Clear_dome stuff

[Clear_dome]

Hi ,
I had made some pipes in the last week , coming better each time . these are the pipe #10 to #15 .I just humbly post my pix ,I'll gladly recieve any coments . I really love making them and when to thanks you all to sharing all those info ,as I learn all what I know on blowing glass here.. so thanks all :crazy:

http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1117673_DSCF0161.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1117673/DSCF0161.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1117674_DSCF0160.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1117674/DSCF0160.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1117675_DSCF0156.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1117675/DSCF0156.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1117676_DSCF0157.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1117676/DSCF0157.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1117677_DSCF0158.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1117677/DSCF0158.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1117679_DSCF0159.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1117679/DSCF0159.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1117680_DSCF0163.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1117680/DSCF0163.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1117681_DSCF0162.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1117681/DSCF0162.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1117682_DSCF0164.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1117682/DSCF0164.JPG.html)http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1166409_DSCF0134.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1166409/DSCF0134.JPG.html)

[Buckeye]

Nice hanging with ya today on stickam, just keep at mon :)

[Clear_dome]

haha yeah ! it's nice to find other people who work live ! it also help to understand thing faster !! I'll keep looking at your stickam page and at nerd's one to ! and also sorry If I dont talk a lot when i'm on stickam ..at home I talk french and It's hard to me to talk in english .... anyway thanks for watching ;)

[Clear_dome]

just back from my local head shop to try to sell my spoon ....I was stuned to talk with the owner about his pipes ...he told me (and show me) that all his pipes come from india and most of them got nice sandblast (with stensil like Che fac or Bob face,weed leaf ...), some reversal section and was really thick :( how the hell can they make spoon like this for this price !!! anyway I'm still glad cause he did'nt sell anypipe like mine and want to buy them all :) WOUHOU I SOLD MY FIRST BATCH OF SPOONS

[n3rd]

I'm still glad cause he did'nt sell anypipe like mine and want to buy them all :) WOUHOU I SOLD MY FIRST BATCH OF SPOONS

sounds like your pieces were unique enough to compliment his items. way to go! :)

keep up the good work!! :D

[chayes]

Nice work. Congrats on selling your first batch.


how the hell can they make spoon like this for this price !!!

They buy raw materials in bulk cheap and pay their labor very little. How else could they do it?

[Clear_dome]

sounds like your pieces were unique enough to compliment his items. way to go! :)

keep up the good work!! :D

thanks , yeah this is exacly what he told me ,I was also really happy cause this was my main goal .this way it is harder for the seller to juge of the price what is a good thing in my situation

Nice work. Congrats on selling your first batch.



They buy raw materials in bulk cheap and pay their labor very little. How else could they do it?

I was talking about sandblast and nice reversal section ....I had always thinking that imported pipe was only inside out or fumed shitty pieces but the last batch he recieve was full of pretty nice spoon and bub with sand blasted image over reversal patern for like 30$ so he pay probably around 10$ cad for them MAX ..I cant make them for the same price for now :twitch:

[CripSkillz]

Ya Congratz on sales, always nice, I still have not sold to a shop, talked to a few but I am still lucky to have so many people and a few that are colectors, that buy all my stuff ,

the guy at my shop showed me his bags of prodo most looked beter than mine and he paid between 3.50 and 5$ each I was like UHHHHH damn ..

but he is a cool guy and is hookin me up GOG cheap should be commin in soon..

[Lurch]

COngrats on your first sale.... Welcome to world of a pipemaker.

[VOORHEES]

It feels good to sell what you make! Keep it up!!

[Clear_dome]

yeah really , I dont make it for the cash , cause it's a lot of trouble for just some buck but I really really love to make them . pendant for now pay my oxy tank gas and glass so I can make pipe and have fun :) I'm now really addict to it

[Buckeye]

:) :D

[Clear_dome]

during the party of the new year I have met an other head shop owner (of course I got the rest of my pipe on me ) so I show him my work and the guy was stuned that I make them myself ...anyway ...the guy ask my to sell my pipes in his store but he want to be the exclusive seller of my work ? is it a good thing ? can some one can help me with this one , cause I'm not sure if it is a good or a bad thing

[CripSkillz]

its a good thing if he will buy every thing you make for a good price..

"the party of the new year" i like that sounds better than New Years Eve

[Clear_dome]

hehe how is your finger dude ....I just cant stop to watch your pix HIUUUUUU I can feel the pain LOL ....anyway I made those 3 i/o spoon during the last friday...not to bad as they are my first inside out try ,the first I made ( with the honeycomb ) cracked when I had weld the marble on it :( was'nt hot enought ...but the to next I made was made way faster with no crack , I have mess with frits and fume (gold / silver) , my friend love them ...also really fun to make
http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1166292_DSCF0166.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1166292/DSCF0166.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1166293_DSCF0167.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1166293/DSCF0167.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1166294_DSCF0168.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1166294/DSCF0168.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1166295_DSCF0169.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1166295/DSCF0169.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1166296_DSCF0170.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1166296/DSCF0170.JPG.html)http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1166307_DSCF0171.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1166307/DSCF0171.JPG.html)http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1166339_DSCF0172.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1166339/DSCF0172.JPG.html)

my goal was to make some super thick spoon cause it was the first coment that I got with my other pipe ...to make them thicker ... I'll work the mouth piece more the next time

[Glacier_Arts_Studio]

looking good...

nice marb...

thick and consistent...

..

[Clear_dome]

looking good...

nice marb...

thick and consistent...

..

thanks for those words, I really prefer them over alot of imported crap that I had saw in the past...I'm also happy cause it was way easier than what I was thinking ...hehe I never tried it before cause each time I was'nt able to hold the tube in the flame (I was holding it with a pulled point ....DOH I was like ouch it's f"%king hot ....Yeah IU know I can be really stupid sometime ..LOLLL) but after some time I realise that holding my 44mm tube with a 12mm rod is ?! LOLwould be a bit more cold ...?! anyway I'll try blow in next time I think !! I just blow glass about 3-4 hour per week ! I would like to do moree !!

[Clear_dome]

I have two thing that I wold like to get better ...

first I would like to know how get my stringner more deeply encased in my tube ? should I heat more the inside befor closing my cup ? the outside ? heat more the tube when I apply my stringner ??

Also I would like to know how can I get a better shape ...I mean I would like to get my shape more precise ,with smaller fillet on it (like the second pipe on the drawing) mine alway look more like the first pipe on the drawing ??is it just practice and marvering ??

http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1166624_Sans_titre.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1166624/Sans_titre.JPG.html)

any constructif comment will be really apreciate !

[CripSkillz]

once you have your lines drawn, close it up and melt it down the lines should sink in, if no give it a puff to blow it back out a bit then shrink it down again,

then just make it nice n straight then blow your bubble on the end, ,

you dont really need any marving, but sometimes it helps if it starts getin away from ya.

[michaeL25]

I use a marble mold to get a shape closer to the bottom diagram. get the bowl area hot and then gently place the end into the mold with just a little downward pressure while you puff out. this will make the oval (perpendicular to the stem) shape.

[Clear_dome]

once you have your lines drawn, close it up and melt it down the lines should sink in, if no give it a puff to blow it back out a bit then shrink it down again,

then just make it nice n straight then blow your bubble on the end, ,

you dont really need any marving, but sometimes it helps if it starts getin away from ya.

I never use my marver or very little ...the way I work is I make a cup than draw my line ,fume ect ..than close it a , atach it to a blow tube , remove my 12mm punty than condense it to get it realy thick ....after I puff the head (I dont puff a lot just to make the head round) than heat the center and strech it ,work the mouth piece a bit , make my holes and push my bowl , cut my blow tube and throw it in the kiln ....my line are pretty deep melt but not all egualy melt ....but I really can't figure how get a tight shape that does'nt look like it as been strech ....

I know I can be really hard to understand as my main langage is'nt english LOL I'll try to find a pix of what I find well shaped

[Clear_dome]

I use a marble mold to get a shape closer to the bottom diagram. get the bowl area hot and then gently place the end into the mold with just a little downward pressure while you puff out. this will make the oval (perpendicular to the stem) shape.

thanks ...I think you may be right on this one it totaly make sence ,I'll try it as soon as I got some marbe mold ...I'm sur there is a tool or a way to shape pipe like this cause I came across a spoon last week and was'nt able to figure how the hell shaping it that way

[djsugarpapasmooth]

To get a straight middle pull it first. After you draw your lines and start to condense. Condence most of the middle leaving the side that will be your mouth piece smaller then the side that will be your bowl cause you want the bowl to be bigger then the mouth piece. Get it good and hot and melted in then take it out of the flame still spinning. It needs to cool for a sec so when you pull it will be even. Pull gentle at first then harder as it cools. Now you have this shape. o=O Now work the ends. I work the mouth piece first pop a bubble in the very end for a mouth piece breaking of the extra glass from the bubble then working the rest in. Get it hot ream hot ream ect. till it's perfect. Then attach a cold blow tube by heatting the blow tube not the piece and attaching it to the mouth piece you just formed so it will fall off later. Then make the bowl. I heat the old blow tube off and start to heat the bowl part. If when you are blowing the bowl bubble you hold it thwards the ceiling at an angle it will give you that oval effect, hold it straight and get a regular bubble, hold it down towards the floor at an angle you will get a tear drop shape.Now pop bowl hole, push the bowl, pop carb, heat bottom of bubble and flatten. Heat a pair of claw grabbers and grab the bowl. Tap the blow tube on your work bench and it should fall off. Flame polish the ends and throw it in the kiln. Warning this takes longer the other ways but I get a nice finished product.

[Clear_dome]

you got a point here , it totaly make sence to strech the midle first and the m/p and the bowl after ...what I dont understand is why you make the mouth piece first , than attach a cold seal blowtube than make the bowl ....why not pulling the middle than blow the head pop a carb and bowl hole than the bowl and the flat THAN the mouth piece than cut it ? cause I hate making a cold blow tube cause once a red glowing pipe felt me when I was blowing it .....but btw I came acrros you thread (about pricing) and see your work ! your shape are really good, better than mine for sure !!!thanks a lot to take the time to help me !!

[djsugarpapasmooth]

When I cut a mouth piece it seems to go off center and wonky. When I do it the other way the small amount of glass left from the bubble forms a little lip on the mouth piece giving it a nice look and creating consistency in my work. Here are a couple I did last night.These are outside work but the princables are the same as i/o work I will try to video tape myself today to show you.

[Clear_dome]

damn dude !!!! wonderfull , thanks so much for that help !! and yeah if you can make a video it will be awesome !!!once again your shape is really clean !!nice spoon

[KahunaGlassArt]

THOSE SPOONS ARE TIGHT YAAALLLLLL
but seriously those are some effin uniform wickedness

[djsugarpapasmooth]

My camera did not have enough memory to do a whole piece so I've been calling around to get a camcorder. One step I skipped when making the mouth piece I put a small dot of glass where the mouth piece is going to be. I heat that till it forms a marble then I blow the mouth piece that way your blowing the bubble from the glass dot and the pipe so the mouth piece remains small. I know it sounds confusing as soon as I can get it videoed it will all be understandable and really kind of easy. Sorry for the delay.

[Clear_dome]

no need of video (for me at least) ....I got it during the week end ...thanks a lot djsugarpapasmooth , but I dont do exactly like you did , I just made my cup with my inside lines,fume ect ... close it and condense it a bit ,than I strech it and blow the end like this ===o , than pop a hole , atache a blow tube than flame cut the other , blow the 'head' of the pipe o==0 than make my carb,bowl ect ...... the shape was way better than my previous i/o work ! the pipe was pretty nice ,so nice that 5 min after it wa sold to one of my friend and did got the time to take a picture of it !! anyway thanks a million DJ

[djsugarpapasmooth]

Glad it worked out for you. Sorry I couldn't get a vid for you. I'm still trying to find a video cam. It can't hurt to post a vid anyways once I get a cam. So how about posting some pics. I love checking out others work and I want to see how it turned out for you.

[Clear_dome]

I just made that extract slide with glow rod and dabber for a friend ! I'm pretty proud of the bowl , this is the first time that I made a weld clean like this , I think I'm getting it !!


http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1265075_DSCF0006.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1265075/DSCF0006.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1265076_DSCF0015.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1265076/DSCF0015.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1265077_DSCF0017.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1265077/DSCF0017.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1265078_DSCF0020.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1265078/DSCF0020.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1265079_DSCF0023.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1265079/DSCF0023.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1265083_DSCF0024.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1265083/DSCF0024.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1265084_DSCF0025.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1265084/DSCF0025.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1265085_DSCF0028.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1265085/DSCF0028.JPG.html)

[CripSkillz]

does it only glow under UV or is that the glow anywhere stuff?? lookin goo..

[Clear_dome]

hahah it glow under a torch ;) a glow rod is something you use to heat or ignite the stuff inside the bowl

[CripSkillz]

heheh ahhh well from the pics it looked like it might be glowing.. I call em vape rods, hot rods, never heard glow rod before thats a new one for me..

[Clear_dome]

yup we talk about the same thing , it is a vap rod but I always call/hear it a glow rod anyway ;) thanks for watchin

[Clear_dome]

I decied to push my welding skill to the limit tonigh and enp up with a nice piece :) ,the guy how bought my extrect slide was wanting more stuff so this is how look his set :
http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1280381_DSCF0030.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1280381/DSCF0030.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1280382_DSCF0033.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1280382/DSCF0033.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1280383_DSCF0035.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1280383/DSCF0035.JPG.html)

WOUHOU I got no crack during the welding and all is solid as rock (humm ..ok it is solid)

[Clear_dome]

hehe now I strat to have fun , I push the thing a bit more last night ,
http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1308050_DSCF0040.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1308050/DSCF0040.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1308051_DSCF0043.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1308051/DSCF0043.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1308052_DSCF0047.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1308052/DSCF0047.JPG.html)

all is well centred and weld are pretty nice ! now there is no comeback ...I'm super adict !!!

[CripSkillz]

what is it, a double filter?? looks complicated..

[jr23]

I can't figure the last one either crip. Those vapor heads really get into there apparatus as you can see here with clear its a diff world for a vaper man!

[Clear_dome]

I learn glass blowing almost only to make vaporizer , vaporizer custom parts . I stop to smoke there is like 3-4 year and only vaporize..way more healty ;)

[Buckeye]

Good stuff CD

[K-Dog]

Yah i agree, your making great progress. keep it up.

[Clear_dome]

thanks a lot , coment like this from people like you seriously encourage me ! cause I really like your stuff (buckeye & kurt) both of you made sick things

mucho respect !

[Shatner]

Can you elaboratte on the piece for the vape? Is it for an Extreme, by chance? Or is it a bubbler for like a Silver Surfer?

[Clear_dome]

I made the inline a/c just for fun , not for a vap ,but I also try to find how perc and a/c affect vaporizer ... The blue extract slide and the glow rod are vaporizer (not for a vaporizer) btw the next thing I'll work on will be extreme/SSV custom parts and I'm aslo working with purple days to make some glass parts to

I also made this oil sphere about a month ago http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1244077_DSCF0205.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1244077/DSCF0205.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1244078_DSCF0208.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1244078/DSCF0208.JPG.html) not super pretty but work super fine

[Clear_dome]

here is my first blow in try , not that bad but the mouthpiece is'nt super nice , btw I'm pretty happy with it . this technique is way harder than i was thinking !!
http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1386738_DSCF0051.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1386738/DSCF0051.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1386739_DSCF0052.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1386739/DSCF0052.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1386740_DSCF0053.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1386740/DSCF0053.JPG.html)

[CripSkillz]

good job man looks good..

[Clear_dome]

thanks Cripskilz , yesterday I took the time to watch all your stuff and DAMN I have to say that you made a lot of pipes in the past and a lot of them a super nice !! I really apreciate your coment !! thanks a lot

[CripSkillz]

I appreciate your too.. and ya i havnt made as many as i should have but for what i made i think im doing alright .. almost everything i have ever made is posted in my thread xecpt for like 20 or 30 pieces that broke or were just un photoed..

[Clear_dome]

Nice I think I made about 20 pipes for now , and maybe 3-4 slide ...
it's now 1:30 am I was'nt able to sleep so I decide to make a compact tube with an inline A/C on it , this is not the prettiest but job done :)

http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1416207_DSCF0030.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1416207/DSCF0030.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1416208_DSCF0031.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1416208/DSCF0031.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1416209_DSCF0033.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1416209/DSCF0033.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1416210_DSCF0034.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1416210/DSCF0034.JPG.html) btw the next one will be different !

[Johan]

cool...i wish your pic's were bigger...is it just my comp, cuz they're just 2"X2.5"

[Clear_dome]

those picture are just thumbnails , you can clic on them , most of the people find my picture way to big

[Buckeye]

Cool A/C's I haven't even tried to make one yet, to many being made by others for me to want to even mess with it, yours look really good and they can only get better huh.

[Clear_dome]

thanks buck ! I just made it to have one and try it , and also to mess with multi section pipe .

this is how it look with the bowl and stem
http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1419607_DSCF0035.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1419607/DSCF0035.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1419608_DSCF0036.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1419608/DSCF0036.JPG.html)

[Clear_dome]

a lile slide to go with , steel wool mix with clear fot he honey combs (thank ,Dbdome :) ), some silver fume and a.p. frits for the inside and ap spiral as marble :
http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1423434_DSCF0039.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1423434/DSCF0039.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1423435_DSCF0040.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1423435/DSCF0040.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1423436_DSCF0041.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1423436/DSCF0041.JPG.html)

[CripSkillz]

nice man...

[Clear_dome]

thanks, that's my second tube , this one is way better made, btw the foot is offset a bit but all the rest is pretty nice :

http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1424430_DSCF0042.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1424430/DSCF0042.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1424431_DSCF0043.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1424431/DSCF0043.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1424432_DSCF0044.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1424432/DSCF0044.JPG.html)

[Clear_dome]

this is my last piece for a good friend of mine ( a gurl) , a lot of fun in this pipe !
http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1452403_DSCF0063.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1452403/DSCF0063.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1452404_DSCF0065.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1452404/DSCF0065.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1452405_DSCF0067.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1452405/DSCF0067.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1452406_DSCF0069.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1452406/DSCF0069.JPG.html) http://s1d3.turboimagehost.com/t/1452407_DSCF0070.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1452407/DSCF0070.JPG.html)

[jr23]

girls just love the frit! I can show my girl my best piece every and she always comes back with can you make me one with frit that looks like the ocean. Good times and a nice fritter!

[CripSkillz]

ya sweet looks like some good magnifiers.. that flower is sweet..

[Clear_dome]

thanks !!

this is and other inline tube that I just made , I got more trouble with this one as it is way bigger than the first . I think this time I had push my paragon sc2 at the limit LOL the bong is 12inch over all by about 5inch , no need to say that it is hand spin , not lathe . after just some month and about 20-25 spoons I'm really proud of what I have done !! can some one help me , I would like to know how to weld the both parts of the inline and get a straight shape ?!
http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1503788_DSCF0083.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1503788/DSCF0083.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1503790_DSCF0084.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1503790/DSCF0084.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1503791_DSCF0085.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1503791/DSCF0085.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1503792_DSCF0086.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1503792/DSCF0086.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1503793_DSCF0087.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1503793/DSCF0087.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1503809_DSCF0089.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1503809/DSCF0089.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1503810_DSCF0092.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1503810/DSCF0092.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1503811_DSCF0093.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1503811/DSCF0093.JPG.html)

the d cut are made with a dremel and a lot of willing LOL

[jr23]

Getting a book on scientific glass written in your native language would be the best route! You would gain tons of good insight even dated ones work well as ring seals and triple seals are used constantly in lab apparatus. I was just reading contemporary lampwork 2 and it skims over it really well for a skim over!

[Clear_dome]

thanks man ! It make about 1 month that I think about buying a book of scientific lampworking but I'm not to sure about how it will help me .. I dont know if I can find one in french :/ but I will look seriously ! thanks lot jr

[ras_eel]

wow great work clear dome. hehe you sat with a dremmel and made all the cuts like that? hehe awesome job. keep it up

[Clear_dome]

yes , I dont know if I'm alone to do it with the dremel , but it work really well . I remember N3rd making one and saw off the d-cut on a saw ...but I cant affort a saw for now but I have a dremel and all my time LOL

this is how it look with the bowl on it http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1504083_DSCF0098.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1504083/DSCF0098.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1504084_DSCF0099.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1504084/DSCF0099.JPG.html)http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1504119_DSCF0101.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1504119/DSCF0101.JPG.html)

[CripSkillz]

lookin good man, , goin big i like it...

[p.j.]

clear dome, to get your welds better, you should blow where you are going to weld thin.

you will be joining two layers of glass together so it will thicken up. don't forget to blow it out a time or two to get a good seal.

lookin good though, good luck

[Clear_dome]

yeah I know but there were holes so I was'nt able to blow as I want .

some other stuff I had mess with ,the honeycombs is some A.P frits blow thin ,but next time I'll blow it thinner.
http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1513161_bowl.jpg (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1513161/bowl.jpg.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1513162_bowl1.jpg (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1513162/bowl1.jpg.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1513163_bowl2.jpg (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1513163/bowl2.jpg.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1513164_bowl3.jpg (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1513164/bowl3.jpg.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1513165_bowl4.jpg (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1513165/bowl4.jpg.html)

[CripSkillz]

that comb looks pretty good man...!!!

[n3rd]

I would like to know how to weld the both parts of the inline and get a straight shape ?!

i'd suggest bracing. if you look close at this picture you'll see a little glass bump on the tube, thats where i braced the inline can to the tube after tack welding. i do that so i can take my time and work in that main seal. i find it helps to melt in a nice little pre-brace bit of glass after doing the ice pinches. make sense?

[Clear_dome]

yep totaly , just after you send me the pm I try and other one , it was almost perfect till at the end I decied to bring it back in the flame to work back the gong welding and it broke :( damn LOL I repare it but it dont look as nice as before . btw thanks a lot n3rd I'm sure now my next one will be better .

Also thanks pjmarchwinds , I kept in mine what you told me when I have done my last inline and figure it to always be able to blow a bit my welding and I done some super smooth clear welding , it was so nice that I was almost unable to see the welding !!

Thanks a lot both !!it help a lot

[p.j.]

we are all here to help, even if it doesn't seem like it sometimes.

i love inline tubes!!!!! they are the best hitting tubes for the size.

clear dome, before you go back to weld something a second time, if you kiln it for 20 min or so it will be hot and you can go right back to the spot that you want to re-weld it.

your progress is great.

[Clear_dome]

yeah I think it was the problem, I just wait like 5 minut that bring it back ...btw it is fixed now , just not as pretty as the first time .

the only thing that still bug me is how to make the foot , I dont know why but I have so much trouble making this shape .

Also what's the price for a tube like this ?

[p.j.]

i lay my tubes down. i put a marble 2/3 the way up the tube and it rests on the marble and the inline no foot.

cost is subjective......get as much as you can. itry to look at similar products when i'm at the stores and make my price fit in. you should think about how long they take and how much you have into it cost wise.

[jr23]

When doing feet its all about getting the glass you want to flare ready and hot before you start the flare. Gravity and the paddle are you friend and dangling it vertical in the flame helps even out your flare. If you have a big flame which you do and rollers you can also do them right off a tube blank with practice these are harder for me right know. I would say pre making the foot is the way to go. And if I had to spin one out on the bottom I would pre form it. If you get a chance pick up Steve Siezloves goblet video between that and watching Toffelo on you tube I had a good Idea whats up. Then got a nice demo by a friend named Adam. He was doing them for a Goblet and taking the bubble and making it squat in shape before flaring giving the foot a nice low profile.

[Clear_dome]

I hate to flare that big , I always have some tool mark and at the end it look like sh1t ...I was thinking about blowing a bubble than cut it in half than flare a bit ...I'll have to work on it ..

I'm really bad with price ....as I'm doing it just as hobby , it is not the same as if I got a shop to run 24/7 .... I think that making a tube like this can take me about 2 hours each with the dremel cutting time , taking my time and a lot of ''safety break'' LOL . Also inline perc tube are rare as hell here, most of my friends and peoples at the headshop never saw one LOL, so I can't really compare the price . any range sound fair ?? like 80 for a normal one and 100 for a nice one ?? if I look on esty there is a bunch of inline , all of them are around 200-300 but they are all super worked with a lot of wig wag and faced thing on them ...far from what I do ...

[Clear_dome]

thanks again pjmarchwinds , I bring back the inline in the kiln , let it in for 20 than bring it back in the flame and fix it , not as nice as befor it brake but still . there is also a bottle for a friend :
http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1518368_DSCF0134.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1518368/DSCF0134.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1518369_DSCF0137.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1518369/DSCF0137.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1518370_DSCF0139.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1518370/DSCF0139.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1518371_DSCF0143.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1518371/DSCF0143.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1518372_DSCF0144.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1518372/DSCF0144.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1518376_DSCF0146.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1518376/DSCF0146.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1518377_DSCF0147.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1518377/DSCF0147.JPG.html)

[CripSkillz]

lookin good CD..

[p.j.]

looks better each time.

[Clear_dome]

I just run out of oxy while I was working on an other tube , this time the weld is looking way better !
http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1529736_DSCF0158.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1529736/DSCF0158.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1529737_DSCF0159.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1529737/DSCF0159.JPG.html)
the foot as been realy paint full to make ...

[jr23]

ah they will get easy. Goblet feet, due to there thinness flip out with no graphite work other that a paddle or a pad. The Thicker tube foot needs a little help but remember ,get the glass you want to flare hot and falling back on itself before you flare. The tool marks come from cool glass or forcing the tooling part. If you practice your feet on 1 inch hvy you can get them down and then scale up your proccess to 38,44,and finaly 50mil those feet should cover any hand made tube.

[Clear_dome]

the orginial base just broke so I made this and other type , I was stressed , the pipe was almost over btw it look ok :
http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1533500_DSCF0162.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1533500/DSCF0162.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1533501_DSCF0163.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1533501/DSCF0163.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1533502_DSCF0164.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1533502/DSCF0164.JPG.html)

[Buckeye]

Good stuff CD, one of my instructors named steve sizelove makes doing flares look so ridiculously easy, he uses jacks though, he swears by them for opening up tubes and flaring out big feet.

[Clear_dome]

jacks ?

[Jeremy D.N.]

Good stuff CD, one of my instructors named steve sizelove makes doing flares look so ridiculously easy, he uses jacks though, he swears by them for opening up tubes and flaring out big feet.

where do you go that steve sizelove is one of your teachers?

[The Lorax]

steve's (Sizelove) video is really great help.. i still haven't made a goblet despite i got the vid last year, but it shows every step wonderfully.

[Buckeye]

where do you go that steve sizelove is one of your teachers?

His place or mine, I just saw him last week, more of a friendship thingy now :)

[Buckeye]

jacks ?

These are jacks for glass working, they are very versatile once you get used to them, they can help do allot of shaping besides perfect flares, worth the investment I think?.

http://toolsforglass.com/store/jacks.html

[artisticdave]

hold it up on an angle when you blow through it, the steeper the angle the more the sides of the ball will go out, may take 2 or 3 times to get it the way you want it

[Clear_dome]

I'll have to practice it ...I just try to make a donut, it look ok , not super centred but still nice . I love this shape , it will be useful :
http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1542441_DSCF0173.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1542441/DSCF0173.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1542442_DSCF0174.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1542442/DSCF0174.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1542443_DSCF0175.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1542443/DSCF0175.JPG.html)

[CripSkillz]

nice man cool mouth piece..

[Clear_dome]

HELLL I GOT IT , I GOT IT !!! WOUHOUU Thanks a lot N3RD and HOPS of cours LOLL
http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1547147_DSCF0176.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1547147/DSCF0176.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1547148_DSCF0177.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1547148/DSCF0177.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1547149_DSCF0178.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1547149/DSCF0178.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1547150_DSCF0179.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1547150/DSCF0179.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1547151_DSCF0180.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1547151/DSCF0180.JPG.html)
dont worry lol the gong came out ! F$"/%$G S?%T I have to find a way to stop those got to stick together ...anyway also the base look a bit weird LOL I know but it stand really got and the whole tube is solid on it with or without a bowl on it

[CripSkillz]

good job man that's tight.. sweeeeeeeeeeet..

[Swampy]

Good work CD, your images are 2mb+ and take long to download.

[Clear_dome]

thanks , I dont always thing about resizing them , but i will !!!

[Clear_dome]

last one , was a pain in the ass to make LOL

http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1556474_DSCF0003.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1556474/DSCF0003.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1556475_DSCF0004.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1556475/DSCF0004.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1556476_DSCF0008.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1556476/DSCF0008.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1556477_DSCF0009.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1556477/DSCF0009.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/1556478_DSCF0011.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1556478/DSCF0011.JPG.html)

[CripSkillz]

looks good man nice n straight n color tooo..

[Clear_dome]

yeah I like it a lot , it seem super fonctional too LOL I cant wait to get feed back from the user .

this is my last work , a spoon for a friend and a lil sherly for a girl
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/3992/dscf0010p.th.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf0010p.jpg) http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8568/dscf0030n.th.jpg (http://img10.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf0030n.jpg) http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/5229/dscf0036wgb.th.jpg (http://img8.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf0036wgb.jpg)
the 14mm elbow is for a friend too .

I had made a try to make reversal too , I would say this is my first real try of this technic , I dont seem to have problem with the patern , but re-balling this is something that I have a lot of trouble with . my pull look ok , the walls are thick and egal thickness until I rebal , each time I feel like I blow to much and than the wall became to thin to fully rebal my pull ... i really need help on this one cause I just feel like I will not find the key myself :puzzled: this is the final result , it is about 1 1/2 dia ball , I can't go bigger :( . I start with some 22mm 4mm wall tubing and I layer some +- 4-6 mm color rod on it ,than condence it a bit than strech , make the patern and try to rebal .
http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/2580/dscf0007hod.jpg (http://img365.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf0007hod.jpg)

any help is really apreciat !!

[Clear_dome]

hell YEAHH back beind the bench from a 3 month unwanted break ....I got just enought oxy to built this double inline (an inline inside an inline ) it work , but not as great as I was hoping .. anyway , it was a good practice but I still have to make better seal
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/3430/dscf0241ogs.th.jpg (http://img14.imageshack.us/i/dscf0241ogs.jpg/)

more:
http://img13.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=dscf0240h.jpg

this one is going in my vault ;)

[CripSkillz]

thats pretty beefy piece there, good one for a 1st back.. nice..

[naughty pirate wench]

Wow - that's truly impressive - especially considering it's your first piece after 3 months off the torch! :clap::kickflip::clap: Congratulations on getting your setup back together and rockin' it hard!

[Clear_dome]

thanks , yeah it's pretty beefy , the body is made with 44m x4 , i love the thing , after 3 months I was feeling pretty good during I made it :)

[Goldsmithy]

Cloud Dom- I have been following your problems through these threads. I too suffered a fire that hurt my shop. I would like to do something to help as I have seen you work and it is great.

I have a Smith mini torch , with hoses, that i would like to send you for free. It does not have the regulators and only has one tip. If you would have a use for it, please send me your contact information and I will send it to you.

I also have 4 or 5 other torch heads with out hoses that I will send to anyone else that needs one.

Let me know....

...Smithy

[Clear_dome]

once again thanks goldsmithy !! you' are really super help full and sorry to hear that you lost some things in fire , but I already have a smith lil torch , I grab it from ebay about a week before I lost my stuff in the fire but at this time I had'nt recieve it , so a week after I came back to the loic shop I receve it . As for now I just wait for my flashback to arrive (already ordered) , this way I will be able to hook up my lil smithy and work more some seal !! anyway thanks a million for the torch offer and the kiln offer too ! that's realy great from you !! also thanks to thing that my work is great , I defently love to make this !

[Clear_dome]

I made some nice prodo yesterday , I start to get a better shape and still keeping the piece really thick . Also I have start to make some preps for more than one pipe a the time and play with honney combs , retticello , disc cutting , dicro ....it was fun !!! Thanks once again to the melting pot :D :

http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/1900136_DSCF0247.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1900136/DSCF0247.JPG.html) http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/1900137_DSCF0248.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1900137/DSCF0248.JPG.html) http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/1900138_DSCF0249.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1900138/DSCF0249.JPG.html) http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/1900139_DSCF0250.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1900139/DSCF0250.JPG.html) http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/1900140_DSCF0251.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1900140/DSCF0251.JPG.html) http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/1900194_DSCF0252.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1900194/DSCF0252.JPG.html) http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/1900195_DSCF0253.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1900195/DSCF0253.JPG.html)

[CripSkillz]

Nice cd finally doin pipes or have you been the whole time??

[Clear_dome]

no this is my first batch since I'm back from trois riviere ( at the loic' shop)

[Clear_dome]

this is few thing that I made recently :
http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/1937808_DSCF0259.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1937808/DSCF0259.JPG.html) http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/1937809_DSCF0264.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1937809/DSCF0264.JPG.html) http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/1937810_DSCF0265.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1937810/DSCF0265.JPG.html) http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/1937811_DSCF0266.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1937811/DSCF0266.JPG.html) http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/1937812_DSCF0267.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1937812/DSCF0267.JPG.html) http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/1937824_DSCF0268.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1937824/DSCF0268.JPG.html) http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/1937825_DSCF0269.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1937825/DSCF0269.JPG.html) http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/1937826_DSCF0271.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1937826/DSCF0271.JPG.html) http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/1937827_DSCF0272.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1937827/DSCF0272.JPG.html) http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/1937828_DSCF0273.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1937828/DSCF0273.JPG.html)
starting to look like something ;)

[CripSkillz]

nice stuff man I like it..

[Clear_dome]

I just end up my small production , I will sell them in small tattoo shop in town . I also made me a ''sign'' (not to sure if this is the word that you use ) , I know that it look a lot ''gangsta'' but I know the people that hang around that tattoo shop so if it can make me sold more pipe LOL why not . what you think about it ?
http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/1964059_DSCF0287.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1964059/DSCF0287.JPG.html) http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/1964060_DSCF0290.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1964060/DSCF0290.JPG.html) http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/1964061_DSCF0291.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1964061/DSCF0291.JPG.html) http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/1964062_DSCF0295.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1964062/DSCF0295.JPG.html) http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/1964063_DSCF0296.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1964063/DSCF0296.JPG.html)http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/1964068_DSCF0299.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1964068/DSCF0299.JPG.html)

[CripSkillz]

Cool man not to gangster but deff Glockish lol GL

[Clear_dome]

what's a glock ?? do you mean GLOCK : http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/1964103_GLOCK20Logo2085dpi.jpg (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/1964103/GLOCK20Logo2085dpi.jpg.html), never heard of this ;)

[CripSkillz]

lol

[Clear_dome]

so , long time no post ;) . so here is my first ''2 pieces lock'' ...in fact it is 4 pieces but ?! anyway .... and a lil pendant that I made with glow glass (thanks Joe :D ) but sadly it dont glow at all LOL I was thinking that I work it ok as I did'nt make it boil but it dont glow so I'll have to ask to Joe what I made wrong .... anyway it still look good .

Thanks for watching :
http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/2056564_DSCF0310.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2056564/DSCF0310.JPG.html) http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/2056565_DSCF0315.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2056565/DSCF0315.JPG.html) http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/2056566_DSCF0323.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2056566/DSCF0323.JPG.html) http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/2056567_DSCF0325.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2056567/DSCF0325.JPG.html)

EDIT : I just talk with Glow Joe and he to me to cool of my flame by adding more oxy and thread the glow stix as dichro so I will try again tonight :)

[yinzer]

wow, that looks great for a first

[Clear_dome]

thanks ! it was way easier than what I was thinking . the day that I made it , glass was melting so well LOL you know some day it work better than other , so this day was a good day ! Cant wait to make an other , oxy will arrive tomorow :)

next time I'll put a bigger gap in the ''V' cause the welding is not super slick .

http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/2056596_DSCF0309.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2056596/DSCF0309.JPG.html) http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/2056597_DSCF0311.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2056597/DSCF0311.JPG.html)

[Clear_dome]

WOUHOU ! I just get back from my oxy suplyer and he told me that It make exacly one year that I rent my first oxy bottle so it make 1 year that I do lampwork now in my free time :D

[ALIEN!]

WOUHOU ! I just get back from my oxy suplyer and he told me that It make exacly one year that I rent my first oxy bottle so it make 1 year that I do lampwork now in my free time :D

Congratulations, you're doing pretty good for a year in man! How ya diggin the Momkas?

[Clear_dome]

I play with it yesterday , I had tried to use a technic that Loic show me some month ago to aply milli on a marble (this guy is able to make like 1000 pendent out of an inch of milli no joke , that's pretty impressive ) but no luck , I was'nt able to make what he show me , I'll keep working on it tonight as soon as my oxy arrive :)

[CripSkillz]

looks goood nice glossy black ummm hummm. is it china what did ya use?

[harpentuan]

http://www.mileskimball.com/mileskimball/images/p51865b.jpg
respect the original Clear Dome! hahaa

[Clear_dome]

looks goood nice glossy black ummm hummm. is it china what did ya use?


yes it is , this time it is not sleeve with clear . black china is ok but dont work it for to long or it will become mat and ugly . glad to see that you'r a glass ninja now ;)

[Clear_dome]

http://www.mileskimball.com/mileskimball/images/p51865b.jpg
respect the original Clear Dome! hahaa

holy crap this one is good !! HAHAHAHA

[faded]

for some reason i have over looked this thread. not anymore. :)

very nice work.

[Clear_dome]

heheh thanks faded , I love your work too !!

[Clear_dome]

I made this double bub with shower perc in the small can and a diffused downstem in the big can , I put like 4 hours on it Saturday and the only thing that I got to do was to cut off the blow tube but I got to go so I leave it in the kiln and close it , Sunday morning I came back to finish it and just before restaring the kiln I open it to look at my bub , it was fuckin nice .....than the stupid door of my stupid kiln (Aura kiln) shut up and hit really hard the blow tube :( the bub hit the element and was broke in 4 piece , the shower perc is broke , the small can is broke and the donut mouth piece is broke :twitch: no need to say that I was fuckin mad .... but still , I got fun and learn a lot from pushing my limits a bit . anyway that 's how it look now , you can clic on the pix to see it bigger :
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I would like to get help with ''bridge'' welding , I'm not to sure that I made it the good way , I weld (just heat and stick both parts together ) than weld the bridge and finaly work the seal with pin point to have it smooth ? it was looking ok before the whole piece broke....

[CripSkillz]

Looks sweet man .. bridge it up and make sure the bridge is fully melted in, not just hot and stuck, depending on how much you move the glass they could pop right off and jack up your piece,,


put it back in the kiln and try to fix it, long as its just cracks it might come out..

I always have fun fixin shit I know i shouldnt waste the time on..

[mistahead]

what crip said....plus you want to use a bushier flame on your welds as oppse to a pin poit, you want to work the glass all around the weld, about 3/4 of an inch of area around the weld itself....it helps to work one side thenkeep the peice warm in a back annealing flame while your waiting for that are to cool before working on the other side of the weld...this will insure welds that will be alot stronger.

[Clear_dome]

thanks both ,

mistahead : with a bushy flame , really ? I always thought it was better to heat only where seal is and blow it till it smooth with the smallest pin point possible . does it remove the stress to work it with a bushy flame on a large section around the seal ?

Crips : this is not only crack , the piece is split in 4 pieces :(

[Fiorino Glass Art]

That makes sense to me using a bushy flame now that he said it. I just started using blowtubes and have never welded two tubes together. I thought it was like what clear dome said with the needle point flame and just weld the joint. Well, a couple checked pieces from the blowtube breaking off and the genius of crip and mistahead later....now I get it completely!!! Can't wait to try it out!! Thanks Guys! :evilLaugh

[mistahead]

what you are trying to do is gatehr the glass evenly in the welded are so your weld is even as possible throughout...you want touget the glass flowing around the weld, then gently puff , repeat untill weld is smooooth, then when that side has cooled a bit move to the next side and repeat....ateast that how i do it.

[ALIEN!]

Fix that janky kiln first bro.

[Clear_dome]

yeah man that's I'll do , I run out of propan yesterday so i'll fix this shit 2d ... I really wonder if Med ever try his kiln ... I also notice that the programs he made to ''anneal'' boro just dont work too, the program is too fast for the kiln , so it never reach the desire temp.... I really start think that this guy is a mythomaniac or something (no joke) ..... I wont never send him a buck again

[CripSkillz]

what kinda controller is on it shouldnt be to hard to re program, let me know and ill help ya out..

[Clear_dome]

thanks dude ! I'm not super friendly with the controller on the kiln but it does'nt seem to be hard to change / creat a new program ..... what I found funny is that the programe that are in the kiln when you buy it just proove how stupid is the persone that program it (probably Ed you know ...) ...I mean ... the program is suposed to be something like : in 30 minut heat up to 1200 and stay for 10 minut than go down to 1000 for 1 hour (this is just an exemple) ... but in 30 minut the kiln is not at 1200 , even at 40 minut the kiln is not at 1200 (the program is just way to fast for the kiln ) so the kiln start to cool down to 1000 befor it reach 1200 .... LOL I almost wonder if this guy ever blow glass .... how could he bash against paragon LOL

[Clear_dome]

I mess with briges in the last days , I think I'm going somewere now. those are made with red tubing sleeved with clear , I fume between but the fume did'nt strike really well but they came out nice I think:
http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/2158385_DSCF0348.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2158385/DSCF0348.JPG.html) http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/2158386_DSCF0354.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2158386/DSCF0354.JPG.html) http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/2158387_DSCF0350.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2158387/DSCF0350.JPG.html) http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/2158388_DSCF0351.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2158388/DSCF0351.JPG.html)

the last one is for Goldsmithy , hope you'll love it and thanks for you encouragement :)

[CripSkillz]

nice donuts n all weeeeeeeeeeee Id angle hat gog back a bit tho so its not stickin so far out there but thats just me..

[Clear_dome]

thanks dude , that upline was just a test , to see how the water and presure travel through the thing you know , so I'm not super happy with how it look but I love how it work ;) , Also it's my first experience with stemless tube

[CripSkillz]

whats with the up line part did it work good got any close up of that.. leme seee..

[Clear_dome]

yep , it work good , but's it's hard to take a close picture. there is 6 d cut on it , 3 on each side off the tube and over I had try to make a splash gard ,the splash gard work to but not super estetic, next time I'll make a donut as splash gard :
http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/2158449_DSCF0360.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2158449/DSCF0360.JPG.html)

AlsoI start to understand now when some of you told me ''make sure that all is fully melted'' cause since I work hotter in general and hotter on my seal , I dont have any crack probleme !!!

[KahunaGlassArt]

pretty wicked looking tube!

[ras_eel]

thats a cool looking tube, very unique hehe id like to try it

[Clear_dome]

hehe it chug like a monster , and the cloud are pretty thick ,almost brown :devilish: but I preffer the real inline over the upline , cause there is a kind of suction effect in the upline ...anyway since I'm back from troi riviere I dont have any water tube for me so I will easily live with it ;)

[Goldsmithy]

CD...pipe is beautiful. It's perfect. Thanks a bunch...Smithy

[Clear_dome]

glad you love it ! it pretty thick too it wait a lot !

I made this one too last night , I feel like I could make some buck out of this model , peoples around find it really cool :
http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t/2164452_DSCF0365.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2164452/DSCF0365.JPG.html)

the bowl is dirty cause of the tungsten fume , I'll have to clean it ...

[Bo Diddles]

That's a great looking piece c.d. - I can imagine that model being a hit.
Flame on!

[CripSkillz]

Cops will love it.. its a donut LOL looks good man

[naughty pirate wench]

wow - really cool unique design on this last piece - make more! :D

[Clear_dome]

hey long time no post ;) I need to show my last glass piece , I have start to work in the new shop last week , I got the time to make some pieces and pendants and show how to work glass to my partner , I'm stund to see how fast he can learn , after the first day i made some pendants and a turtle pendant pretty cool , I made a new addicted with him !! .. I also got the time to mess with dichro , wigwag :D and now I make some pretty clean pendant loop with tungsten (thanks a milion loic to show me this technic) the loops are now way cleaner and so solid ! :

some of my last pipes :

http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2375796_DSCF0655.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2375796/DSCF0655.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2375797_DSCF0658.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2375797/DSCF0658.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2375798_DSCF0669.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2375798/DSCF0669.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2375799_DSCF0683.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2375799/DSCF0683.JPG.html)

some of my last pendants :
http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2375804_DSCF0700.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2375804/DSCF0700.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2375805_DSCF0702.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2375805/DSCF0702.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2375806_DSCF0704.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2375806/DSCF0704.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2375807_DSCF0706.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2375807/DSCF0706.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2375808_DSCF0708.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2375808/DSCF0708.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2375814_DSCF0709.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2375814/DSCF0709.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2375815_DSCF0711.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2375815/DSCF0711.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2375816_DSCF0714.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2375816/DSCF0714.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2375817_DSCF0716.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2375817/DSCF0716.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2375818_DSCF0718.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2375818/DSCF0718.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2375822_DSCF0721.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2375822/DSCF0721.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2375823_DSCF0723.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2375823/DSCF0723.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2375824_DSCF0726.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2375824/DSCF0726.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2375825_DSCF0728.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2375825/DSCF0728.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2375826_DSCF0729.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2375826/DSCF0729.JPG.html)

and finaly , the stuff that my partner have done on his first days beind the torch ! pretty impressif if you ask me !but hey he got a good teacher ;) :

http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2375840_DSCF0731.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2375840/DSCF0731.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2375841_DSCF0732.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2375841/DSCF0732.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2375842_DSCF0733.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2375842/DSCF0733.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2375844_DSCF0734.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2375844/DSCF0734.JPG.html)

oh and thanks again snake , I made my wigwag with the momka multi color rod :D that's bomb

[Slimy-E]

opps

[bzglass]

lookin good. Keep rockin it!!

[CripSkillz]

lookin good man ,hes learnin fast heeheh

, only thing i dont like about the tungsten holes is it leaves shity tungsten fume in the hole,, anyone know how to keep that from happenin??

not to bad on colors but on clear ones looks like ass..

[Fiorino Glass Art]

CCbob showed me this, and also showed it to me when he visted my shop: get some cheap needle nose pliers, then heat up with a needle flame about 3/4of an inch down from the tip, and bend with another pair of pliers. Do the other side, to a little adjusting, and now you have some bail bitters, or peters tweezers.

To use them, just heat up where you want your loop hole to just below glowing orange, not moving, but pretty soft, then just clamp down in the center where you want your hole with the bail pliers, let it cool a little bit, then move the pliers back and forth like if you had a flat pendant, and you loop is going to be flattened the other axis. You will here a little crunch from the glass, this is ok and will help create the hole. You may have to do this a couple times to achieve the size of the hole. Hope this helps!!! I'm going to bed!

[Clear_dome]

lookin good. Keep rockin it!!
thanks


lookin good man ,hes learnin fast heeheh

, only thing i dont like about the tungsten holes is it leaves shity tungsten fume in the hole,, anyone know how to keep that from happenin??

not to bad on colors but on clear ones looks like ass..

humm no , my clear one is dirty because of my reamer (I use my brass reamer in the flame so it become black ) I took the picture before I got the time to clean it ....but in fact the tungsten doesnt leave any trace if it is done the right way , if it do , it mean that you heat the tungsten too hot and than it fume. the trick is to heat the glass that you want to drill super hot (white) than let it cool down a lil bit (during this time you'll just heat the tungsten till it came red ) . as soon as the tungsten stop to glow , push it in one side of the loop (you need to push and keep spining the tungsten to keep it from sticking in the piece) it also help to make a up and down move too . most of the time it wont drill through the first time , so you to remake the same thing on the other side of the loop , than it will go through . I know it look long to do and it wont work the first time that you'll do it but after some time it becam way more easy ! I make it in a second and the loops look killer each time ;)


CCbob showed me this, and also showed it to me when he visted my shop: get some cheap needle nose pliers, then heat up with a needle flame about 3/4of an inch down from the tip, and bend with another pair of pliers. Do the other side, to a little adjusting, and now you have some bail bitters, or peters tweezers.

To use them, just heat up where you want your loop hole to just below glowing orange, not moving, but pretty soft, then just clamp down in the center where you want your hole with the bail pliers, let it cool a little bit, then move the pliers back and forth like if you had a flat pendant, and you loop is going to be flattened the other axis. You will here a little crunch from the glass, this is ok and will help create the hole. You may have to do this a couple times to achieve the size of the hole. Hope this helps!!! I'm going to bed!

did you seen the tungsten tweezer ? look to work good to !

[Fiorino Glass Art]

Yeah, I didn't know if you were using tweezers or a rod, and yeah sure as long as you don't heat up the tungsten, you won't get any fume on it.

[CripSkillz]

thx guys shit i been doin it all wrong then hehe

i thought you just got glass t a glo then let it cool and keep heat on the tungsten while drilling, always red hot, so I always had funk have to try this in a min.,

[Clear_dome]

yeah that's what I was doing too before loic show me ;)

[Clear_dome]

here is my last batch-o-pendants , right before Chrismas :evilLaugh , all of them are solid as rock and can be thrown on a concret floor with no trouble (yes I have try with few one ;) ) and the mushroon is on a glow stix backing and it glow A LOT :D ,tuff to take a clean picture tho :

http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480691_DSCF0763.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480691/DSCF0763.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480692_DSCF0764.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480692/DSCF0764.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480693_DSCF0767.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480693/DSCF0767.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480694_DSCF0770.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480694/DSCF0770.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480695_DSCF0773.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480695/DSCF0773.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480707_DSCF0776.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480707/DSCF0776.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480709_DSCF0779.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480709/DSCF0779.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480711_DSCF0780.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480711/DSCF0780.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480712_DSCF0782.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480712/DSCF0782.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480714_DSCF0784.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480714/DSCF0784.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480726_DSCF0786.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480726/DSCF0786.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480727_DSCF0787.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480727/DSCF0787.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480728_DSCF0790.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480728/DSCF0790.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480729_DSCF0792.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480729/DSCF0792.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480730_DSCF0794.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480730/DSCF0794.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480736_DSCF0795.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480736/DSCF0795.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480737_DSCF0797.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480737/DSCF0797.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480738_DSCF0800.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480738/DSCF0800.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480739_DSCF0802.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480739/DSCF0802.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480740_DSCF0803.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480740/DSCF0803.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480783_DSCF0805.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480783/DSCF0805.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480784_DSCF0807.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480784/DSCF0807.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480785_DSCF0809.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480785/DSCF0809.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480786_DSCF0810.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480786/DSCF0810.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480787_DSCF0813.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480787/DSCF0813.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480805_DSCF0815.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480805/DSCF0815.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480806_DSCF0816.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480806/DSCF0816.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480807_DSCF0818.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480807/DSCF0818.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480808_DSCF0820.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480808/DSCF0820.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480809_DSCF0822.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480809/DSCF0822.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480841_DSCF0825.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480841/DSCF0825.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480842_DSCF0827.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480842/DSCF0827.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480843_DSCF0829.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480843/DSCF0829.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480844_DSCF0830.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480844/DSCF0830.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480845_DSCF0831.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480845/DSCF0831.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480861_DSCF0833.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480861/DSCF0833.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480862_DSCF0836.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480862/DSCF0836.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480863_DSCF0838.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480863/DSCF0838.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480864_DSCF0840.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480864/DSCF0840.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480865_DSCF0842.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480865/DSCF0842.JPG.html)

I hope I'm note braking any rule by posting so many pix ;) , I also have an inline in the kiln that will be finish 2d (I hope) . yesterday at the end of the day it was too big to fit in the kiln and by ''forcing it a bit'' I split it in 2 :S , I fix it so I'll keep it for me :D,Ihope I will be able to finish it .. next time I'll bend the blow tube before trying to ''force a lil bit'' LOL :
http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480867_DSCF0843.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480867/DSCF0843.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2480868_DSCF0844.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2480868/DSCF0844.JPG.html)

[The Madhatter]

Awesome pendants! Great color combos, and fuming! Love the detail, way to go! The turtle looks fun too, gonna have to try that sometime (along with a zillion other things I've learned here on the forum).

[CripSkillz]

hell ya i really like that comb bout middle.. ..

[Clear_dome]

thanks ,I have been playing around with my new colors (Bleu exotic,green exotic, blue moon , star white , onyx ,silver creek , ap , obtainium and MISTERY AVENTURINE :cheerlead )

[Clear_dome]

hey XD it survive :
http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2489585_DSCF0862.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2489585/DSCF0862.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2489586_DSCF0867.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2489586/DSCF0867.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2489587_DSCF0870.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2489587/DSCF0870.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2489588_DSCF0873.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2489588/DSCF0873.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2489589_DSCF0875.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2489589/DSCF0875.JPG.html)

it is all made with silver creek and china red tubing

[MUPH]

I just saw this on the book, sweet combs man

[Clear_dome]

thanks those are the biggest that I made yet , all made with silver creek

[CripSkillz]

sweet man, looking good, bottom comb looks much better did you clear coat it first or just diff color than the one on top..??

[Clear_dome]

right on , both have been make by coil poting some silver creek but the bottom one has been coat with clear before I blow it thin , my goal was to use silver creek in many way to see what I could harvest from it

[Dom]

Sweet work dude, the clear coat is really what makes a honeycomb a honeycomb imo.

[Clear_dome]

yeah , you'r right ! I wonder if some of you can help me , in the past I have been using some color with a lot of silver and some time I got a blue aura growing over my color and I'm not able to get it every time , what's the logic beind this ? I coil pot with a lot of oxy than marver a bit , than add my clear coat with the same oxy flame , than I blow it really thin , as thin as I can ,after I make my dot patern , still in an oxy flame and condence it . at the end when my disc look like I want and is almost finish I let it cool down till it dont glow and bring it slowly in the back of a propan flame to bring the color ...is that make sence ?

Also I have an other problem , since I work with high silver color I use and oxy flame to not reduce it to much ....my problem is that I have done 3 pipes yesterday with red and black tubing (working them with a lot of oxy) and all 3 came out mat like if the tubing as been sand blast ? I think it is call devitrification ? why it do that ?

[MUPH]

/\/\ maybe it wasnt hot enough?

[CripSkillz]

ya your top comb would have looked bomb if you were hotter and burnt off the haze layer...

[Clear_dome]

did I need to burn of the haze at the end only ? like when the comb is done

[CripSkillz]

keep it burnt off while workin it and especially at the end,, if it builds up to much while wrkn you might not be able to burn it off without jackin up your work

[Clear_dome]

great dude ! thanks for the tip ! will try XD

[Clear_dome]

wouuhouu I got the dichro alchemy dvd , that's bomb , I have to practice but it look good (better in real ) the dichro dont shine a lot on picture ...anyway I also made my first goblet :D and an other inline:

http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2548582_DSCF0911.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2548582/DSCF0911.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2548583_DSCF0912.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2548583/DSCF0912.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2548584_DSCF0913.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2548584/DSCF0913.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2548585_DSCF0915.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2548585/DSCF0915.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2548586_DSCF0917.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2548586/DSCF0917.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2548634_DSCF0918.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2548634/DSCF0918.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2548635_DSCF0919.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2548635/DSCF0919.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2548636_DSCF0923.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2548636/DSCF0923.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2548637_DSCF0931.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2548637/DSCF0931.JPG.html)

[ALIEN!]

damn dude. Nice first gobet!

[Clear_dome]

yep ! A big thanks to Steve Sizelove ! I made after looking at the dvd ! that's bomb too !

[jes]

nice!!!

[medicatedMELTDOWN]

Hey man, that dichro galaxy pendant looks really nice! It was hard to see the details on the webcam, but you got great result.

and nice goblet.... that is really good for a first try. :)

[Clear_dome]

about one year after my first pipe , and 19 month since the first day that I toch a torch I came out yesterday with that piece , my best till 2d I think . the piece is really heavy , the walls are even and all the weld look good and slick (not perfect but still )the reversal look good and the center is clean . I made it in short time (at least it was faster than I was working before) all this because of all the good info that I learn here ;) thanks for watching and for the advice .
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/headier%20stuff%202010/DSCF1152.jpg

http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/headier%20stuff%202010/DSCF1146.jpg

[CripSkillz]

lookin good CD

[Bo Diddles]

ya man, great stuff

[Clear_dome]

thanks dude !

Now I feel like I'm starting to understand how glass work .I have spent so many time being the torch in the last weeks , making some 50+hours weeks at the shop and like many told me at the begining , the best best trick is to PRACTICE PRACTICE AND PRACTICE MORE . I have been making some nice tube poll (at least to me) and reball all the shit and keeping a tones of lil section on my bench , assembling them and BANG ET VOILA !!! I'm finaly more friend with wig wag and making pieces out of a lot of section , I know it is still not perfect but I'm glad of the result .I have figured now how to have better termination by poping my hole at 90 than coldsealing and removing my blow tube than clean the termination but I can't figure how to get a tighter wigwag partern like twice tight as what I do , anyone can help me with that ?

http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Inline%20Ashcatcher/DSCF1185.jpg
http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2978289_DSCF1186.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2978289/DSCF1186.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2978290_DSCF1187.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2978290/DSCF1187.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2978291_DSCF1188.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2978291/DSCF1188.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2978292_DSCF1191.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2978292/DSCF1191.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2978293_DSCF1193.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2978293/DSCF1193.JPG.html)

and some unfinised work , yeah yeah I need gongs , I wait for some case :bouncy: :
http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2978315_DSCF1196.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2978315/DSCF1196.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2978316_DSCF1197.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2978316/DSCF1197.JPG.html) http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/t/2978317_DSCF1198.JPG (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/2978317/DSCF1198.JPG.html)
thanks for watching and for your comments !

[Clear_dome]

Working on the double layer , that's pretty fun to do :
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Slides/DSCF1397.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Slides/DSCF1399.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Slides/DSCF1398.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Slides/DSCF1400.jpg

[CripSkillz]

holly freekimn air flow batman lol heyhe nice ..

[Clear_dome]

hell yeah ! few more of the charcaol filter and the meteor glass screen :
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Slides/DSCF1413.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Slides/DSCF1411.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Slides/DSCF1409.jpg
OUPS I'LL EDIT THE SIZE

[Fiorino Glass Art]

Dope shit man!! Reversals and wig wags look great!!

[jr23]

Yo if you want tighter wigs do a bender back, Pull your tube too 12-16 mill

spiral your each end first and get your hooks the way you like them.

Then do a small bender and leave a bit of space in between them.

I am by far the worst at reversals in our local crew but see my boy andy killing them.

I have two friends that sell reversal prep so I see lots of them.

[Clear_dome]

Thanks jr23 !!
Since I have start to do reversal I have been watching a lot of online video about to see what did wrong but I dont get it ... first I dont really get the difference with normal wig wag and the benderback ?and also when you say leave a space between them do you mean @\_/ \_/ \_/@ ? thanks abain to help me ! and if you have any chance to take a pics of the prep before it is ball up it should help me a lot as picture might be easier than trying to explain me .... I do it about the same way as el hefe do http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLFrKIK1fnA , maybe I just need to practise ...

[cc_bob]

Have you watched these videos (http://www.talkglass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=576) yet? I'm not very good at them but these definitely helped me understand it.

When doing them each bend automatically forms a V. When you make the next one you want to move over enough that you don't distort the previous one.

Take a piece of clear rod and draw one line down the rod and try it. Just focus the heat in one spot, push in slightly as you bend. Once you have a large enough V straighten it out by rotating and getting it nice and hot. Move over and do another.

[Clear_dome]

Thanks CC , yes I already see those vids but I nerver really understand why people where bending it so I never really tried ....I still dont understand how it could make a V but I will give it a try 2d

[NUBBLET]

what happens , is the sides are a hair closer to the flame so the center is slightly stiffer , well in theory .
I find if you use your thumbs and kinda push in and up as you spin works for me . Odd to describe , good luck .

[Clear_dome]

here is some of my new flower pendants , I really love them .It was fun to make some flowers after so many times.
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Pendants/DSCF1520.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Pendants/DSCF1522.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Pendants/DSCF1523.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Pendants/DSCF1524.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Pendants/DSCF1525.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Pendants/DSCF1526.jpg

[hippi]

you shits sick dude! i like the window overlay ice pinch! and the inlice bub is sick im gonna have to try one of those! whats the 2 bowl connection thing? a vapor dome? reducer?

cool shit man peace out!

[Clear_dome]

Thanks , the thing under the bowl is a charcoal filter , I have done some other double layer , it start to look good now . Also the reversal has been done with benderback , I have to say that it is way faster and tighter this way .
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/headier%20stuff%202010/DSCF1503.jpghttp://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/headier%20stuff%202010/DSCF1505.jpg
thanks

[ivebeenshotafied]

dude those flowers pendents rock. i strayed from pendents cause i dont think people want bigger ones like those guess i was mistaken ha

o yea and them pinch bowls idk what to call em but i guess people/shops like em out your way? i tried to tell my dude that people want this type of shit. but hes always ify it seems

[Clear_dome]

I host a guy call Galen during 3 days at my shop and shit I learn a TONES of things . he blow glass since he is 12 and now he is 22 I think so he do some serious heady pieces . the green piece have been done by Galen , the only thing I did is pull the tube cane and he did the rest ,the piece is note finish yet , he will come back in some weeks so I kept it here . The second piece (the rainbow spoon) is what I did right after Galen leave , no need to say how happy I am with the result , I mess up the bow tie but I know how to do it now so I just have to practice more . That's also nice cause I will hit my 2 years in glass blowing in jully , cant wait to do bigger stuff :D

http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Gallen%20stuff/DSCF1654.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Gallen%20stuff/DSCF1653.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Gallen%20stuff/DSCF1651.jpg

http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Spoon%202010/DSCF1662.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Spoon%202010/DSCF1661.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Spoon%202010/DSCF1660.jpg

[ALIEN!]

lookin good for 2 years in bro, keep up the progress!

[steak351]

sick work

[Swampy]

nice progression, well done.

[Clear_dome]

Thanks all ! I can see now in my head how the bigger pipes are done and this is a really nice thing ... I'm not really scare putting a tone of color and times on a piece event if I dont really have any request for those here in Quebec now that I know how it is all put together, this is so SICKK , I have to make one of those 15 inches huge and heavy double bubbler full off horn and things LOL . I really hope the seen here will become more like in USA , cause there is no store here full of super killer glass so .. anyway thanks again to watch my progress , I will keep posting pix

[Clear_dome]

here is my last layback inline ashcatcher , I love it ! it is pretty thick like about 4 mill all the way . The inline can is made with 44x4 and the glass joint is a 18mm super heavy wall . I also did a batch of slide for one of the biggest head shop around , that's nice cause 2 seller from this shop made like 1h of road just to visit me and buy me some stuff , they also told me that they are very interest in my bigger pieces (bubbler , inline ect ) ...anyway that's the pics of what I did friday and saturday

http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Inline%20Ashcatcher/DSCF1670.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Inline%20Ashcatcher/DSCF1668.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Inline%20Ashcatcher/DSCF1669.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Inline%20Ashcatcher/DSCF1666.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Inline%20Ashcatcher/DSCF1665.jpg

and the slides
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Inline%20Ashcatcher/DSCF1671.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Inline%20Ashcatcher/DSCF1675.jpg

[Bo Diddles]

Great line work man! You're making some great progress. Keep it up!

[Clear_dome]

Thanks dude ! the key seem to ball up a tone of wig wag and than with practice it get cleaner LOL , the benderback technic is also helping to tight the partern too

[Clear_dome]

here is the 2 last piece I did yesterday , the big one is a grided layback inline with a tungsten drilled perc ,my biggest piece yet (about 11inches long and really heavy ) , my kiln start to look small :S .The second is a fladdisk stemless bubbler , a good practice to make my disk slimmer ! thanks for looking !
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Inline%20Ashcatcher/DSCF1698.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Inline%20Ashcatcher/DSCF1699.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Inline%20Ashcatcher/DSCF1702.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/Inline%20Ashcatcher/DSCF1703.jpg

[p.j.]

great progression man. your stuff looks leaps and bounds better than last year at this time!!!!

[Swampy]

I like your style especially the little piece on the right, that looks neat even in clear.

I don't can't get my disks flat so you are three steps ahead of me :o)

[Clear_dome]

Thanks ,
Galen show me how to make flater disk , first you need a punty or a point on you bubble before you start to flaten it like this ====<>------- an than you get to whole thing hot and puff while you press the punty/point so you'll get more something like this ======{}--------- after that you just have to finish one side pop a hole ,punty it , remove the blow tube/point and finish the other side

[ras_eel]

really nice work in this thread cleardome, great progression ur work is geting cleaner and cleaner keep it up

ras

[Swampy]

Thanks CD.

[bzglass]

i Really like the sparkle in that piece! which is it?

[Clear_dome]

the grey sparkle is steel wool and the blueish one is unobtainium (one of my new favorite color :) )

[hashmasta-kut]

cool beans, i just made a couple vapes with steel wool and unobtainium :)

[ALIEN!]

goddamn bro, you blew up! Nice!

[Clear_dome]

goddamn bro, you blew up! Nice!

Thanks dude , can't wait to make an other big one !


cool beans, i just made a couple vapes with steel wool and unobtainium :)

both are really color , I would like to get my hand on some fool gold one day too

[Bo Diddles]

Hey CD, give Silver Unobtainium a try, you'll love it.
Stuff looks great man, show us more!

[Clear_dome]

for some reason silver unobtainium is always back order where I get my color (northel mfg) :(

[hashmasta-kut]

Thanks dude , can't wait to make an other big one !



both are really color , I would like to get my hand on some fool gold one day too

i grabbed half a pound of fools gold too. its pretty rad, but almost too dark straight up. my sister made me a dragon for my bday, and she coated a tenmm rod of clear with it, and the body, especially the thinner tail, look nicer a bit lighter than stock i think.

[hashmasta-kut]

for some reason silver unobtainium is always back order where I get my color (northel mfg) :(


i got all three unobtainiuims, and so far never got a really nice result with the silver one. its totally different than the other two, a fully color changing one, whereas the other two dont at all really. im not sure how to use the silver one yet. i'll reread about it before i try it again.

[Bo Diddles]

HMK - if I can find a pic I'll post it. If you aren't getting a nice result, you must be doing something wrong - just work it like any other opaque silver colour, but don't encase it too deep...

CD - have you tried Artistry in Glass (http://www.artistryinglass.on.ca/)? Not too bad on shipping, and they carry a tonne of stuff. They don't stock any of it, but it gets to my door within a week or so.

Why can't Nortel get their shit together with their website? I see they finally have pictures up, but no prices???? E-mail to order?? Painful.

[Clear_dome]

I almost only order via nortel , I have almost 30 to 40 % off on all the price that Artistry in glass have and nortel got all in stock ! nortel is the way to go for me ! ...

some new stuff I did this week , all by hand , the to grided shower head tube are 14 and 18 inch tall and the bubbler is 15 inch tall , the can is 50X5 , bot are my biggest pieces till today on my phantom . Also I'm waiting for some ceramic decal :D can wait to try them !!

http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/bubbler/DSCF1735.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/bubbler/DSCF1733.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/bubbler/DSCF1732.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/bubbler/DSCF1731.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/bubbler/DSCF1730.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/bubbler/DSCF1728.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/bubbler/DSCF1727.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/bubbler/DSCF1726.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/bubbler/DSCF1725.jpg

My seals are clean now , working with clear for some times was the way to go for me ! I have learn a lot , I might add some sand blast on them if I can have acces to it

[CheeseNip]

very nice. Cleaner than alot of the handspun tubes posted on here.

[p.j.]

sweet shaowercaps.......what size tubing?

[Clear_dome]

Tubing is 48mm x 3.8mm x 18 inches tall

[Clear_dome]

I did some sand blast for the first time last week and it came out nice ! also I got the time to play on a upline , all AP tubing raw ! I like it !

http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/bubbler/DSCF1741.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/bubbler/DSCF1739.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/bubbler/DSCF1736.jpg

and I tought I could share some pix of my new UV tattoo , that's a purple and green spiral inside a reversal section

http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/bubbler/DSCF1745.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/bubbler/DSCF1744.jpg

I love it , I did the drawing to get something realistic and with the orange outlining it look like it's hot !

[CheeseNip]

dude the glass is sweet but your new tattoo is too sick!

[ALIEN!]

you better make a clean glass piece with the pattern matching the tat or we're all gonna pick on ya! And yes, it best be a-glowin:)

[Clear_dome]

Haha:) thanks

[CripSkillz]

loookin good man,, :)

[Clear_dome]

the last weeks have been really fun in the shop , I did melt some nice shit I think ! I defenetly start to play with glass without being scare about cracking :P

2 stand up small spoon (about 3 inch tall):
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/12%20nov%2010/DSCF1800.jpg

an upline with the ''U'' connection for the mouth piece :
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/12%20nov%2010/DSCF1795.jpg

layback big flat disk gridded inline :
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/12%20nov%2010/DSCF1796.jpg

my biggest tube yet :
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/12%20nov%2010/DSCF1797.jpg

some fume/sleeve red tubing piece (really heavy) :
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/12%20nov%2010/DSCF1802.jpg

wig wag tear drop spoon ?
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/12%20nov%2010/DSCF1806.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/12%20nov%2010/DSCF1808.jpg

spiral lock :
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/12%20nov%2010/DSCF1804.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/12%20nov%2010/DSCF1803.jpg

some slides:
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/12%20nov%2010/DSCF1811.jpg

my friend and I put 50 buck and built a getto photo box in the shop , it really worth it I think ! oh and I forget ....I'm waiting for a GTT Kobuki :D gtt told me that they should get them in november but ?! I know I can wait for long time soo .. anyway I cant wait !

[Riley]

i'm liking that double weld upstem, cool organic vibe with the tones in the retti's and the frit. classy.

what are you upgrading from to the kobuki ?

[ivebeenshotafied]

props on the arm work thats really sick..i have been thinking of getting a filla on my forearm.

like that second to last sherly.

[LTD]

Nice stuff, nice tattoo. I have been using the Black light pigments from skin candy for a while now and really love them.
in normal light
http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu23/LBaylieoner/GetAttachment_002.jpg
With black light and normal light
http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu23/LBaylieoner/100_1741.jpg

[Clear_dome]

i'm liking that double weld upstem, cool organic vibe with the tones in the retti's and the frit. classy.

what are you upgrading from to the kobuki ?

I'm on a Gtt Phantom for about a year now and I'm really satisfy of the size flame & oxygen consomation but I would like to go bigger sometimes (for bigger bubble or for doing my stick stack preparation ) and I dont like the mirage cause the big flame is to large and drink to much for my everyday use .

nice tattoo LTD !

[LTD]

nice tattoo LTD !

Thanks! That tattoo was mostly free hand, just a rough stencil. I love doing black light work

[Clear_dome]

just want to post my last tube to say that I'm still alive !!!! I push the thing to my limits ! thanks to Nate dizz and Hops for your nice imagination !!! I did it for a friend , I'm not planning to make a production of it ;) ...so it is 24 inches tall and is pretty heavy the top is 50mmX5mm , it is hand made , exept the foot (I hand drill it ;) ) the inline is gridded 3 x 7 slits .. it was like making an exam ...came nice I think !

http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/DSCF4100.jpg
Peace

[Bo Diddles]

Great work brother! Where the hell have you been?
Let's see some more recent work...

[Clear_dome]

haha I have been in my cave a lot , playing with fire ! you want some new stuff .....let me dig ... I did Improve a lot it the last year , making larger stuff every week , I'm doing a lot of tubes canes also (with shop vac) ...and you ? what 's up

[Clear_dome]

http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/gi2.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/bho.jpg (the black piece in the back is a colab with Galen )
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/p01.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/t802.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/td011.jpg
this is a double waffle for an other good friend
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/DSCF1962.jpg
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy159/Clear_dome/DSCF2008.jpg

I did'nt took picture of my work since the pipeclassic but I did some really nice stuff since !