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- Sat Feb 16, 2013 12:26 pm
- Forum: Kiln Casting
- Topic: Damn burst, kiln needs cleaning!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7487
Re: Damn burst, kiln needs cleaning!
That is the way it always works!!
- Sat Feb 16, 2013 12:06 pm
- Forum: Kiln Casting
- Topic: Damn burst, kiln needs cleaning!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7487
Re: Damn burst, kiln needs cleaning!
That element is a gonner. Save yourself the frustration and remove the glass, patch the area and replace the element.
- Sat Feb 16, 2013 11:26 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Genesis lg format kiln
- Replies: 27
- Views: 25123
Re: Genesis lg format kiln
Hang in their Bonnie. You can do it! We did the front wall and the side walls. The back has rust but when it drops it never gets on the work but falls behind the shelf. It is an amazing site when you see it with the blanket off. It is for sure a two person job when you try to position the blanket wi...
- Thu Feb 07, 2013 9:21 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Blood!!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8462
Re: Blood!!
Good one!
- Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:04 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Blood!!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8462
Re: Blood!!
Dang! I figured as much! Thanks
- Thu Feb 07, 2013 4:50 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Blood!!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8462
Blood!!
So i am building a very compicated and time consuming strip piece in a stainless steel ring......I just dropped a large drop of blood from a cut onto the already set up strips. I hate to take it all apart.....dang......do you think it will just burn off at full fuse?
- Thu Feb 07, 2013 4:45 pm
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: Stupid question: kiln wash
- Replies: 18
- Views: 20698
Re: Stupid question: kiln wash
I have never had success reusing Bullseye shelf paprer. It may have something to do with the fact that I use such a variety of glass in each load.....opaques, trans, 96,90 etc. although some pieces may lift off fairly clean..... Even a little uneveness will show on the back of the next piece especia...
- Thu Feb 07, 2013 12:52 pm
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: Stupid question: kiln wash
- Replies: 18
- Views: 20698
Re: Stupid question: kiln wash
I use Bullseye shelf paper in every load in my Genesis. I kiln wash my shelf 1 solid layer maybe once every 30-40 firings. That in mind.....if you put it on too thick and starts to chunk off you will see those indents on the bottom of your pieces right thru the shelf paper. That is why I only brush ...
- Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:47 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Use for broken mold
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5678
Re: Use for broken mold
throw them out!
- Mon Feb 04, 2013 1:43 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Use for broken mold
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5678
Re: Use for broken mold
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- Sat Feb 02, 2013 1:52 pm
- Forum: Jewelry Making
- Topic: Jewelry -stick and smooth, not melt
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14013
Re: Jewelry -stick and smooth, not melt
Yes....as Kevin says....make a slab, anneal well and saw!
- Sat Feb 02, 2013 1:27 pm
- Forum: Jewelry Making
- Topic: Jewelry -stick and smooth, not melt
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14013
Re: Jewelry -stick and smooth, not melt
If you have a saw I think the easier way to go is to make a slab the thickness you want the then to cut them up and fire polish. nice flat edges, straight lines!
Just a thought!
Just a thought!
- Fri Feb 01, 2013 8:17 pm
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: More about melts
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9978
Re: More about melts
It is not clear to me from your post - you do pot melt AND THEN stainless steel mesh melt??? if so - why do'nt you do mesh melt directly?? no....I do a pot melt from one of my hand thrown pot melt pots into a stainless steel form whether it be a square, rectangle, triangle or round. The stainless st...
- Fri Feb 01, 2013 2:53 pm
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: More about melts
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9978
Re: More about melts
IMG_0808.JPG I use mostly opaques. What I do is to use around 50 - 60% white opaque and let that blend with the colors. Too much dark of course turns the whole melt dark. these are 1 1/2" thick pot melts into a stainless steel former. I have found that when I mix in any transparent into an opa...
- Tue Jan 29, 2013 12:34 pm
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: USPS
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13300
Re: USPS
Let's not start talking waistlines but I would sure love a Krispy Kreme with this cup of coffee I just made.
Bert ....that does sound like a nightmare.......
We have found that most international shipping is best cost thru USPS which I am always surprised by.
Bert ....that does sound like a nightmare.......
We have found that most international shipping is best cost thru USPS which I am always surprised by.
- Mon Jan 28, 2013 5:47 pm
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: USPS
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13300
USPS
Shipping boxes is going up as of today again!! USPS told us this morning that they have increased their shipping prices again but now will be giving tracking numbers at no charge...... Anyone having problems with the online site yesterday and this morning....that is why. I think we are just going to...
- Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:35 am
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: Kiln Shelf Spacing
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12045
Re: Kiln Shelf Spacing
How big is the kiln....shelf....?
- Sun Jan 27, 2013 10:10 pm
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: Kiln Shelf Spacing
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12045
Re: Kiln Shelf Spacing
I am with getting a larger kiln and using this one as is. That mentality has gotten me to have 7 kilns and looking at an 8th!!!! Don't listen to me!
- Sun Jan 27, 2013 12:56 am
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: Schedule help and other questions.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 21334
Re: Schedule help and other questions.
Well said Bob..... I was thinking moreof the
kiln did not have a "skip segment" as my skutts do not. My genesis does and it comes in very handy.
kiln did not have a "skip segment" as my skutts do not. My genesis does and it comes in very handy.
- Sat Jan 26, 2013 2:52 pm
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: Schedule help and other questions.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 21334
Re: Schedule help and other questions.
In my kilns.......if I peek and want to stop the cycle i just stop the program. I will then enter a new program for the annealing cycle. If you want to stop something from getting hotter just vent your kiln for a min or so by holding your lid open a few inches. You need to keep an eye on the temp. N...