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- Thu Apr 15, 2004 2:30 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: I can´t stand ignoring it...tin side... again...
- Replies: 16
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- Fri Mar 19, 2004 4:45 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Homemade Etching Brew
- Replies: 11
- Views: 23000
Just a little tid bit about the sugar acid mixture. The sugar is usually dextrose and is only added as a buffer to affect the way the flourosilic crystals form on the glass surface. Instead of the crystals forming in a sharper crystaline shape, they become more cobblestone like. It leaves the surfac...
- Mon Mar 15, 2004 2:06 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Shocking.....
- Replies: 17
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Getting shocked when blasting with aluminum oxide? Hook a ground wire to the metal cabinet (Make sure to make contact with clean metal and not paint). Connect the other end to the blasting nozzle. Use a hose clamp or allegator clip. This will collect ALL the static charges caused by the abrasive gra...
- Thu Mar 04, 2004 8:31 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Perfect white for fusing( Liquid Paper???) YES
- Replies: 40
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I would venture to guess the white is titanium dioxide. As for toxicity, straight out of the bottle beware of the solvents such as trichlor or perchlor ethelene Etc, known to cause reproductive problems and nerve damage in humans and lab animals, most likely in copius amounts. The dried coating is b...
- Fri Jan 23, 2004 7:41 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: sandwiched photos in float glass
- Replies: 5
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The best results I got were by disconnecting or temporarly removing the heat fuser roller in my printer, or in the case of my copier, the quartz heater lamp. This allows the print to exit with the toner powder loose and unmelted into the paper. I place it toner side down onto the glass. Sand blast f...
- Wed Dec 31, 2003 9:25 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Light bulb cutting
- Replies: 9
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I use my wet belt sander to open bulbs. Come in from the edge of the belt, make a notch to release the vaccum. Then rotate the bulb allowing the cutting edge of the belt to cut as it enters the bulb but not contact the bulb as it exits ( avoiding chips being blown out) This cuts easily and allows yo...
- Fri Dec 12, 2003 3:42 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: loading artglass photos
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3797
loading artglass photos
Help! I want to connect a Sony Mavica 2.1 mega pixal digital camera to a Mac G4 via the USB cable. The G4 does't recognize the camera. I've searched the net for a driver, with no luck. Does anyone have a solution?
Pat
Pat
- Mon Nov 24, 2003 10:07 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Mold making material
- Replies: 8
- Views: 20728