PDA

View Full Version : more Boro questions


coil1002
03-06-2006, 12:53 PM
Ok so I have color coming in. What mm rods and tubes should I have around to start with?

I plan on making mibs, pendants, maybe a pipe or two for some friends, goblets when torch allows and sculptures.

Once again any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

Liam
Cosmo
03-06-2006, 01:01 PM
For rods I use 8, 10, and 12 a lot. I also use 1" for the centers of vortexes and the like. I use 4mm for wiping.

For tubing, I use 22 and 25mm heavy for most all of the tube work I do. I also have some smaller tubing (12mm?) for encasing opals and such. I'm not really a pipe maker, so I don't know what to suggest for pipes, but for inside out beads, implosion pendants and marbles, and stuff like that, those sizes work for me.
coil1002
03-06-2006, 01:07 PM
For rods I use 8, 10, and 12 a lot. I also use 1" for the centers of vortexes and the like. I use 4mm for wiping.

For tubing, I use 22 and 25mm heavy for most all of the tube work I do. I also have some smaller tubing (12mm?) for encasing opals and such. I'm not really a pipe maker, so I don't know what to suggest for pipes, but for inside out beads, implosion pendants and marbles, and stuff like that, those sizes work for me.


Thank you cosmo thats exactly what I needed :D

One question though. What is "wiping"? :contempla
somberbear
03-06-2006, 01:25 PM
when you take the blob at the eand of something or to clean up a termination... you wipe off the excess... or peal or what every you wnat to call it
coil1002
03-06-2006, 01:36 PM
when you take the blob at the eand of something or to clean up a termination... you wipe off the excess... or peal or what every you wnat to call it


Got ya

thanks
eternalfrost
03-06-2006, 04:56 PM
i couldnt live without some good thick stock like 20 mil. theres really no need to 'gather' with it and really makes things go alot faster. you can always use it to pull stringers of anyseze needed too

i have just started on the pipe side of things and prefer the heavy wall, it gives nice solid finished pieces. some thinner stuff is easier to manage if ur gunna be making it into things like goblets etc