Scheduling question

[Pat K.]

I have a question about a schedule for a soft fuse. It's a 12" square with a Santa Clause cut out on top; it's all 96 glass. I sprintkle coarse frit around the Santa. On the Santa hat I put on two holly leaves (cut in half) with three red berries - one on each of the leaf ends and one on top of the white part of the hat. I have a Skutt 14" Square with the elements in the top. I know that I must allow for extra time for the berries and holly as this makes it an uneven depth. I can't upload a picture as the file is too big. Can anyone suggest a schedule that will allow for the extra annealing time?.

Thanks so much for your help. I really appreciate this board. Also, thanks to whoever recommended using an air gun to get the bolt off my tile saw so I could use my glass blade. It was really stuck on there. It took longer to hook up the compressor and gun than it did to get if off.

Patty

[Laurie Spray]

2 questions

Is the base 2 layers of glass? That will determine how hot you can take it for the look
you want.


Do you want the berries etc to fuse fully or remain raised?

[Laurie Spray]

If you go into your photo program on your computer it is usually easy to downsize pics so they will post here.

[Pat K.]

Laurie,

No, the base is one layer with the coarse frit and Santa as the second. The holly on the hat is two leaves cut in half with the berries on it. So, that makes four, right, but just in that one spot which causes the unevenness. That's what I have to anneal for if I'm correct.

Thanks about the photo edit idea. I'll try it. There's so many things to learn

Patty

[Stephen Richard]

A simple rule of thumb that does not always work Qom course, is to anneal for about wide the thickest part of the piece. You can look up th s heddles for thick pieces on the bullseye site (they apply to any glass)
http://www.bullseyeglass.com/methods-id ... slabs.html

[Pat K.]

Thanks Steve,

I finally did that! Should have done it to begin with, but, of course, didn't. It's in the kiln now.

Patty