soap dish slumping
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soap dish slumping
I am using a 4x6 piece of fibreboard 1/2 thick. It has a3/4 inch edge around it. So basically a rectangle with the center cut out. I slumped my glass but the bottom is curved causing the dish to rock. I am just placing the board on my kiln shelf. Is the rocking due to the fact my board is not high enough?? Thanks
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Re: soap dish slumping
Your rounded bottom could be caused a couple ways.
One is that the slump isn't allowed to go long enough to get the glass all the way down. (most likely)
Second: the fiberboard may have some "give" to it allowing the glass to push into it.
You should, instead, use a fiber rectangle with the center cut out of it. That way the glass could slump down to the kiln shelf and flatten. As If it were a drop ring.
A flat lap or belt sander will correct the curved bottom.
Jim "The Hobbyist"
One is that the slump isn't allowed to go long enough to get the glass all the way down. (most likely)
Second: the fiberboard may have some "give" to it allowing the glass to push into it.
You should, instead, use a fiber rectangle with the center cut out of it. That way the glass could slump down to the kiln shelf and flatten. As If it were a drop ring.
A flat lap or belt sander will correct the curved bottom.
Jim "The Hobbyist"
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Re: soap dish slumping
Is the blank you used 2 layers of glass or just one? Sometimes a single layer will not slump completely.
Vonon