bowl push....home made [Archive] - The Melting Pot - Where All Glass Addicts Melt Together

dnug42

11-10-2006, 10:36 AM

does any one make there own bowl push-ies....i have made and used some but if there is any sort of un-evenness it really comes out in the bowl...any good advice on getting a very even round push- somthing like a giant pencilshapener thing a ding...i have used disk sander...should i just be better off buying one? i dunno but thnkansk

schmoinkel

11-10-2006, 10:40 AM

maybe a belt sandererer

somberbear

11-10-2006, 10:44 AM

find a way to chuck it up in a drill... and use it like a lathe and put your tapper on with a file....

my solution is buy one there cheap and last for ages.....

peace
rob

lucidvisions

11-10-2006, 11:45 AM

as somberbear said the drill works great!
Josh

hookedonsilicate

11-10-2006, 11:57 AM

dremel has a round sander at the top theres a sphere indent at the top looks like a marble
mold. If you hold either one at
a 45 degree angle it will shape a pencil tip. its kinda of hard to explain but it works

11-10-2006, 03:09 PM

I'd just buy one ,there like 10 bucks

mistahead

11-10-2006, 04:27 PM

who sells a good one? ive used a carbon rod since i startted but always struggled to find the proper shape that i like, i had it pretty close once but i just dropped it. it doesnt fit in my drill chuck and i dont have a belt sander.

somberbear

11-10-2006, 04:40 PM

I have 3 from public sci glass.... bambo handled.... 15-25 bucks if i remeber right...

in 2 years i have yet to replace them..... or re surface them.

peace
rob

Cosmo

11-12-2006, 07:33 PM

www.mountainglassarts.com has the bamboo handled pushes. I saw them in person yesterday, and they look nice. I had already double-blown my glass budget so I couldn't pick one up, but intend to next time I order.

As for what I use now, I got a 3/4" graphite rod from Arrow Springs and shaped it on a belt sander. Just wear a mask if you do it...

dnug42

11-13-2006, 09:29 AM

het thanks for all info- great stuff...i like the dermal idea- but i guess i'll jus buy one- i have only seen em for38. but now i got some new leads...thk again...

Udai Hussien

11-13-2006, 09:52 AM

I'm a real man, I use my thumb. f you steal my idea, I WILL CrUSH YOU!!!

somberbear

11-13-2006, 10:22 AM

the menize pushs are pritty cool... and i would get one if i didnt already have 3 from public sci glass.... and they have the nipples on them... which i learned with so its hard for me to convert.... give them a call i put there number some where up here... i think under bamboo tools.... and one even has a down stem suport .... which is so helpful some times... but i dont think i paid more then 25 for it.... i could be wrong though...

and kristian sells the menzies pushs...two options....

peace
rob

mistahead

11-13-2006, 10:58 AM

menzie got a push now too!! i bet its bomb! by the time im done buying his tools i will have put atleast one of his kids through school!!...wills tools rule!

somberbear

11-13-2006, 11:09 AM

some one has too... atleast your not just paying it... you get high quality glass tools outta the deal....

peace
rob

thejackstraw

11-13-2006, 12:22 PM

The bamboo tools are where it's at. I've had my set for five years. Love 'em. I talked to Mike Kennedy yesterday and he's got some of everything made up and lots of sophietas. Operators are standing by 336-924-2183

somberbear

11-13-2006, 01:49 PM

i have pictures of my tools in my gallery..... if you want pictures of the bambo tools.

chayes

11-13-2006, 07:44 PM

rounded off carbon rod works great every time.

misticglass

11-14-2006, 02:01 PM

at some art stores they have thick solid graphite pencils that will work great if your too lazy to order one

OracleGlassArts

07-15-2010, 03:02 PM

buy a graphite rod, drill and tap it (you can do it by hand almost), then spin it and file it with a metal rasp...finsih with fine sandpaper and then steel wool. made a bowl push and my octagon reamer and theyre dope.

somewhere

07-15-2010, 04:23 PM

I remember not saying anything first time I saw this thread. This time I felt the need. Lol

petto

07-15-2010, 05:21 PM

brass................blastshield and burning brass has nice ones, will last forever.

KT-Old School Glass

07-16-2010, 04:57 AM

I am having these made locally. They have a steel poker that you can take out and use as a regular bowl push. With the poker it is a bubbler push.

http://www.generationsglass.com/media/IAPush.jpg

kage

07-16-2010, 08:28 AM

rounded off carbon rod works great every time.

for real. get a whole set of pushes for the price of one. rounded with sandpaper and elbow grease. duct tape handle. mine has worked nine yrs so far...

somewhere

07-16-2010, 08:28 AM

Did anyone notice the date on this thread? It was originally posted because someone couldn't figure out how to round off the end of a carbon rod. Doesn't anyone else find this thread comical.

kage

07-16-2010, 08:30 AM

just noticed this was four yrs old....lol

Shatner

07-16-2010, 09:19 AM

for real. get a whole set of pushes for the price of one. rounded with sandpaper and elbow grease. duct tape handle. mine has worked nine yrs so far...

This is what I do. Except instead of duct tape I use electrical tape. Black for me, another color for my shopmate. No tool mixups.

J Howard

07-16-2010, 02:11 PM