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You could try using fiber blanket around the kiln to help with heat loss.

Oh, I'm a happy girl. Looking through the "Thrifties" this weekend, I spotted a self feeding diamond bladed wet (lapidary) tile saw for $90 (works Great!), and a combo wet belt sander and disc grinder for $40 on an older, but sturdy wheeled cabinet with storage. However, the sander didn't...

Brad, I would agree with you on the pricing formula with one exception. The more accepted keystone for retail markup is now 2.3 to 2.7 instead of a simple doubling. Apparently the shop/gallery owners need the extra for operational costs. Therefore, the $450 is actually more in keeping with the curr...

I wondered if the retail price asked was ballpark, reasonable, good, bad or ugly for the work offered? I wondered how this pricing compared to what others are asking for their work (thinking retail here). For these pieces, my estimate of the wholesale (not retail) price would be based on a formula ...

A reducting atmosphere is one in which the kiln is starved of oxygen. This does not normally happen in an electric kiln. It's possible to create a reducing atmostphere in a kiln by throwing in a combustible material (charcoal is commonly used), but this will negatively impact element life. Here's an...

Sorry for the delay in responding, I've been unable to get online for a few days. Basically, Charlie's response is what I would have written. Denatured alcohol is made by adding things to alcohol to make it undrinkable. Some of those additives may cause problems when fusing. Some brands will work fi...

A good quality silver foil will stay silver. Bullseye sells a foil that will work.

I tried making molds out of various plasters we had around the house and they turned to dust when I fired them. But it was good practice, and would be a good way to make a practice mold or a reverse mold that you would make your permanent mold from. Does anybody have some good sites to go for these...

If you make your own frit, it won't come out of the process sized perfectly. You'll need to sort it into various sizes. You can do this easily with different mesh screens, available at most pottery supply places. There is no one best size of frit to use in pate de verre. Different size frit gives di...

I have the #761 and would recommend it over Covington's other models. Changing belts is fairly straightforward, only takes a moment or two. It takes a few times to get the hang of adjusting the tension, but after that all's ok. Hooking it up to a water source was not difficult, but you do have to bu...

I saw the thread started by Els called "Kvetch" which was a discussion of old board/new board. By the way.. can't find that thread ANYWHERE now... maybe I'm not up-to-speed on the SEARCH function yet?). I deleted the thread. It had deteriorated into a pissing contest between two of our bo...

A couple of additional comments on the new board vs. the old. The level of posts from the old board to the new is relatively unchanged. The number of newbie posts, as well as the number of not-a-full-name posts, is also relatively unchanged. I don't think the level of discussion is changed significa...

It seems to me we have two distinct camps, one which feels that the old board was better and one that likes the new board. It seems that many of the old, longer term visitors like the old board best, while many of the newer posters like the new format. According to the poll, the new format seems to ...

You're right, Rodney, that 10 pounds of the POWDER in the Hotline Fuser's Glue would be a lot of powder. However, I doubt very much if Ed Hoy's would sell you the powder by itself -- it's a proprietary mixture, and they're not likely to give away all their secrets. Regarding different glues, between...

One litre of Hotline pate de verre and fusers glue costs under $5.00 wholesale. 4 litres (roughly one gallon) would weigh around 10 pounds. A $20.00 sale is a very small one, especially for wholesale. It's far less than Ed Hoy's minimum order. The definition of wholesale varies from place to place, ...

To me, the irony about the whole board format argument is that I read the posts by email (and did on the old board, too). As a result, the board format doesn't really matter to me from a user perspective (administration is a different issue) -- in either case, I just get emails and just click on the...

There are a number of different approaches. The simplest is to use Java to disable the right click. This can be broken by someone who really wants the images, but it will will work for many people and would have probably worked in Judy's situation. Here's what it does (try right clicking on an image...

You might also look at this, Paul: http://www.igga.org/localchapters/bylaws.htm

Paul Tarlow wrote:Is the cloudyness in the window or on the surface?

It's hard to tell for sure, but I think both. You definitely can't clean it off.

Does return to the old board format mean: Keeping this site but having only a main forum and a classified forum to match the format of the old board? Or are you thinking of dropping this site program and returning to the old site program? The second option. I've been asked by several people to drop...