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by jim simmons
Mon Sep 02, 2019 6:39 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: ridigizer with fiberboard
Replies: 4
Views: 12679

ridigizer with fiberboard

Do you need to apply ridigizer to fiberboard?
If so, how to apply.
Thanks in advance
the other Jim
by jim simmons
Wed Aug 14, 2019 12:24 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: zyp coating
Replies: 13
Views: 17213

Re: zyp coating

Hi Kevin drywall sanding attachment ? Could you please explain ? I really can not do any even moderately heavy lifting anymore using kiln wash seems the most sense to me. I was even given a bottle of liquid equivalent of a zyp type and chose not to use it. Buy a drywall sanding attachment for collec...
by jim simmons
Mon Aug 12, 2019 11:14 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: metal panels
Replies: 6
Views: 9336

Re: metal panels

What Dana said.
The other Jim
by jim simmons
Mon Aug 12, 2019 11:12 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: zyp coating
Replies: 13
Views: 17213

Re: zyp coating

First of all, Dana. Let me congratulate you on all of the hard work you and Tanya have done for people in the warm glass field. You both have done a lot to further the education and the fun of the warm glass community. Next, Thanks for posting the MSDS for zyp coatings. I think that a lot of people ...
by jim simmons
Thu Aug 08, 2019 12:16 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: zyp coating
Replies: 13
Views: 17213

Re: zyp coating

Hi Brad The other reason is that I am wanting to try a couple of techniques that thin fire won't work with. These are some stack firings that consist of stacking 13 layers of glass and then have them spread out. I am afraid that thinfire would get embedded in the bottom layer. And because I don't ha...
by jim simmons
Wed Aug 07, 2019 1:07 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: zyp coating
Replies: 13
Views: 17213

Re: zyp coating

Hi Brad.
Because I have developed a bad shoulder that prevents me from lifting anything heavy.
My mullite shelves are just to heavy to lift to scrape and lift out of the kiln.
The other Jim
by jim simmons
Tue Aug 06, 2019 5:57 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: zyp coating
Replies: 13
Views: 17213

zyp coating

Formally known as mr97.
Has anyone used it instead of kiln wash on a shelf for fusing?
The other Jim
by jim simmons
Sun Aug 04, 2019 12:55 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: metal panels
Replies: 6
Views: 9336

Re: metal panels

Alaska copper and brass has several outlets. I would give them a search.
They handle all kinds of sheet, rod and pipe metals.
The other Jim
by jim simmons
Sun Jul 14, 2019 12:42 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Fusing antique glass
Replies: 12
Views: 14480

Re: Fusing antique glass

What Kevin said.
The other Jim [-(
by jim simmons
Thu Jul 11, 2019 11:16 am
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Round piece of glass.....sagging
Replies: 4
Views: 7470

Re: Round piece of glass.....sagging

Into what kind of a mold?
The other Jim
by jim simmons
Fri Jul 05, 2019 9:30 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: How to keep parts aligned during fusing?
Replies: 11
Views: 13519

Re: How to keep parts aligned during fusing?

Oh, BTW, Did Kevin say "be sure to keep notes?" This is an absolute necessity if you want to repeat a process at a later date.
Or to modify a. result
Not to seem boring,be sure to keep notes, be sure to keep notes, be sure to keep notes.
The other Jim
by jim simmons
Sat Jun 29, 2019 10:13 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: How to keep parts aligned during fusing?
Replies: 11
Views: 13519

Re: How to keep parts aligned during fusing?

Think on it for a minute.
What happens during the fusing process?
The glass gets SOFT.
Remember that gravity is a LAW and NOT just a good idea/\.
For more info email me.
The other Jim
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by jim simmons
Thu Jun 27, 2019 2:19 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Using Rare Earth Oxides
Replies: 8
Views: 11311

Re: Using Rare Earth Oxides

Hi Dana. I don't understand your reference to Facebook.
Thanks
Jim
by jim simmons
Sat Apr 13, 2019 2:24 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: SSR question
Replies: 17
Views: 33290

Re: SSR question

Me, being the ultimate optimist, :lol: the price of getting 2 ssr's is definitely worth the peace of mind.
MTF is a weighted average. Might last for 900,000 hours, might fail after 1 hour.
The other Jim
by jim simmons
Thu Apr 04, 2019 1:03 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Another beginner's question
Replies: 5
Views: 8907

Re: Another beginner's question

Hi Havi.
Here is another site to convert anything to anything
The other Jim

https://www.google.com/search?q=1+ounce+%3D&cad=h

https://www.google.com/search?q=1+ohttp ... +%3D&cad=h
by jim simmons
Wed Apr 03, 2019 11:55 am
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Another beginner's question
Replies: 5
Views: 8907

Re: Another beginner's question

Havi

3/8 = 0.95 cm
3/4=1.9cm
The other Jim
by jim simmons
Sun Mar 31, 2019 2:41 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: float glass fusing problem - bends
Replies: 11
Views: 12587

Re: float glass fusing problem - bends

Do you mean that the total thickness is 10 mm?
The other Jim
by jim simmons
Sun Mar 17, 2019 11:51 am
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: glass sifters
Replies: 3
Views: 6722

Re: glass sifters

Thanks, Marty It would be to distribute.
The other Jim
by jim simmons
Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:30 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: glass sifters
Replies: 3
Views: 6722

glass sifters

Anyone have any ideas as to what to use for sifting BE fine frit?
Not powder

Thanks in advance
The Other Jim
by jim simmons
Sun Mar 10, 2019 5:32 pm
Forum: Newcomer Forum
Topic: Transparant glue for Berrets.
Replies: 2
Views: 6049

Transparant glue for Berrets.

Hi Folks,
I am going to a show, and have a lot of berets and need to know what glue to use to attach the backs,
Thanks in advance.
The other Jim