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Geri- I'd give him back his money in full just to be done with it. A letter to the promoter wouldn't hurt but don't hold your breath.
Just when you thought you'd seen/done it all....
Marty
ps. wanna duke it out again at WGWE2? Brad will give us a forum.

How about 2" fiberboard, the dense stuff?

If you roll a gather in powder or frit and then pull it for cane or murrini, the color thins out too much. To keep the color, if the set-up is done on a blow pipe, the outer (cased) color can be added by dipping in a pot of molten colored glass, by rolling up a sheet, or by melting a blob of color o...

Unfortunately the IRS will only allow you to deduct your manufacturing costs, not the fair market value. I've been told that if it cost me $50 in materials and $50 in someone else's labor, that's all I can claim, not the extra $50 that I put into the piece. I'd assume that if I was an employee of my...

I wouldn't cap them, not with a solid piece anyway- too many bubbles. You could fire them on glass or just by themselves, they'll melt together and hold.

Ohira is the exception. That guy in Seattle doesn't.... Klaus doesn't hide the fact that he doesn't do his own roll-ups but doesn't have Scott and Kirstie sign the pieces either. I just started doing rollups with a glass blower- the first session was an experiment, we got some maybe's out of it. Aft...

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I was told by someone in the diamond industry that warm water for coolant is not a good idea- shortens the tool life. It was in the middle of a wide ranging conversation and I never did get back to that topic. Any thoughts?

You can get anything "custom" but is it worth it? Better to rig up a jig to feed the work into the head at the angle you need.

There should be a 20psi differential.

Also after a while you'll need to change the diaphragm if the air won't shut off.

Sorry, Stuart, no how-to on mine. I've trademarked "fused glass", "mag-less", and "blob", and everything even remotely related is patent pending.

The truth is that I can't remember. Inquiring minds need to email me a photo and I'll make up some lies.

Marty

I wrote in Brad.

re-melt them.

pattern bars.

"Klaus" projects.

make frit.

mosaics.

give 'em to schools.

Either a digital image or photo of generic flameworked fish (made by the thousands in Italy, China, India, etc.)

Nice site- ditto (with Steve) on the font, would love to have larger enlargements. Great photos!

Robin's a guy.

I also didn't heat the kiln to pin saggers. I did put 2 pins in the same place, angling them at 45 degrees opposite each other, hoping for some tension. Seemed to work.

That preprogramme again! Blistering barnacles! Once you've fused a piece it has different requirements. If your original consisted of lots of little pieces, you could race afap up to a soak at 1000F or so. Now you've got a solid hunk of glass that will be subject to thermal shock if you try that. Fo...

He's just making a new glass of unknown COE. No problem (like fusing an unknown with itself) unless he wants to add color.

For 3/8" thickness I'd slow down to at most 150F dph on the way up. I slump at 1240 and hold for 30 to 45 min, but I'm working 1/2" thick. How fast does your kiln lose heat from 960 down? You might just be able to shut it after a 2 hr. anneal soak at 960. BTW I used to break speed limits o...

The glue burns off at about 800F. Patience. You might also try diluting the white glue a little with water.

If you can pre-slump the top layer of stringers you won't have to worry about them moving around in the kiln. Do it over a torch or candle.