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no shoes no shirt no cutting? I have read several posts where it is said to dress your blade. I have just bought a new tile saw, tho not an MK and I have trashed a couple of blades fairly early I thought cutting pattern bars. How does one go about "dressing" a blade? TIA for your help Val...

I'm thinking of ordering an mk370 saw from builders resource. I think they have a good price at $265 including blade. However, the blade is for tile and stone. They say it is a diamond blade but not suitable for glass. The glass blade they sell is about $45 with a kerf of .06. They also sell a lapi...

Thanks for all the input. Primo is regular not new and improved. I think I will avoid primo in future, though I fired again last night and got beautiful results. I can't rely on it though. good idea - cause i sometimes do lots of testing and prototyping i like to keep 2shelves coated with it for qu...

Dee,Cynthia, Hotline is Primo. Tried one blank and it turned out beautifully but then tried the piece I really wanted to turn out well , and it had a haze. I soaked at 1450 for 3 mins longer. Val val, i have had some intermittent trouble with haze/muck on the back of my pieces when using primo - i ...

I have recently bought Hotline Kiln Primer and followed instructions: that is to fire to 500 degrees F and hold for 10 minutes. My question is should I let the Primer dry completely before I fire or fire to dry? I am having a problem with a haze on the bottom of 96 after firing at following schedul...

Over the weekend, I participated in the Gilroy Garlic Festival. Although this is supposedly one of the top food shows in the country, the level of sophistication about contemporary art and craft among the attendees is not particularly high. I do this show, despite the high booth cost, terrible heat...

This is really silly...........the circle thing.......... I've been cutting 15 1/2" circles............the larger the circle the easier to cut. To clear up all the mystical stuff.............there is NO automatic "circle pop out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cut off any excess glass (more than 2in...

Greetings everybody, I'm new to this forum, I mostly do lampworking with borosilicate glass(you can see my work at the link in my signature) but I'm looking to start doing some fusing and slumping too. I got a great Paragon front loading top fire kiln but I use that to anneal my lampworked glass. I...

I do both fused glass and stained glass work, should I have seperate business cards? Also do you put your e-mail address on your cards? And a website address? Randy if you are printing them yourself, it's easy to have separate cards but ALWAYS put your website and email address on your literature! ...

This is really silly...........the circle thing.......... I've been cutting 15 1/2" circles............the larger the circle the easier to cut. To clear up all the mystical stuff.............there is NO automatic "circle pop out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cut off any excess glass (more than 2in...

Off-board I've discussed this topic with different folks in different media about what they do the day before a show setup. Now I'm curious to hear what you all do to prepare yourself the day before a show... I do as little as possible, try to relax and definitely don't do any work. If it's not don...

Just under two weeks until my first time selling at an art fair. It's a juried event so it's not a "craft" fair but it's not a fine arts deal either. Sort of in between. It's an outside event. I have a list going in my head of what to bring but I think I had better write it form in the fo...

I am trying to figure out a way to put a channel in a fused multi-layer pendant to hang on a chain. Should I use a nichrome wire coated with kiln wash , where the wire rest on a base piece of glass and the coated wire is sandwiched between or make up a coil of kiln wash the same dia, as the channel...

The cost of buying glass at the ONLY retail store in my town is absurd! Does anyone have suggestions as to how I can purchase at normal rates........hopefully to become a buyer from wholesale. How do I go about this and from whom? :cry: [/b] since most glass places want to see your tax id certifica...

I bought some a couple molds. 2 plates and a bowl. The bottom is stamped with........... Do not heat over 250 degrees/per hour This seems to me that it'll take forever to get where I want to slump. Correct or incorrect?? Thanks the kiln goddess is determined to teach patience i think - when in doub...

would like to photo dichroic pendants .need to know what digital camera would work best I'm not very photo literate.would appreciate any help. :D pookie, as stated by others, if you only will use it to post pics to a website, a 2 megapixel camera will be fine, check the macro feature to see how clo...

:D Thanks everyone for answering my other post..now I have another question. I've been using strickly either Spectrum 96 fusible or Bullseye fusible. I know NOT to mix the two. But can Wasser fusible (90 COE) be used with Bullseye? So can you use other manufacturers of glass with together as long a...

quill wrote:

in my 24" jen ken this is between 1250 deg and 1300 deg depending on look

Would that be for 96 or 90 COE or both?

i work with 90 coe exclusively at this point
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18" x 9" x 1" If I soak it at 1000F (to ensure the entire piece is safely above the strain point and won't thermal shock) and then go up real fast to fire polish do I need to dam the piece? The whole thick thing is new for me. - Paul i've not worked with anything thicker than 1/2&quo...

It seems that I can only get one firing from my shelf primer and I have to apply again. I am not sure what I am doing wrong, but it alwyas sticks to the glass. Should I not be able to get several firing from the primer before I have to scrap all the old off and start again. Any help is appreciated....