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- Mon Dec 29, 2003 2:21 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: silk screening-- what am I doing wrong
- Replies: 20
- Views: 20051
- Thu Dec 25, 2003 8:58 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Irred Spray in Garage?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5111
- Thu Dec 18, 2003 12:49 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Tec Help on Big Kiln
- Replies: 17
- Views: 17325
Thermal mass is the problem. You pay to heat it and then wait to cool it. Wasted money and time. I hate my kiiln shelves as they add mass to my kilns. I could fire faster without them. Mine run 6 cubic ft on 2300 watts. It is not the power going into a kiln that is important, it is what you are heat...
- Wed Dec 10, 2003 11:23 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Speaking of grinders....
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3953
- Mon Dec 08, 2003 11:45 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Food Safe?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6128
The rumour about kilns contaminating work arose probably out of the story that was heard maybe five years ago. A pottery studio in the US had their pottery tested for lead etc. and they failed. They were using lead free materials in their work so the lead etc was obviously coming from the old kilns ...
- Mon Dec 08, 2003 11:27 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Pyrometer, bubbles, kiln temps UPDATE
- Replies: 16
- Views: 15335
- Wed Dec 03, 2003 6:04 pm
- Forum: Kiln Casting
- Topic: Building My Own Controller
- Replies: 25
- Views: 31256
Only thing to be aware of is that the kiln being fired must have the thermocouple fitted, and connected. So it will read the temperature of the kiln being fired. Having done the above swapping of connections to save some money and not buy a controller, I cannot recommend it. I once failed to move t...
- Wed Dec 03, 2003 5:37 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Handprint Slumping
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11116
- Thu Nov 27, 2003 11:39 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: wet belt sanders
- Replies: 36
- Views: 37809
The messy water spray can be kept down by using magnets to hold a sheet of plastic such as 6 mil vapour barrier in place in front of the belt. Three or four of the thin flexible rubber type magnets will hold the sheet in place. Don't use any type of magnet that might cause damage to you or the machi...
- Wed Nov 26, 2003 1:00 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: kiln building ?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6427
My kilns run at the low end, about 600watts/ cubic ft. Sure more power will get you to fire a little faster but how many times a day do you want to fire a kiln? I am not into working a 24 hour day. It isn't the watts going into a kiln that is important, it is the total power that it takes to fire a ...
- Wed Nov 26, 2003 12:44 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Enamel medium for waterslide decals
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6661
Not only a coarse screen, a metal mesh that won't get cut by the grit of the Thompson enamel. I've got the Thompson stuff, have done lots of screen printing and wouldn't dream of using them , 80 mesh,with a regular silk screen. Thompson's will make a finer mesh if you special order it but I suspect ...
- Tue Nov 25, 2003 12:24 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Glass to fuse with float
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11192
Same goes for Thompson enamels. I've had problems in thick applications. You can get away with a lot fusing different materials together but there is always that chance for a problem. I have one Thompson colour right now that either they sent me some wrong coe enamel or I have to apply it realllly t...
- Mon Nov 24, 2003 11:57 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: 100+ year old plate glass Q sort of
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6505
Surface degradation over time. The surface of that old glass, if you were able to get down to the molecular level would look porous where parts of the surface have been literally washed away over time. The glass, drawn as compared to modern float, is most likely worth more to a stained glass window ...
- Mon Nov 24, 2003 11:35 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Perplexed.....need help (pics)
- Replies: 52
- Views: 43110
the kiln is at 180º so I peeked and there are no visible cracks Air temperature! The glass had to be over 300 on its surface and probably 500 F or more internally for a thick piece. Haven't there been a long discussions on this board before about the 300F glass transition temperatures, the ones I ...
- Sun Nov 23, 2003 8:10 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Perplexed.....need help (pics)
- Replies: 52
- Views: 43110
- Sun Nov 23, 2003 12:35 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Perplexed.....need help (pics)
- Replies: 52
- Views: 43110
I might look at several areas that could be causing the problem. #1 was all the glass from the same stock sheets or were they mixed and thus have some subtle variation in compatibility. This is probably not the problem. #2 shift in COE from repeated firings. Probably not the problem. #3 sometimes ki...
- Sat Nov 22, 2003 10:16 am
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: What is the best way to label glass so galleries will pay?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13188
My suggestion for the double/single label problem is to use a large enough single label but using an xacto knife cut through only the backing paper. Peel one side only. You do need a label with a backing paper that can be peeled off easily at the sales desk so the sales clerk doesn't have to waste s...
- Thu Nov 20, 2003 7:55 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Cost of Operating a Kiln.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 19168
- Wed Nov 19, 2003 10:36 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Production Sandblasting
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13433
What about building yourself a plywood box with baffles inside that causes the air to flow in a series of curves before it hits the motor. Sounds cheaper than $800. There is also the possibility of fitting standard furnace filtering materials from commercial air filtering companies. They have a tack...
- Sun Nov 16, 2003 3:08 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: kiln floor repair
- Replies: 13
- Views: 16970