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On wall behind kiln but with additional guide pulleys mounted on ceilings could be used. there are issues getting any of them set up, weights or pulleys. One is where are you tying the rope when the lid is open? Think however about how heavy a lid feels when it is closed. It gets lighter feeling as ...

Those other lid lifter systems make you lift the lid exposing your hand and arm to all the heat that is bailing out of the kiln. The pulley system I showed earlier enables you to open a hot kiln without fried body parts. Make your own choice but I would not go for counterweights unless the lid weigh...

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watching from Canada where we don't have square, what about the issue of chargebacks? Anytime a card is not present during a transaction and in Canada a pin number is not entered, you are at risk of a chargeback. Sure the money will be in the account only to possibly disappear later. The other issue...

Old window putty and paint can contain the lead associated as being with old windows.

mixing enamels with clear enamel is an option to get better colours. Helps with compatibility too.

you get what you pay for.

Near Vancouver Canada source.
Pdf is 2150kb
I believe they are made in England.
http://www.greenbarn.com/PDFs/G_KILNS%2 ... 023_27.pdf

study the methods of the Higuchi's.
Painstaking attention to detail in the whole process.

aaaah well since our Brock is/was one of the best instructors going, I'd like to suggest the odds of success in terms of effort expended vs results won't be happening. A joint like that in order to be 'clear' would need to be polished. First of all try polishing a bevel on 3mm thick rippled surface ...

get a decal made.

speed kills
The crack is from the speed of firing owing to the differential of rapid heat absorption between the clear and opaque glass.

It becomes a bit of a game as to how long you sit there with the piece in the sandblaster shooting dust at it vs how much time you'd spend polishing with a felt wheel and rouge or cerium.
Better to make moulds that don't require glass finishing work on the finished piece.

The problem is the finer the grit the less mass each particle has and the less work it can do.

Jolly said.......after firing

What do hand prints look like if you wear rubber gloves?

So how much glass can a good cutter cut if a good cutter can cut glass?
Before you go spending money on a fancy cutter, think of all the glass you are going to have to handle just to pay for it and then sell to currently non existent customers.

Read Stone's book

Done stress check with polarizing film?

Sort of the opposite of normal 6mm fusing.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18329974

Don, see my above post.
Brian's Evenivity said it all.
The average kiln is not going to heat the contents evenly.