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by Judd
Fri Sep 08, 2017 9:12 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Should I switch to System 96?
Replies: 14
Views: 22971

Re: Should I switch to System 96?

1) First of all, while this is all true about Bullseye, I found their representatives to be exceedingly arrogant, rude and obnoxious. A long time ago I decided to make art with 96 rather than put up with unprofessional behavior. Considering the posts for incompatibility/ devitrification/ etc. I have...
by Judd
Fri Sep 01, 2017 8:46 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: small crack in a fused piece
Replies: 8
Views: 12190

Re: small crack in a fused piece

If I fire at low temps like 1500, I use copper leaf, other metals, or enamels. I have had great results with Gil Reynold's enamels that he sells at Fusion Headquarters. http://www.fusionheadquarters.com/category_s/47.htm The cobalt blue, yellows and greens are awesome. The reds tend to wash out if I...
by Judd
Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:24 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Can I slump directly on a kiln shelf without a mold?
Replies: 4
Views: 7576

Re: Can I slump directly on a kiln shelf without a mold?

I fire and slump on the floor of my kiln all the time.
1) Cover the floor with kiln wash (which you should do anyhow in case of an accident).
2) Extend your anneal time.
by Judd
Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:21 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: small crack in a fused piece
Replies: 8
Views: 12190

Re: small crack in a fused piece

If you're using float glass, I'd hit 1525 Fahrenheit then immediately go to my anneal schedule.
Temps for my kiln. Your temps may vary.
by Judd
Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:18 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: small crack in a fused piece
Replies: 8
Views: 12190

Re: small crack in a fused piece

Love that piece.

Nope. You fire it or you glue it. That's pretty much your only choices.

I'd refire.

You're using float glass? Love that. I have to hit 1800 or so to make my colors bloom like that.
by Judd
Tue Aug 29, 2017 9:15 am
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Cutting Very Thick Glass Slabs
Replies: 12
Views: 21311

Re: Cutting Very Thick Glass Slabs

I'll try that too. Thank you.
by Judd
Fri Aug 18, 2017 12:42 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Cutting Very Thick Glass Slabs
Replies: 12
Views: 21311

Re: Cutting Very Thick Glass Slabs

Sorry Don, we miscommunicated. I said in the initial post it was 3"x10" long. The block is 3" thick.
by Judd
Fri Aug 18, 2017 8:50 am
Forum: Photos and Stuff
Topic: Some of my Stuff
Replies: 5
Views: 11373

Re: Some of my Stuff

The final product.
by Judd
Fri Aug 18, 2017 8:50 am
Forum: Photos and Stuff
Topic: Some of my Stuff
Replies: 5
Views: 11373

Some of my Stuff

The cut pattern bar.
by Judd
Fri Aug 18, 2017 8:49 am
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Cutting Very Thick Glass Slabs
Replies: 12
Views: 21311

Re: Cutting Very Thick Glass Slabs

the finished product here.
by Judd
Fri Aug 18, 2017 8:48 am
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Cutting Very Thick Glass Slabs
Replies: 12
Views: 21311

Re: Cutting Very Thick Glass Slabs

If it will upload, this is an example of what I'm doing.
by Judd
Wed Aug 16, 2017 1:30 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: coloured rolled figure glass
Replies: 1
Views: 5807

Re: coloured rolled figure glass

This is stained glass window glass, not fusing glass?

If it's stained glass window glass, who knows? Many times they will strike to a Poop Color that NO ONE WILL BUY or WANT!!!

But, hey, experiment. Throw a small slice in the kiln when you do your next batch and see what happens.
by Judd
Wed Aug 16, 2017 1:26 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Cutting Very Thick Glass Slabs
Replies: 12
Views: 21311

Cutting Very Thick Glass Slabs

I put this in the New-Bee section because I must be doing something wrong. So, I bought the Harbor Freight 10" tile saw. Love it. And I bought the His Glassworks blade. This one to be exact: 10 Inch x .040 Inch Result Medium Diamond Blade So, I'm sawing slabs of glass, approximately 3" wid...
by Judd
Mon Aug 14, 2017 1:44 pm
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: Gallery %
Replies: 9
Views: 30844

Re: Gallery %

My gallery charges me 38%, but I live in the Little Rock, Arkansas, Metro area.
by Judd
Tue Apr 18, 2017 9:43 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Pot melt for Patten bar slices
Replies: 3
Views: 6824

Re: Pot melt for Patten bar slices

You could make a rectangular mold, 6" long, 3" deep, 3" wide. Put a rectangle of clear glass on the bottom of the mold, an inch smaller than the mold. However, when I fire into molds, I don't bother with putting clear on the bottom of the mold.
by Judd
Tue Apr 18, 2017 9:35 am
Forum: Art, philosophy, and content
Topic: The ethics of deconstructing and sharing secret techniques
Replies: 11
Views: 38619

Re: The ethics of deconstructing and sharing secret techniques

You copyright the final product, not the technique. I may become a pariah in anyone's glass shop... but how many glass shops do you visit? If the technique is so simple that you can figure it out, then anyone can figure it out. It's unfair that an artist would spend his life discovering a new techni...
by Judd
Thu Sep 15, 2016 9:30 am
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: Spectrum Update
Replies: 2
Views: 17972

Re: Spectrum Update

"Your friends..."
Yeah... that always makes me nervous.
by Judd
Mon Jun 06, 2016 9:34 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: bubble up
Replies: 3
Views: 6834

Re: bubble up

You can achieve boiled glass (or the effect) with lower temps and longer holds. Still, some COE shift occurs.
by Judd
Fri May 20, 2016 12:15 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Devit Spray and Dichoric
Replies: 4
Views: 8021

Re: Devit Spray and Dichoric

My experience is that Homemade Anti-Devit spray removed iridized surfaces from fusible glass - but I've not tried it on dichroic. Good luck and post pictures please.
by Judd
Thu May 19, 2016 9:30 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: SPECTRUM GLASS CLOSING DOWN
Replies: 29
Views: 70889

Re: SPECTRUM GLASS CLOSING DOWN

Don McClennen,
Why flatten bottles when you can make art?
And, insensitive? Spectrum was a business. Their business model didn't succeed. That's life. Nothing sensitive or insensitive about it.