Will this work?
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 8:23 am
Hi warm glassers - relative newbie and first time poster here. This list and website has been a huge boon to my warm glass knowledge since previously I was a flameworker only.
I have some box bases (4.5" round opening) for which I want to fuse some 'tops'. Rather than just a flat round, I want to have an inner lip so the lid is more secure. In other words, I want a smaller circle indented under a larger one.
Initially I thought to use thick fiber paper (the stuff that is around 1/8" thick) but I had trouble getting a nice clean circle cut out. So I was thinking to go to the shop where I buy my greenware, get some clay, roll a sheet out 2 thicknesses of glass high and cut out the center circle like one might do in cookie dough, then fire to bisque and kiln wash.
Then I would put the my smaller circles (2 thicknesses) in the open hole and lay the larger circles over the top on a shelf. Kind of like laying a drop ring right on a shelf but filling the center of it, not 'dropping'.
My questions are
1) do I need to fuse the inner two and outer layers of circle separately into blanks and then put them together and tack fuse or full fuse? I want a good solid bond so I thought full fuse?
2) is there a better way to accomplish this than my plan?
Thanks!
I have some box bases (4.5" round opening) for which I want to fuse some 'tops'. Rather than just a flat round, I want to have an inner lip so the lid is more secure. In other words, I want a smaller circle indented under a larger one.
Initially I thought to use thick fiber paper (the stuff that is around 1/8" thick) but I had trouble getting a nice clean circle cut out. So I was thinking to go to the shop where I buy my greenware, get some clay, roll a sheet out 2 thicknesses of glass high and cut out the center circle like one might do in cookie dough, then fire to bisque and kiln wash.
Then I would put the my smaller circles (2 thicknesses) in the open hole and lay the larger circles over the top on a shelf. Kind of like laying a drop ring right on a shelf but filling the center of it, not 'dropping'.
My questions are
1) do I need to fuse the inner two and outer layers of circle separately into blanks and then put them together and tack fuse or full fuse? I want a good solid bond so I thought full fuse?
2) is there a better way to accomplish this than my plan?
Thanks!