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- Sun Dec 21, 2003 7:18 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Compressor size?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15376
If you are going to be doing any deep carving and lots of sustained periods of blasting the 5-6 HP units may not even be big enough. I use my siphon gun many times and wish I had a large 2 stage compressor, but didn't want to spend the $1200+ for it. Get as big as you can afford and definitely get t...
- Wed Dec 17, 2003 12:38 am
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: Production Work
- Replies: 14
- Views: 15523
I heard a glass artist give a lecture this last year where he compared production work to a performance artist doing the same performance over and over. Just because it is the same theme doesn't mean it is always the same. Do you think musicians totally regret having to perform the same songs over a...
- Wed Dec 17, 2003 12:30 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: cutting thick circles
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10959
- Wed Dec 17, 2003 12:26 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Covington's 16" Glass Smoother?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 18008
- Thu Dec 04, 2003 7:17 pm
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: Big Possibility
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10990
Don't pass up anything if you can help it. If it's more than you can handle, share it with some of your glass friends and work as their agent, just count yourself in for a decent commission. make sure yu get the deposits and have a good contract and have evryhting spelled out as to what is expected ...
- Mon Sep 15, 2003 11:43 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Attaching a piece to a bowl
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5601
Definitely, glue it. Look at many of Chihuly's Italian series, all glued. many others, all glued. It's the technology of today. just grind a flat on the embellishment and secure it with some good UV adhesive. I've got 4 glass fountains that have been outside for 3 years that are all glued and still ...
- Sun Aug 10, 2003 11:07 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: COE for Most Armstrong and Youghiogeny Glass Question
- Replies: 16
- Views: 16376
Lani: most newbies haven't grown up with the trials and errors that some of us oldtimers have had to contend with. They are of the computer-age. Take it home, unpack it and it does all the work. There is no room for any thing to not be right , or it's returned or otherwise they'll sue whoever made i...
- Sat Aug 09, 2003 11:11 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: COE for Most Armstrong and Youghiogeny Glass Question
- Replies: 16
- Views: 16376
Coe's are not always the direct indication that something will work or not work. Dan, from Bullseye gave several lectures at past GAS conferences concerning this. Fluidity can have a big effect on what fits and what doesn't just as firing, temperatures reached and shapes of particular pieces. I know...
- Tue Jul 22, 2003 12:08 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Holograms
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2870
Holograms
Does anyone know of anyone who will apply holograms to glass that could be laminated? I have some designs that I would like transferred to holographic images on glass. I'd supply the glass. Tenn. Tom
- Fri Jun 27, 2003 9:48 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: long strip of ruby glass
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8233
- Wed Jun 25, 2003 11:00 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Glass crushers
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13423
There was a company by the name of Bluebird in Livermore Co. 80536 that made a hammer mill that worked well for crushing glass, then you had to sift it through specific screen sizes. Not sure if they are still in business, but a friend of mine still has one of their machines and uses it often for ma...
- Wed Jun 25, 2003 10:55 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Tempered glass question
- Replies: 20
- Views: 18153
- Wed Jun 25, 2003 10:46 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: long strip of ruby glass
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8233
long strip of ruby glass
I am in need of a piece of transparent ruby glass that is 80" X 14". does anyone know of anybody that could supply this? I know Spectrum could probably do it, but not sure if they would. This is a replacement for a church window and must match the others that are this size (one piece) that...
- Wed Jun 25, 2003 9:30 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Colored float glass
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3006
Colored float glass
Does anyone know of any stocking distributors of Visteon's colored float glass that they keep advertising and is it available in anything thicker than 1/4" thickness? 1/4" will work for what I am doing, but thicker would be nice. Tenn. Tom http://www.fuhrmanglass.com
- Sat May 31, 2003 10:10 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Millies for Fusing?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12161
Sarah: If ou're used to doing lots of flameworking, why don't you make and pull your own murrinis from whatever glass you need it to fit. You've got it all under your finger tips. just give it a go. It'll give you a distinctive look that others that don't have your capabilities can't offer. Tenn. Tom
- Mon May 26, 2003 3:55 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: yellow glass table top
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10993
- Wed May 14, 2003 6:16 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: collaboration?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8174
Billy Morris has a team that assists him in all his work. he gives them credit when credit is due and pays them well, but it's his work and he signs it and takes credit for it. a lot of the European artists never touch the glass they take credit for. They have it made in factories by a team under th...
- Mon May 12, 2003 2:09 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Rubber bumper suppliers?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9672
I have a few thousand in stock I could sell you or you can order from Outwater Plastics, 1-800-631-8375. naturally, the more you buy, the cheaper they get. Tenn. Tom http://www.fuhrmanglass.com
- Fri Apr 25, 2003 12:40 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Who own's it...ok, I do but ...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15643
I was at a presentation a couple of years ago by the Tenn. Arts Commission and the talk was given by L.Lee Wilson an attorney who has published books on this subject. She has a binder entitled Legal handbook for the Individual Artist available from July Publications, P.O. Box 121075 Nashville, Tn. 3...
- Fri Apr 25, 2003 12:19 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: coloring tempered glass
- Replies: 14
- Views: 16345
Mark: You might want to investigate the new UV setting inks that they are using on many bottles and decorative glass ware. I've never used them but they have been written up in Ceramics Industry magazine and they are to be the wave of the future as they are non toxic and require no firing but will h...