new tool.. fun stuff

[drewspuppet]

I invested in an 8" flat lap about 5 months ago. Has been really fun, a bit of a learning curve. I have found that paperweights are more forgiving in the creation process, pendants because of the size are more touchy in the underlayers of color -- how they lie after the grinding.

I was fortunate to get a combo xmas + birthday present of a bench grinder and v-wheel disks. It is kind of an expensive tool.. but I do mostly solid worked stuff and will make good use of it. I got a covington grinder - 400HDG model. Thing is a beast.. weights about 70lbs, very well built.

The learning curve on the vertical grinder seems pretty hefty as well. Just got the discs to test it out yesterday. Below, some pictures of a 2.25" weight. Going to take some practice on design aspect of piece and grinding angles and depth.

http://www.azrglassworks.com/images/facetweights-2.jpg

http://www.azrglassworks.com/images/carved2.jpg

http://www.azrglassworks.com/images/carved2-2.jpg

[Jeffs Pieces]

so dope thanks for sharing!

[smolder holder]

Those rule!!

[FRGartifacts]

Those are freaking sweet!!!! Glad to see you putting that gift to great use already, they look awesome, kinda wish I had one on the shelf of my headboard.

[Headdi Retti's Glass Art Studio]

Man those are awesome Bro! Looks deep!

[glassdocnc]

Nice!






Now I want one too...

[FatTireBiker]

Those are cool !

[RamblezMarblez]

I like your coldworking skillz!

[boombonicglassstudio]

yes very nice id like to add one to my collection can you pm me some details and we can talk some and again congrats those are beautiful!

[ZombieGlass]

Those pics are amazing - Thanks for sharing! How long does it take to grind one of those down??

[drewspuppet]

Those pics are amazing - Thanks for sharing! How long does it take to grind one of those down??

I would say that it takes about 10-15 minutes to flat lap a piece. Add another 15-20 minutes for the v-wheel carved ones.

The main grinding disk for the flat lap doesn't last very long .. I use 80 grit diamond disk.

The disks I use on flat lap are:

80 grit diamond
270 diamond
600 smoothing pad
felt polish

[Icarus]

For the main 80 grit disk, are you applying a lot of pressure when you're bulk removing glass? I've heard that that will cause a disk to prematurely wear out. From what I understand, you should really only be applying enough pressure to hold the piece in place. HWC would know way more, but give that a try and see if you can get a little more life out of your disks that way.

[jes]

Wow, nice looking objects, thanks for sharing :D

[s3xt0y]

Those look so sick.

[Kato]

looks real sick man i dig it!