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- Fri Jan 17, 2020 11:58 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: wet saw suggestions
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8071
Re: wet saw suggestions
What's the problem with "industrial" sizes? 10" is more or less standard. Everyone I know who got a smaller one quickly regretted it. You don't say where you are but Harbor Freight, Lowes and HD among others, all carry the same MK knock-off (under different names) for between $300 and...
- Thu Jan 16, 2020 10:56 pm
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: Paragon Kiln Repair
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10552
Re: Paragon Kiln Repair
Paragon customer service is an oxymoron.
Call Duralite and get new elements and quartz tubing to suspend them in (within which to suspend them?).
PM me if you want more.
Call Duralite and get new elements and quartz tubing to suspend them in (within which to suspend them?).
PM me if you want more.
- Fri Nov 01, 2019 12:05 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Studio Flooring
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5981
Re: Studio Flooring
Concrete, honed but not polished (look up the grades of finishing concrete, I went for the last one before polish), and don't bother staining it. On top of that, perforated interlocking rubber 3'x3' floor mats. Home Depot's got them. You'll be able to re-configure them, take them outside to hose dow...
- Tue Sep 10, 2019 11:13 am
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: Help- Deposit refund to customer?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 34243
Re: Help- Deposit refund to customer?
Bonnie- You should have terms WRITTEN out for when the word "commission" is first mentioned. For example, come to the studio and chat for free. I come to your house and consult for travel expenses and time (taken off the cost of the commission, if you want). 50% deposit to start. Cancellat...
- Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:09 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Drilling holes in stone
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9821
Re: Drilling holes in stone
If you have a drill you can get diamond bits (try HIS Glassworks). Either submerge the stone in water or build up a dam around the hole for water (clay, playdough, duck tape etc.). It's easier than drilling glass- use light pressure and raise the bit every few seconds to clear the swarf out of the h...
- Wed May 22, 2019 1:29 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Drop Ring from thick slab
- Replies: 11
- Views: 19330
Re: Drop Ring from thick slab
I've weighted the glass down on top of the ring with uneven success but haven't tried anything as thick as this.
- Sun Mar 17, 2019 7:57 am
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: glass sifters
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7056
Re: glass sifters
To sort or to distribute? I'd start with a grading sieve. More distance from the work will give evenosity ™ (Brian B).
- Sun Feb 24, 2019 12:36 am
- Forum: Jewelry Making
- Topic: cremains pieces
- Replies: 3
- Views: 31721
Re: cremains pieces
i know you're looking for business advice (check out Milon Townsend's books for that) and not an emotional reaction but all I can think of is "ick". A lot of glass blowers have been dealing with that (dead people's ashes, not "ick")- it can be lucrative. Is Wendy Rosen's Art Busi...
- Tue Feb 19, 2019 10:42 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: kiln elements
- Replies: 8
- Views: 20746
Re: kiln elements
Aaron- Do your own homework- get Henry Halem's book, Ed Schmidt's too. Go visit glass shops and offer to compensate anyone who will spend time with you.
- Sun Dec 30, 2018 2:08 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: jellyfish dropmelt kiln
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10589
Re: jellyfish dropmelt kiln
Wires wrapped around an armature.
Sydney Cash did this long ago.
Sydney Cash did this long ago.
- Thu Dec 06, 2018 9:34 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: colourless glue
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12032
Re: colourless glue
Check on the cure time- last I used it I left it for a week undisturbed.
- Fri Oct 05, 2018 9:54 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Wetbelt sander belts breaking
- Replies: 10
- Views: 19795
Re: Wetbelt sander belts breaking
Full sized belts, from HIS.Marty wrote:I've never had one split either. Mine fray.
I have to change some out and the new ones are several years old. Stay tuned.
- Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:08 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Wetbelt sander belts breaking
- Replies: 10
- Views: 19795
Re: Wetbelt sander belts breaking
I've never had one split either. Mine fray.
I have to change some out and the new ones are several years old. Stay tuned.
I have to change some out and the new ones are several years old. Stay tuned.
- Tue Sep 11, 2018 2:19 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: coldworking disc grinder
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5237
Re: coldworking disc grinder
Talk to the stone workers near you. Glass is close enough to granite in hardness. You want the tools that everyone else is using (for supplies and repairs).
- Mon Aug 20, 2018 5:47 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: TaoFiber - Fiber Paper
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12235
Re: TaoFiber - Fiber Paper
I find that the thinfire, once the binder burns out, is too powdery to keep the glass from flowing through it down to the vermiculite and sticking.
- Sun Aug 19, 2018 11:38 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: TaoFiber - Fiber Paper
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12235
Re: TaoFiber - Fiber Paper
Thanks for the review.
- Tue Aug 14, 2018 9:25 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: steel backing for glass
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8106
Re: steel backing for glass
Peter- it depends greatly on the weight of the glass and methods of attachment.
- Tue Aug 14, 2018 1:23 pm
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: Glass/Cash Survey
- Replies: 12
- Views: 64794
Re: Glass/Cash Survey
Amazingly inconsistent income- fat years, lean years.
- Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:03 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: TaoFiber - Fiber Paper
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12235
Re: TaoFiber - Fiber Paper
Sharol- I've been using the fiberfrax 970 equivalent in 1/32" for years. It's expensive- about $2/sq.ft. in 2'x160' rolls. I'm curious about the cost of "your" stuff. The 970 has a very faint weave on the front, a little rougher on the back but is the smoothest paper (once you get pas...
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 9:52 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Digitry GB-1 controller discussion
- Replies: 12
- Views: 16876
Re: Digitry GB-1 controller for sale
Glad this post came up . . don't think I would care for this system. I like thinking in terms of the safe speed limit on a particular stretch of heating and the destination - speed kills. I don't need to know how long it will take to get there unless I will be needed for firing intervention suck as...