for band saws, etc. you could buy something like that - or look one up on a tool site and make your own to fit... wood or metal and four wheels with locking mechanism would probably work best. My tile saw came with two wheels, but if the pan is full it's slosh, slosh if I want...

Kelly - That is gorgeous! How big is it? What are you going to do with it? I was looking at the pic you posted and the way the frame is cropped, it made me think of scribing a wood frame for pieces - just the way yours looks in the pic... inset a piece like that (which is so perfect for just looking...

We have a local ceramics shop that sells bisque ware that I guess people buy and paint or something, but they have TONS of small shapes that can be used as molds (hearts, ruffles, bowls, ovals, christmas ornaments, etc). I bet you can find places on the web. I buy some component stuff from Aftosa - ...

One of the best parts of the last conference was the ability to gather in the evening with the fellow participants. I think that the most important part of whichever hotel is a gathering area. IMHO. I could sleep in a dorm or a tent, but, if possible, I'd rather pay more and have one with a place to...

Same advice as above, but if you don't have a sandblaster, you can just use sandpaper to rough up the interior surface so the kilnwash adheres. I use a power detail sander to follow the rounded surface.

Linda

I use a regular steel wok to slump into (I do the heat and spray with shelf primer method - the outside flakes, but I've used it many times with the original seperator still intact) and I often use fencing or chicken wire with fiber paper over to create shapes, but those are both (especially the wir...

I use a regular steel wok to slump into (I do the heat and spray with shelf primer method - the outside flakes, but I've used it many times with the original seperator still intact) and I often use fencing or chicken wire with fiber paper over to create shapes, but those are both (especially the wir...