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by wynpotter
Fri Dec 26, 2014 2:00 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Cutting glass with a dremel diamond disk
Replies: 7
Views: 11210

Re: Cutting glass with a dremel diamond disk

Yea, just have to get after it, would prefer self scoring and snapped glass , but it wasn't under the tree this year :lol:

Wyndham
by wynpotter
Tue Dec 23, 2014 5:52 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Cutting glass with a dremel diamond disk
Replies: 7
Views: 11210

Cutting glass with a dremel diamond disk

I've got some CBS dichroic thin glass1"x6" glass that I'm looking to find an efficient method of cutting with a saw. Several years ago I had a table top glass bandsaw but had many issues with the guides and the blade. I have recently gotten a dremel diamond wheel that seems to work well at...
by wynpotter
Mon Dec 03, 2012 1:11 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: kiln for slumping q?
Replies: 2
Views: 3875

kiln for slumping q?

I have seen where some glass fusing/slumping kilns are designed with elements in the lid of the kiln. My kiln has 3 zone type s thermocouples that I use in my pottery glaze firings. Is there an advantage to kilns for glass fusing/slumping or a major disadvantage in using a kiln with side and a botto...
by wynpotter
Mon Dec 03, 2012 1:00 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: kiln wash and bisque mold
Replies: 2
Views: 3965

Re: kiln wash and bisque mold

Thanks Brad. 80/20 sounds good
Wyndham
by wynpotter
Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:23 am
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: kiln wash and bisque mold
Replies: 2
Views: 3965

kiln wash and bisque mold

Hi folks, I'm a potter that is looking to getting into slump glass.I plan to make some bisque flat rectangular trays. My kiln wash for my pottery is 1/3 alumina hydrate, 1/3 kaolin clay, 1/3 350 mesh silica. Should i leave out the silica and go 50/50 kaolin/alumina hydrate? I'm looking to fuse a bas...
by wynpotter
Tue Jul 22, 2003 12:07 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: channel for pendant?
Replies: 3
Views: 4229

thanks

Thanks for the info, will try with next batch. wyndham@ac.net
by wynpotter
Tue Jul 22, 2003 10:24 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: channel for pendant?
Replies: 3
Views: 4229

channel for pendant?

I am trying to figure out a way to put a channel in a fused multi-layer pendant to hang on a chain. Should I use a nichrome wire coated with kiln wash , where the wire rest on a base piece of glass and the coated wire is sandwiched between or make up a coil of kiln wash the same dia, as the channel ...
by wynpotter
Thu Jul 03, 2003 1:47 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: glass thickness ?
Replies: 13
Views: 11113

thanks for the input

Well, this is kinda what I was thinking might be the case, gravity works. Thanks for the input. Would putting a weight on top of a piece be a problem when the glass cools at 960 quarts inversion? I'll try with a broken piece of kiln shelf and post later. Thanks wyndham@ac.net
by wynpotter
Thu Jul 03, 2003 10:08 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: glass thickness ?
Replies: 13
Views: 11113

glass thickness ?

I am new to fusing and am learning much as each firing comes out. From what I have read on this board and other info, glass is going to go to 1/4 in thickness if fired to full fuse and over. my question is what temp over full fuse or what flux can be applied to the glass to allow it to flow back to ...
by wynpotter
Wed Jul 02, 2003 11:38 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Re: Pyrometer Creep
Replies: 6
Views: 7196

thermocouple drift

If your thermocouple is the thick twisted wire with ceramic spacers this is an older style and more prone to drift. There is a newer metal tude style that seems less prone to drift. Price should be 30-40 $ Type k They can drift in temp over time. As a way of calibrating your firing, get a box of pyr...
by wynpotter
Sat Jun 28, 2003 2:55 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: wasser glass fusing temp needed
Replies: 2
Views: 3440

wasser tech sheet

Thanks Brock , got the info
by wynpotter
Sat Jun 28, 2003 2:03 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: wasser glass fusing temp needed
Replies: 2
Views: 3440

wasser glass fusing temp needed

I am new to glass fusing. My wife and I are getting into fused jewelry with dichroic glass. We have come upon a supply of thin wasser glass already cut to shape and fired to a clean rounded edge . I need to know if a piece (1''x1") that has been fired, does that change the fusing temp if this g...