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- Tue Mar 23, 2004 1:16 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: floral former question
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10912
- Thu Feb 26, 2004 9:34 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: WORKING WITH COPPER
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8843
- Wed Feb 25, 2004 6:36 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Kiln building book, Bert?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4292
Kiln building book, Bert?
Bert, do I remember you saying you were writing a book on building kilns? If so, how is it going? Everyone, if I need my kiln to be deeper for a special project, could I just lift the bell kiln, place some firebrick/ fiber all the way around under the edge of the kiln so the kiln came down to sit on...
- Tue Feb 24, 2004 10:53 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: low E glass for fusing
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8333
- Sun Feb 22, 2004 9:30 pm
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: Playing with even more copper
- Replies: 33
- Views: 37779
- Thu Feb 05, 2004 5:42 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Kaiser Lee board
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5239
I fuse and slump in one firing whenever possible, why waste electricity? The trick is knowing when it will work. I find with float glass that it USUALLY works if the the shape is shallow, I am slumping over not into the mold, and the mold will support the glass and not let it 'run' when it gets hot ...
- Mon Feb 02, 2004 1:39 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: My copper turned black
- Replies: 50
- Views: 50126
Lynne, the oxygen theory is a good place to begin your research. However, it is definitely not the whole story. I sounds as if your copper has a coating on it (you said peeled off) which would affect everything. The only time I have managed to get a green or blue is when I am fusing a large piece, 1...
- Mon Feb 02, 2004 1:27 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Help with slump, please!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10516
To test new shapes, molds, etc., I strongly recommend getting some free used windows. Windows (float glass) does its stuff about 100 degees hotter than art glass but it will allow you to try new ideas that are way out there without much cost. Then if it works, try it with expensive and beautiful art...
- Fri Jan 30, 2004 4:51 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: power requirements for many kilns
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8263
Well, 200 amp is the standard here but as long as I am putting in a new service to the studio, I thought I might try to arrange to NOT dim the neighborhood. I used to have my kiln in an industrial area (along with my woodshop) but now I have it in a friends garage. The controller makes her lights fl...
- Fri Jan 30, 2004 1:04 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: power requirements for many kilns
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8263
power requirements for many kilns
I am about to build a new studio in my backyard and I wonder how large a service should I install. For you glass people with multiple kilns, what amperage do you have in your main panel? thanks, Jolly
- Thu Jan 29, 2004 1:17 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Chipping off back side glass using tile saw
- Replies: 14
- Views: 16257
I just ordered a cheap tile saw but I have never used one to cut glass. However, in woodworking to keep a piece from chipping we place another scrap piece under. The scrap piece gets the chips not the good piece. I wonder if a piece of scrap float under your piece would work? It has to be a tight fi...
- Thu Jan 22, 2004 10:39 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: My copper turned black
- Replies: 50
- Views: 50126
rosanna, no my elements are inside quartz(?) tubes so they are protected. However the thermocouple looks fine. The method I use allows me to use just a bit of stannous chloride, maybe two pinches of the crystals to cover a 24x36 piece of foil between two layers of float. Most of the gas is trapped b...
- Wed Jan 21, 2004 6:01 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: My copper turned black
- Replies: 50
- Views: 50126
Patti, I do put the shards between the layers of float. The larger the shards, the further the deep red will go into the center. The blackening of the copper doesn't seem to occur until near fusing so if the shards have slumped away by the time the kiln is near fusing, then the oxygen can't get in a...
- Wed Jan 21, 2004 2:18 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: My copper turned black
- Replies: 50
- Views: 50126
Some of the latest things I am experimenting with inserting copper. Notice I am using the black for bordering.
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jollyw ... /my_photos
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jollyw ... /my_photos
- Tue Jan 20, 2004 12:29 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: My copper turned black
- Replies: 50
- Views: 50126
- Mon Jan 19, 2004 2:51 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: My copper turned black
- Replies: 50
- Views: 50126
The copper is turning black because it has enough oxygen to react with. The solutions suggested all keep the oxygen from interacting with the copper. What is the thickness of the two different foils? I find that if I get the copper very close to the edge of the glass, it holds up the glass a bit, al...
- Mon Jan 19, 2004 2:33 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Tack Fusing on Irid Surface
- Replies: 18
- Views: 17969
- Sun Jan 18, 2004 9:04 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: The dreaded revisiting of artists statements . . .
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9085
Since you asked....... Just my opinion but I do a fair amount of editing and there are a few do's and don't's.... When speaking, placing 'and' between words works sometimes to create rhythm but in written form just adds space and dilutes the impact of the statement. When speaking of yourself, only s...
- Fri Jan 16, 2004 3:36 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Tindicator problem
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8005
- Sun Jan 11, 2004 11:42 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Large Kiln Shelves - Help!!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4825