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- Thu May 10, 2018 1:05 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: HOMEMADE IRIDIZING?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 30075
Re: HOMEMADE IRIDIZING?
I have some but was waiting for warm weather so I could push a kiln outdoors. IDK, seems it isn;t hideously dangerous to your health, in the small amounts being used, other than the lung irritation. https://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/a?dbs+hsdb:@term+@DOCNO+582 But why take chances. :shock:
- Thu May 10, 2018 7:11 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: More Kiln Adventures
- Replies: 19
- Views: 26323
Re: More Kiln Adventures
Update on this, the TAP tech rep says that the resting temp displayed is actually the temp of (or around) the controller circuit board. Which is fine I suppose, but explains the delta. I've used the controller for several months now and really like it. I think that rep may have snowed you. If your ...
- Wed May 09, 2018 5:07 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Hairline 'crack'
- Replies: 18
- Views: 20652
Re: Hairline 'crack'
Finger crossed for you Bonnie, gee that stinks. Sending you healing vibes. I had one a few weeks ago that was 3 layers of 3 mm and the bottom layer cracked and separated about 3/16-1/4". I'll be if it didn't fill itself, heal and level in one darn fuse(1470-1480). And all was good. Break a leg!...
- Tue May 08, 2018 9:41 am
- Forum: Newcomer Forum
- Topic: ideas: cleaning glass & marking molds
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9609
Re: ideas: cleaning glass & marking molds
Glassline paints,etc. - mark the weight of fill on all casting molds.
- Mon May 07, 2018 10:38 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: HOMEMADE IRIDIZING?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 30075
Re: HOMEMADE IRIDIZING?
My wife does a lot of mica design work and uses clear ink(they sell this for use with stamp pads). Seems to really stick the mica tight to the surface. Different brands really work out differently. We don't like Fusemaster, seems to have some kind of additive than can boil if at all too thick and ge...
- Fri May 04, 2018 3:25 pm
- Forum: Kiln Casting
- Topic: Ball milling residue
- Replies: 15
- Views: 56295
Re: Ball milling residue
I realize this thread is as old as sin. My theory is you are picking up pieces of your poly drum. I've tried grinding frit in many things - if there is ANY exposed rubber or plastic, even just the sliver of a gasket on a glass blender,etc., you are going to have that grey clouding. Crushing with ste...
- Fri May 04, 2018 3:08 pm
- Forum: Kiln Casting
- Topic: Carving vermiculite
- Replies: 1
- Views: 23887
Re: Carving vermiculite
Mike, I use what are known as "ribbon tools" for carving vermiculite board and I also use them a lot on clay. On clay they are nice as they remove clay, not just push it from one place to another like solid tools would do. Like these. 30372-1006-1-2ww-m.jpg You can use any router bits that...
- Fri May 04, 2018 12:04 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Loose abrasives vs. bonded(pads,etc.)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6013
Re: Loose abrasives vs. bonded(pads,etc.)
Thanks Marty. I was really probing more for whether people are moving away from loose abrasives for cold work as bonded abrasives become cheaper. I generally only use loose abrasives below 1000 grit if I am trying to get a matte finish - I don't consider them a good use of time if I am trying to get...
- Mon Apr 30, 2018 3:35 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: More Kiln Adventures
- Replies: 19
- Views: 26323
Re: More Kiln Adventures
Look in your instructions - there is probably a thermocouple offset, specifically to change this niggling little issue. I personally like the cold kiln to show room temp within a few degrees of reality. I actually expect them to read a hair lower than air temp, since they are sitting on a concrete f...
- Mon Apr 30, 2018 12:26 pm
- Forum: Jewelry Making
- Topic: Polishing any fused glass in a rock tumbler
- Replies: 15
- Views: 53101
Re: Polishing any fused glass in a rock tumbler
Not to be a buzz kill, but you just publicly revealed your proprietary idea. Not seeing how this is different than what many people already do, using rock tumblers or vibratory laps(me). Tumbling is really slow way to get a final polish - hundreds of those chips could be laid on a kiln shelf after t...
- Mon Apr 30, 2018 12:18 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: proper crimping tool
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6254
Re: proper crimping tool
http://www.theceramicshop.com/product/10373/Paragon-Element-Connectors%2C-2/ paragon-element-connectors.jpg Your style terminals. spin_prod_206465601.jpg But seriously, the Paragon style is nice in that it keeps the connection wire slightly away from the element wire physically, it's easy to connect...
- Mon Apr 30, 2018 11:54 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: paragon window
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6274
Re: paragon window
After trying to clean it, maybe try a little cerium oxide with a wet cloth. To polish the surface. Hopefully it is not ruined.
- Mon Apr 30, 2018 11:50 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Slumping issues
- Replies: 17
- Views: 20098
Re: Slumping issues
Did a little more investigation on the glass. As long as my wife doesn't read this, I'm good. Otherwise :evil: Since this was one of her projects and not mine, she said there was not a number on the glass. Come to find out the 96 did have a number (OA/3005-95F Opal Art) Have been telling her to kee...
- Thu Apr 26, 2018 2:21 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Slumping issues
- Replies: 17
- Views: 20098
Re: Slumping issues
The bottom picture shows it somewhat, but the bowl is out of round by a good 3/8". I am assuming that the glass shifted while it was firing. I have since read on this site (suggested by Brock) that it helps to put a small bevel on the glass that is in contact with the mold to prevent slippage....
- Thu Apr 26, 2018 11:40 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Slumping issues
- Replies: 17
- Views: 20098
Re: Slumping issues
[Strictly rhetoric] Unless you were making a sea-shell styled bowl. Then you might get away with it or actually improve it's look. Hey, it worked the one time.Marty wrote:Trying to flatten that piece will not give you joy. I'd give it away and start on the next one.
- Thu Apr 26, 2018 11:31 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Slumping issues
- Replies: 17
- Views: 20098
Re: Slumping issues
I figure that at 1100, the glass is just about ready to move. A hold at that point ensures the glass is evenly heated throughout and a slow transition up to my final temp allows the center of the glass to soften and fall, as it is unsupported, before the edges get hot enough to soften and slip caus...
- Wed Apr 18, 2018 2:33 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: How to polish a tiny spot
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10192
Re: How to polish a tiny spot
220 seems fairly aggressive (to me :) ). 800 grit burrs are easy to find. Diamond powder with a little carrier(oil) using the wood stick in drill(dremel) chuck is good for small round spots. https://lascodiamond.com/LascoProducts-DiamondPowder.html A gram of diamond dust is about 1/2 a thimble full....
- Wed Apr 18, 2018 2:22 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Loose abrasives vs. bonded(pads,etc.)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6013
Loose abrasives vs. bonded(pads,etc.)
My primary experience in glass polishing came from polishing watch crystals (watchsmith for almost 2 decades.) Anyways, in watch world people rarely use loose abrasives, on thought that errant granules are more likely to create scratches as deep or DEEPER than the size of the grit and will deepen lo...
- Wed Apr 18, 2018 1:18 pm
- Forum: Kiln Casting
- Topic: Mixing large amounts of dry plaster and silica
- Replies: 14
- Views: 58847
Re: Mixing large amounts of dry plaster and silica
Jordan Kube wrote:I premix . . . . Mix it once and then you only have to measure one thing. Very convenient.
- Fri Apr 06, 2018 10:30 am
- Forum: Art, philosophy, and content
- Topic: Sharing studio space with friend or significant other? Horror or heaven?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 35298
Re: Sharing studio space with friend or significant other? Horror or heaven?
In college, the pottery studio was a collective and I really enjoyed that. We seemed to feed off of each other's creativity. My new boyfriend, god bless his little heart, doesn't have an artistic bone in his body, but he wants to learn. I think I'll enjoy sharing a studio with him. Maybe he will br...