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- Tue Jul 30, 2013 10:22 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Pits and Flip and Fire
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4835
Re: Pits and Flip and Fire
Hi, Drewcilla. I frequently cap dichroic glass with a clear cap. If the dichroic is 1.5mm thick, I use a 1.5mm clear cap and put a 3mm piece of glass underneath the dichroic to minimize dimension changes. By using a 1.5 mm cap rather than a 3mm cap, I have reduced the amount of entrained bubble by h...
- Tue Jul 30, 2013 10:17 am
- Forum: Jewelry Making
- Topic: Can you clean glass jewelry in an ultrasonic cleaner?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 29295
Re: Can you clean glass jewelry in an ultrasonic cleaner?
Hi, Jodi. I am curious about how an ultrasonic cleaner removes tarnish from sterling silver. Is immersion in water alone in the cleaner sufficient to clean the corrosion? If not and a cleaning agent is used, will an agent strong enough to clean the bail not also attack the glue? If the agent does no...
- Tue Jul 02, 2013 3:53 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Dichro frit?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9318
Re: Dichro frit?
Jim, the coating remains mostly intact but some very fine coating will detach. I have never purchased the frit pre-coated from CBS which has more coating on the surface, but making my own frit worked fine for my project.
- Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:06 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Candle Cups?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8974
Re: Candle Cups?
Hi, Julie. You might be able to make your own candleholders. It would probably not be that difficult to make some from copper tubing or you could make some like mini pocket vases. I noticed the suggested method of mounting the holders to the glass was with E6000. I would probably not use a clear gla...
- Tue Jun 18, 2013 7:23 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Candle Cups?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8974
- Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:00 pm
- Forum: Jewelry Making
- Topic: dichroic glass having flecks come off in firing
- Replies: 11
- Views: 20291
Re: dichroic glass having flecks come off in firing
Hi, Tom. Those are all good points. I think the issue that makes it so important to have a quality dichroic coating is that Profusion and Duncan are etching those coatings and adding another significant price increase. The expectations that those products will perform reliably is even higher and the...
- Mon Jun 10, 2013 7:55 pm
- Forum: Jewelry Making
- Topic: dichroic glass having flecks come off in firing
- Replies: 11
- Views: 20291
Re: dichroic glass having flecks come off in firing
Hi, Tom. I can appreciate the process is difficult, but that seems to me to be all the more reason to document and publish expected results to try to prevent customer dissatisfaction. It is also a good reason to test your product more extensively before you ask your customer to do this for you. I am...
- Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:54 pm
- Forum: Jewelry Making
- Topic: dichroic glass having flecks come off in firing
- Replies: 11
- Views: 20291
Re: dichroic glass having flecks come off in firing
If you are planning to leave the dichroic uncapped and only firing hot enough for bending, you are toast if you have a coating that peels or even just popcorns (gets a sandy feel). Generally the mixture coatings used for Boxes, Circles, Corkscrew are fine uncapped but fade when capped. Sure do wish ...
- Wed Jun 05, 2013 5:21 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Ceramic kilns
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7584
Re: Ceramic kilns
Here is a link at Ed Hoy with some specific information about using a ceramic kiln for glass.
http://www.edhoy.com/ceramic.html
http://www.edhoy.com/ceramic.html
- Fri May 31, 2013 10:19 am
- Forum: Jewelry Making
- Topic: dichroic glass having flecks come off in firing
- Replies: 11
- Views: 20291
Re: dichroic glass having flecks come off in firing
Unfortunately, this is nothing new either. Here is a photo I sent CBS seven years ago when the coating totally shredded (the piece of glass in the middle). The other two pieces were in the same firing with no problems. CBS replaced the full sheet which is pretty much the least they can do other than...
- Mon May 27, 2013 3:44 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: HELP with Bartlett RTC1000 program delay
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9463
Re: HELP with Bartlett RTC1000 program delay
I just went downstairs and the time when I see the Delay setting is after I start running the program and press the Program Review key. Just to be sure, does your user guide have a section in a block titled "Ramp-Hold Programming" on page 9? If so, are you following the instructions in Ste...
- Mon May 27, 2013 1:48 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: HELP with Bartlett RTC1000 program delay
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9463
Re: HELP with Bartlett RTC1000 program delay
Too lazy to go downstairs and look at my controller, but I believe after you have defined the number of segments for your program and set the ramp and temperature for the last segment and pressed Enter, you are asked to set the Delay. I have never used the Delay feature, but, if you enter 0 for the ...
- Fri Apr 26, 2013 9:51 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Devit solution left stains on bottom of piece!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9897
Re: Devit solution left stains on bottom of piece!
When I use a devit spray, I first place the object on a clean paper towel and then apply the solution. After the solution dries, I gently slide the object on the paper towel which removes any residual overflow.
- Fri Apr 26, 2013 9:49 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: making cabochon with coin inclusion?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 30828
Re: making cabochon with coin inclusion?
Have you thought about pressing the coin into a thin sheet of copper and then firing the copper?
- Wed Apr 17, 2013 4:33 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Entrapped Water
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8266
Re: Entrapped Water
Thanks, Cynthia. All good suggestions.
- Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:10 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Entrapped Water
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8266
Re: Entrapped Water
Hi, all. Thanks for the information and suggestions. The water is entrapped within the little nooks and crannies of the ripple and combed glasses which remained after full fusing into 1/4" thick slabs. This glass has been cut with a saw, smoothed with a flat lap, and ground to shape with a regu...
- Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:53 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Entrapped Water
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8266
Entrapped Water
I believe Brock posted about how long it takes to evaporate entrapped water. I have been using 500 degrees/hour to 180 degrees with a 30 minute hold for small 5/8" x 7/8" pieces, but the corner on one piece exploded during the firing yesterday. The smaller piece moved about three inches, w...
- Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:43 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: do I need to replace those falling pins
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6757
Re: do I need to replace those falling pins
I got tired of the rainstorm of falling pins in my Paragon Fusion 10 years ago, so I cemented in the element. I've discovered that after a few years, the Pyrolite comes unstuck and just releases from the firebrick. It doesn't pull out chunks like I expected. Instead, I just gently crumble off the P...
- Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:06 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: do I need to replace those falling pins
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6757
Re: do I need to replace those falling pins
If the coils have already sagged, just use a small propane torch, like plumbers use for soldering copper pipe, to heat the element and then gently push it back into the lid before inserting the pins. Do not allow individual coils to overlap or you will create a hot spot which will shorten the life o...
- Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:59 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: cracked dichro
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8342
Re: cracked dichro
Nigel, here is a source for purchasing small amounts of ripple for your experiments. I have bought glass from them for years and the scrap is usually large enough for pendants/earrings.
http://www.artisandichroic.com/COE90dic ... ssory.aspx
http://www.artisandichroic.com/COE90dic ... ssory.aspx