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[/quote] The only thing I didn't like about the custom grip cutter is the handle swivels around and isn't tight on the body of the cutter. Everytime I picked the cutter up it took two hands to get the thing lined up, so I wrapped some heavy thread between the body and the handle and that keeps the a...

I'm kind of interested in getting Toyo pistol grip since I've heard great things about them, but my concern is that you can't see what you are cutting. When I cut I bend my knees just a little and watch the line I've drawn on the glass while I'm cutting as I cut from away from me toward me (does th...

I wouldn't be without my tap cutter. It's great for any hard to cut glass. If you do stained glass and use Spectrum's Baroque you'll know the cuts occasionally "have a mind of their own" no matter how good your score. The tap cutter eliminates this. It's also useful for any heavily textur...

Interesting story about the public's perception of glass...I was recently told that I made the short list of artists for a large public art commission and that the committee loved my work and my concept. I proposed medium-sized cast glass pieces that would be siliconed in a metal framework. However...

Bert, I like working with thick glass too. What do you consider thick? And can you cut a small radius curve--say 2 inches, with this tap wheel on thick glass? I have used my tap wheel cutter to cut glass from 3/16" thick up to 1.5". The basic glass that I now use for most work (except lig...

I need to buy a new glass cutter, and have been considering a Toyo. Does anyone know what "tap" designates in the Toyo Tap Wheel Supercutter. I haven't been cutting glass for very long, and I don't know how the Tap Cutter is different from the regular Toyo cutter other than the ergonomic ...

I just got a sale flyer from Gran Quartz. They have a limited number of Flex LW 1503 wet grinders, reconditioned for $199, it has a built in GFCI and water feed hookup.

Alpha Ceramica polishing disks run from $24.8 (3") to 48.4 (5") for resin discs from 150 - 3000 grit.

Sounds counter intuitive, especially given that Unifrax makes 10" thick Durablanket modules. Why would they do that if there was a problem with more than 6" of insulation? Probably irrelevant in this case anyway. Even if I used brick to fill up the kiln, I'd put a layer of blanket on top o...

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Tess Farley wrote:Barbara, try using 1" fiberboard. That is what my silver supplier recommended to me, and it works great. The board has become badly stained over time, but I haven't had any problems with the stains ruining the glass.

Tess

do you have any idea how deep the silver has sunk?

Okay, so I fired a bunch of tests in my kiln of silver leaf and its affect on different glass colors. I must have "fumed" my kiln shelf. Lazy girl didn't scrape and re-wash her shelf because a: the wash was intact b: she was only firing test tiles c: she is lazy d: all of the above And th...

Robert, They are expecting it to look similar to when you drape a piece over a floral former, irregular and freeform....do you still think I should go slow? Thanks for your response, Sherry Sherry If you want it to wrinkle, I would go fast. Be sure to anneal slowly as sometimes the wrinkles touch a...

I just made a Stained Glass panel that has a 2lb cast piece in the center. The panel is round (4 sq ft) framed in 1/2" came. I know when adding the rings to hang with, I need to run the wire into the seams for a stronger hold. Well the panel was hanging about 4 hours when I noticed the solder ...

Carol wrote:bert...does your policy cover your work while in the hands of commercial carriers?

I don't think so.

I have been making glass table tops. So far nothing larger than 20 inches. They are about 1/2 inch thick and set into, not ontop of the frames. My concern is safety. When I market these tops or tables must I include a layer of tempered glass to lay fused glass on top of or write a disclaimer or not...

It sounds like there are a few of you that are still able to get business insurance. Is there anyone doing commissioned work that can give me the insurance carrier that they are using? I am in Colorado, and have been trying to get my business re-insured for the past year. I have run into one dead-e...

I frequently wash my blender with soap and warm water. I take it no one else has encountered this so perhaps ambient dust, but it seems to happen after several smooth dust free blending strokes, then dust seems to appear. I have to tell you I feel laughed at here. Ha Ha. Not at all Joseph, nobody i...

Not at all Joseph, nobody is laughing at you. I clean and dry my brushes the same way as Bert described. Then store them 'whiskers up' in a glass. The bristles have a paper 'hat' to keep them clean and dry. I try to keep the workplace, as when gilding, as clean and dust-free as possible. Paul Joe D...

My idea of the best insurance it never to ship with brown.

I have not yet had any issues with heavy glass shipped motor freight. I use Freightquote.com

Bert

Well Janus, as I can´t afford imported Spectrum glass, that is the only "art glass" we have here in Brazil, I work with float all time. We don´t have colored float also, so I have to paint the float. That is all I can do, and I can assure you that I have lots of fun with not so much mon...