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First, I am a complete and total slob, and anything that I can figure out to organize myself, I do: I have magnetic strips over the workbench for tools, buckets over the bench for paint brushes, xacto knives, pens, sharpies, etc. etc., I have bins to sort different colors of scrap, larger bins for s...

Hopefully he'll see the message before he hops a plane to MD. Marty, can you really get group rates???

Becky's fabulous fused stuff! Yoo-hoo, Becky, how'd the show go?

Hey Marty, Steve K. will be teaching at Vitrum during your Washington Craft Show stint. Maybe I can convince him to take us all over after class on Friday night as a field trip

Charlie, you are amazing!! Just what's in the water in Cave Creek, anyway, and can I have some?

I too have a Somaca, only I bought it on E-bay and drove cross-country to pick it up. Keep looking!

Now I remember why I like my sewing machine -- it only has one moving part. It turns out that the more I learn about my saw, the more parts it's missing! It doesn't have the flanges to hold the blade steady - am subbing with washers until the parts arrive. That certainly goes a long way toward expla...

Wow. I can't believe how much I've learned about tile saws today from you-all. I ordered a blade from H.I.S. and also learned from them that there is such a thing as a "stiffening wheel" that can steady a blade & keep it from shimmying as much. These aren't on the Web site so wanted to...

The thing is, I've used other saws. I own another saw!! And if I could find a good 7 inch blade I swear I'd go back to using it. Hmmm. Anyway, that's what's so frustrating. I know I'm doing the cutting right - but technology's refusing to cooperate!!

I had some shelves that were giving me grief - wash just didn't want to scrape off. I could've changed the blade in my scraper, but I thought I'd live on the edge (so what else is new) and re-coat them with new wash anyway. Well, the new wash never dried - it stayed sticky even overnight. But then a...

This table isn't true, either - one side is fine, the right side is slightly bowed. But I'm holding the glass firmly on the left, so I wouldn't think it would make much difference? Also, these aren't crumbs - these are major chunks o glass, also causes big pieces to shear off at odd angles unrelated...

I never used the blade w/out water. Just turned the saw on, saw the lack of water feed, turned it off.

Thanks, all You're all invited to play, whenever you're in town.We even have a guest room.

Found a used MK101 on E-bay and won the auction. Got the saw after waiting to move into the new studio space. Got the famous yellow blazer blade. Finally talked hubby into helping carry saw down into basement studio. Had studio plumbed. Tried saw. No water. Replaced water pump. Taped up frayed cord ...

I was considering the noodles because I already am slumping the "front" of the tiles thru cut fiberpaper so cannot simultaneously texture the back. Perhaps I could do something with weights and fiberpaper - a fiber/glass/fiber sandwich.

I was thinking about fusing Uro noodles to the back of some kitchen tiles just to make sure they have enough "tooth" to adhere well. Overkill? What can I get away with?

dams were to keep strips from tumbling over. Alas! If only that were the problem!

Okay, okay, I'm kiln-washing tonite. Next up: Saturday baths, whether I need them or not.

If the TC was really off, I'd expect this to happen much more frequently, which is why the dam sticking comes up as a possibility. But what else could it be? And the cat (the only being in the household stupid enough to open one of MY kilns mid-cycle) can't lift the lid. Lucky for him - he's on life...

This piece, by the way, is only about 3/8 to 1/4 inch thick. It's a terribly conservative schedule that I use for much thicker/bigger pieces, but was too lazy to change when I popped the current load into the kiln (figured overkill was okay). That's why I'm so surprised with the result.

I can't remember the exact schedule, but it's something like (after 960): 50 dph to 830, hold 1.5h, 75 dph to 700, hold 1 min., 83 dph to 200, hold 1 min., 100 dph to 75, off

No real sticking - altho there might have been a tiny tug when I moved one dam. Definitely no sticking to the shelf. And the other piece in there - slightly thinner - was fine. Thermal shock doesn't make sense to me altho it's true, it's hard to argue with the evidence. The bits are definitely the k...