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by Mike Griffin
Tue Apr 02, 2013 3:37 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: glass cuttimg medium
Replies: 51
Views: 53551

Re: glass cuttimg medium

I normally use auto transmission fluid only because I have it, it works and washes off easily but one recent project demanded that I don't wash the glass after cutting it. An internet search revealed that glass manufacturers have the same need and there are a number of evaporating residue free cutti...
by Mike Griffin
Tue Apr 02, 2013 1:01 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Using a tile saw chips glass. Is this normal?
Replies: 9
Views: 12500

Re: Using a tile saw chips glass. Is this normal?

The biggest problem with many cheap tile saws is that the blade doesn't run true meaning that as the blade rotates once it can wobble from side to side. That is the problem with my tile saw, it wobbles by more than 1 mm so that on each revolution it slaps the glass and causes nasty chips. I armed my...
by Mike Griffin
Tue Apr 02, 2013 12:43 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: slumping glass into a glazed ceramic mold
Replies: 10
Views: 14722

Re: slumping glass into a glazed ceramic mold

I've bought a few glazed plates for slumping. They are often cheap, sometimes very cheap and occasionally you can pick up a plate that has a shape unlike anything that is available in slumping moulds or ceramic bisque. The most difficult task is drilling vent holes as the fully baked porcelain is ha...