Some new stuff

[CripSkillz]

:chilling: Some lil stuff I was messin wif :chilling:

[onion]

right on, looks like youre learning fast

[PyroChixRock]

very fast dang! good job!

[CripSkillz]

Thx guys and Girl heheh

so im stoked i rigged up my kiln lid today to a pully and rope, now i can open it jsut enuf without gettin teh glove on and do it fast and easy then place my piece then close just as easy, this is going to make that last step so much eaiser, to hard to try to get a piece hot set it down, get teh glove , prop the lid get the piece back in fire really quick while the kiln is coolin off, its jsut a pain in da ass, now it will be nice,,

[onion]

haha thats hilarious, top loaders are a bitch, but once you get bigger and better youll be glad for the kiln space

[beachglass]

the skillz are definetely improving....i'm 6 months in and i still cant make a slide bowl hehe

i hope the rope you got there isnt made of anything too flammable. if it is id keep the kiln under 1100 :)

[CripSkillz]

heheh thx but ya i got chain on the handel and thats hoked to the rope a few inches up so shouldnt get tooo hot

[CripSkillz]

ok heres one i made last night plenty of silver and dots wif a wrap gettin pattern to come out a lil beter :chilling:

[gravdigr]

I love the colors you got there. I am just working with several pounds of odds my friend had. I can't wait to work with colors that I can read about what they do and when I find 1 I like I will know what it is so I can get more.

What color brand do you use?

[CripSkillz]

Thanks
actually i have a bunch of ends too and northstar percision , but this one was unexplanium suposidly a blue green color not bad I got it form the 10$ a pound out of tolorence sale, and gotta tell ya the rods didnt looke much worse than a regular rod , any ways i cant tell the diff yet, but the unobtanium was bubbly as hell so i encased a piece of rod and used it for magnifers and it worked goood

these last few have been minis, i only had bout 1 1/2 feet of smaller than 1inch medium wall, so I been makin small stuff till my glass shows up

I jsut made 2 more today with momka holoween and christmass rods, jsut twisted up lati style then wraped

well see how they look later

[onion]

looks good... see how on your bigger dot on the newer wrapped one its kinda got an acute angle where it joins the peice? you kinda want to avoid that, as it creats a spot of stress when the piece cools down, try applying the dots hotter then working all the way around them with the flame, while trying not to deform the structure of the hollow work

[CripSkillz]

looks good... see how on your bigger dot on the newer wrapped one its kinda got an acute angle where it joins the peice? you kinda want to avoid that, as it creats a spot of stress when the piece cools down, try applying the dots hotter then working all the way around them with the flame, while trying not to deform the structure of the hollow work

ya ill try that but what about when ya want a big marbel style magnifer then you still have the angle all the way around the mag Ill show ya when i post my next pics when they come outa kiln

[CripSkillz]

Ok here are teh new ones fresh outa the kiln

rember there minis like 2 inches each

I really like that haloween color looks coool

[CripSkillz]

Here are tehr rings i made tonight free hand came out alright on the 2nd one weeeeeeeeeeee

[gravdigr]

Ooh I really like those colors. What is it, just several colors in 1 rod? I love the thin stripes in it. Do you have any more of those rods left you could post a pic of so I can see what the rods look like? I may have some in our sample colors.

[CripSkillz]

there jsut the momka rods that are multicolored they kinda cool

[CripSkillz]

Man i been doin these rings for 2 days now cuz i thought i was almost outa propane, but i guess i got a lot more than i thought cuz i used 700# of oxy and its still goin, and i been messin wif a bunch a lil buillshiz maybe that Y usin small falme, probally shouldnt have takin it in so soon last time, the tank was light so i figured empty, no worries my buddy is lettin me use a big prop tank so ima get that filled too and then no worries of runnin out, I wonder what the price diff will be compared to my exchange tank at 21$ A POP here is tha pic

Oh Ya and here are what teh rods look like GD its a momka sampler pak courtesy of MR.WoNkA Thx again

[richsantaclaus]

You know Crip, you are having WAY too much fun!!!!!

Nice work!

[gravdigr]

yep, I have some of those exact rods. Gonna have to play. And happy day, my sample pack from glass alchemy came. Time to increase my color count from the 9 or 10 I use now :bouncy:

[CripSkillz]

Made some new ones yesterday , and I broke 2 today and got one hopefully look cool, I encased unobtanium and silver unobtanium and cad yellow, then pulled em into stringers and wraped thoes and melted all in so hopefully it looks cool well see, I love expearimentin wif all deez diff colors..

[PyroChixRock]

:bouncy: :confetti: :cheerlead :spend:

good job!

[CripSkillz]

Thx Misha, here are teh new pics didnt come out as dark on the yellow as i hoped but its not to bad

[Managlass]

Dang mang..

Thats inspirational..Im just getting my torch and building my workshop..But when i start actually making something..i sure hope my progress is as fast as yours :)

[CripSkillz]

Thx mang heheh , just dont get discouraged when ya break stuff and have fun, I break a lot you jsut dont see all thoes, id say im bout 60/40 right now 40% broken stuff hehehhe

[CripSkillz]

Well here is the latest i made last night, it came out alright but one of the colors must not agree cuz, I got a bunck of lil cracks in it kindapissees me off, its super thick tooo, I hate cracks well in my glass at least :tongue2:

oh well here it is

[ShttrdSpctrm]

dam crip, your gettin better everyday. keep it up yo, you got skillz :chilling:

[mer]

i felt bad for you having to work outside but you're doing great!

[CripSkillz]

ThX guys for sho im tryin thx

Heres what i messed wif yesterday Im goin out now to try somethin else :chilling: not sure yet but yaaaaa hummmm

[CripSkillz]

Ok heres the one i did today I like came ot cool some multi blue color, thoes lines that show really whited actually look cool shiny blue color outside, oh ya and its gotta loop so if your a really hard core smoker you could wear it round your neck hehehe

[Racer X]

I notice something in your bowl pushing.

Think of the head of the bowl as a globe. Pop the hole at more of a 45 degree from the stem to the head. So in between the mouthpiece and the bowl... don't go straight down go more towards 45. In other words, pop the hole in between the median and the mouthpiece. Also, try to feel out the whole piece as much as possible so that it's all an even wall. This helps with everything... ask yourself how thick is this part of the piece compared to the rest. I just found out one of my accounts ran over a piece of mine with his jeep. It lives still.

Even wall thickness, even heat memory and glass is your friend.

After a good 100,000 spoons you'll be ready for anything.

[CripSkillz]

heheheh 100000 yay you mean like instead of straight 90 jsut back a lil twords the mouthpiece ?? I think ihear ya and ya im jsut startin to get the even temp meltin it all in and gettin even wall, but i still mess a few up, I would blow em out then if it was off jsut go with it, but today i blew it out and could tell it was thin and reduced it down again blew it up a bit more reduced it and ended up gettin teh whole bowl bubble even worked good, so now i wont have to be a hack any mre and go with it heheheh unless im jsut over workin on that pice then i jsut get it over with and kiln it... it happens sometimes like wrinkels I hate em from gettin to thin..

[CripSkillz]

Heres what I made to night first decent marble actually kinda round and the punty dent in teh back makes it stand up nice hahah, the lil green one was my first coil pot i used the encased cane i tried to make teh other day and shit it worked kinda stoked anyways lata thx for coments

[CripSkillz]

YAY i made my first shelock last night and It came out sweeet check it guys and gals

[newmexicomagma]

looks good man. definately still progressing. i noticed a lil devitrification on the inside of ur bend there afteru shape ur sherly u can go back with a fine flame and fire polish the devit off. but awesome man ur a mover and a shaker.

[CripSkillz]

is that the blury spot there your talkin bout,, Can I fire polish with out re anealing or is this outa the question..

Thx man

[newmexicomagma]

i would reheat in the kiln then fire polish it. but ya thats the spot im talking about it always happens with sherlocks i usually polish it right after i make my bend. is that a inside out? ur moving fast man.

[CripSkillz]

thx Ya inside out I was kinda cheatin cuz i still cant flair a tube very well so I jsut poured a few diff frits in there heheh I think ima get a coffie grinder so I can make more..

[gravdigr]

crip your stuff is looking great. My shop out here would prolly buy every one of those spoons at $10 each. They'd prolly like your stuff better than mine. I've had to switch to a lot of fume and putting the knobbies on the outside because he says that's what sells.

[n3rd]

lookin real good! give flaring a try!!

[mer]

lookin' real good there. your coil pot is tight and the sherlock has a great shape. impressive again. if you are open to suggestions on shrinking that bowl hole down i bet you would catch on pretty quick. maybe if you describe what you do now about popping the hole and pushing the bowl you would get back some good input. maybe you don't need it. just offering....... not a diss.
peace, m

[ShttrdSpctrm]

dam crip, that looks good. i get devit all the time when i bend, stretch. do like magma said and hit it with a small sharp flame for just a second. shit goes right away. sherlocks usually sell well. good luck, :chilling: peace

[CripSkillz]

Thankx guys , well I kilned it today and re polished well see how it went

I had a jacked up day at the torch, tried to flair some tube got it OK not to good then got some thick lines and to lattis in there then was strechn a bit to much got it thin and did my famous wrinkle I hate it but used half to pull a decent piece, then had a tight wrap n rake goin till i did the same thing and thined out a spot then got pissed and started meltin the shit out it and it turned into a mushroom pipe,, kinda gay you will see tomarrow

as for how I do my holes and bowls is I get the spot hot then tip on side and pull out of the flame as the tit comes out and then move it so jstu the tip of tit is in and POP it, then i melt in a lil and give a lil push with my 1/4 rod then heat it all around and push the bowl then I do the same for carb, and add whatever then pull the mouth piece off and thats that..

Ill take feed back Im here to learn man ehhehe

lata all

[gravdigr]

Have you tried blowing your bowlholes? Basically once my bubble is made I turn it on it's side and heat a small spot where I want my bowl hole to be then I blow it out in the flame. If the hole is too big you can shrink it by heating around it. If the hole is too small reheat it and blow a bit harder. Then just heat around the bowl hole and push the bowl. I like to get the bowl pushed in 1 shot. You can also do the same with the carb hole.

[CripSkillz]

hehehheh oh ya that what i do I was a lil high last night when writin i ment I m blowin the whole time I ment i pull it outa flame a bit when the lil tit pops out so im jsut hittin the end wif flame then it pops WHILE IM BLOWIN basically the same way your doin it sorry for da confusion ill edit that word

[CripSkillz]

Ok here are lastnights craps the lil auqa one is Jacked but it was coilpottd jsut a bit to mess wif so no biggie I like the color no bolin and doesnt have to be encased I like that , The unobtanium cracked in the other piece that was my I/O attempt that went bad, then the mushroom wasnt susposta be a mush room thill i messed up the spoon part and jsut started meltin away, then it turned into a mushroom pipe, but the bowl hole is jacked was to close to the edge of shroom hit the inside. And thx for the tips on devit polished out the sherl and shes all perty again.

[gravdigr]

That mushroom pipe is great. Sometimes the coolest stuff comes out of a mistake. You need to get out of cali and roll your ass up here in the mountains where the locals aren't used to artsy shit. Your seconds would go as firsts. They love the wierd stuff.

[newmexicomagma]

good job pushing yourself man. nice job on trying the coil pot. is it solid agua? try just covering a point in agua so u have a clear base it wil make your color last longer and will make a solid color too. and its easier to shape being that clear moves easier than agua. but that a way to do the stick stack. i dont think its called that but u just draw ur lines on a point melt them down then put clear over them now u have a full color tube inside out. keep just having fun ur moving along just fine.

[mer]

as for how I do my holes and bowls is I get the spot hot then tip on side and pull out of the flame as the tit comes out and then move it so jstu the tip of tit is in and POP it, then i melt in a lil and give a lil push with my 1/4 rod then heat it all around and push the bowl

that process is legit. all i would add is a note about how to fix them when they are too big or too small. too small is easier. heat the rim of the hole ONLY, then spread it with sharp tipped tweezers (i keep a small pair hidden on the side of my bench for just this purpose), this will leave a rectangular shaped hole that you can fit the 2 mil. end of a reamer or a nail into, which will make it round again. as for shrinking holes that are too big, heat around the hole and a bit more but not all the way up to the outer edge of the push. have your reamer/nail ready because once it starts to shrink it wont stop until you put something there to stop it. this usually works unless the glass in the bowl is too thin. if it's too thin then don't even try..... twenty minutes later you will be swearing out loud. i hope that helps. i'm not tryng to be cocky like i'm so perfect.... i only know how to fix bowl holes because i've fucked up on so many of them.

the new pieces look good, keep going.
peace, m

[CripSkillz]

Hey ya thx for the info Ill keep it in mind case i gott try it weeeeeeeee this is what i made today I got another one in teh kiln I did tonight it sux well see tomarow
lata all

[CripSkillz]

Here is the other I did last night I guess it came out better than i was think it was gona heheheh I like the blues my buddy wanted blue and not melted in wired huh I made the first one then he said he wanted more texture like not melted in all teh way OK hehehe Some people do like shitty pipes LOL

[CripSkillz]

Sup yalll been a few day but weeeeeeeeeee I got my *r ryder torch and a sm21 tip im super stoked here is what i made the opther day its jsut gona get beta

[knaz]

Lookin good man - I wish I was that playful with design when I first started. I got burnt out on mastering shaping, no colors just fume and clear. Keep it up.

[ShttrdSpctrm]

nice crip, i like the sherlock, you should make more of those. and i have had some probs with unobtanium on the inside work, crackin ank checkin. ive been told to use alota oxy when applyin that color, sumtin bout da chrome. peace :chilling:

[CripSkillz]

OHHHHHH YAAAA Last night was great I started with 20 " of 24x4 and 1 blo tube, ended up with 4 points and 5 Pieces all wif good mouth pices and carbs and bowl holes, 3 hours and I didnt fuk nothin up super stoked any how check out these bad boys, and I tried the uxeplain again and I melted the shit outa it and it still checked where it had clear over and its meltid in like a mofo, smooth as a babys buttt oh well, I wonder if its just a bad batch the rods are kinda grainy, its the seconds 10$a pound shit heres the pics

[nick84]

Lookin good man!
Nick

[gravdigr]

what is the pinkish color I'm seeing?

[CripSkillz]

Thats what that shitty brown color looks like on iso your seein brown line from rear side, lol I thought i had 2 of the same stringers looked identicall one came out red the ohter brown but pink from inside

[CripSkillz]

Here are some more i made today came out good yay :chilling: :chilling: :chilling:

[ShttrdSpctrm]

keep up the good work, lookin good

[HumanLathe]

hey yo crip looking good i think its time you try some dots and try breaking up the pattern a little. think to yourself," these dots will be a blown mouth piece," these twisted lines will be the stem going to the bowl," and then some more dots for the bowl", then maybe short little lines on the end of the tube for a spiral of twisted lines on the end. Creating a surface pattern on your piece will help you determine over all length of finished piece thickness and shape. Creating a clean flow from pattern to pattern is what is hard to pull off at first, give it a whirl.

[Pilgrim]

listen to matt, and keep practicing........

[CripSkillz]

Thx guys Ill give it a go Im gona blow tonight so well see what happens tomarrow. thx for ideas :chilling:

[ShttrdSpctrm]

ya , what the Human Lathe said. that shits tough at first, but builds good skill :chilling:

[CripSkillz]

Ya its a lil harder than i thought anyways this was my first try, pulled the mouth picec will to hot and streched it more than i wanted tooo but i was over it anyways, Off to try ISO well see whatthappens... edit nothin happened but wastin gas fukin still cant flair a tube to save my life, any tips would be great , im tryin to flair out a 6 inch pice of 26x4 but they alwyas come out lookin like fuked up wine glasses never big enuf and never round just jacked been the most frustrating thing waste 30 min just tryin to get it rdy to do iso im over it till tonight maybe you guys will give me tips b4 then so i wont have to kick my dog--JK i love my dog and I cant kick anything so relaxxx

[mer]

try this,
punty up to the blank on the end opposite from the point/blowtube.
heat blank with flame at 45 degree angles toward the center.
puff slow to get a football shape.
remove pontil and blow a hole in the end.
flare end to make a bell shape.
(flare opening from top w/ carbon reamer, spin and heat at bottom of flare as it spreads)
hope i said that in an understandable way

peace, m

[CripSkillz]

Ok well I can get to the football part and blow the hole in the end but thats where it all goes wrong, i try th use my carbon rod to start flarin but it gets outa round so fast then im jsut fuked and i really think i need it flaired wider cuz i cant get inside and lay down any thing straight or where i want it jstu to small an area, i guess ill jstu have to watch someone do it

thx for the info M

[Wierdeer]

Try doing smaller points and make stems with them or put them together and make pipe this will teach you how to flare better make like 50 of them and you will def be a pro at flaring

[The Lorax]

more heat if it isn't going smoothly, or less pressure with the rod.

[mer]

don't push the reamer into the glass, just hang the opening of the blank on the reamer by it's own weight while you spin. as the glass gets hot enough the wieght of the blank will be enough to flare the end open gently. just mind that you hold the reamer still and let gravity do the work. you're right though, it would be helpful to be able to watch somebody. good luck though......

peace, m

[CripSkillz]

ohhh man that jsut made so much sence i cant believe i didnt think of it, Im gona go try it right now, after this saftey break :chilling: that was the visual i needed, thx monkey and everyone , that must be why my shit is wacked out i been tryin to make hte flair using the carbon instead of lettin the glass do its thing

[CripSkillz]

welll that was the trick 1st try it came out fine so here are the 1st fukups, then i actually got a good ISO pattern down and closed up almost to workin the bowl side out then frickin TINK ahhh h oh well try again tomarow

[mer]

very few things worth doing are easy. keep at it.

[CripSkillz]

man ill try again cuz that shit was lookin tight fuk i was jsut checkin it out and to top off a long list of shit my dog fuked up today , she jumped up and knocked my arm and i jabed that fresh broken pice clean in my arm i got a wound looks like a lil va jay jay on my arm dammm that shit is sharp, good thing they invented super glue or id be gettin stiches for sure :bummed:

[beachglass]

ya that does look tight...too bad she snapped. make 10 and theyll be perfect

[gravdigr]

Hmm, think I'm gonna take some info here and try some inside out work as well. Also gonna try matts advice on flaring the tube. We'll see how it goes tonight.

[tristanr]

hope you are alright crip :)

[ShttrdSpctrm]

hope that li va jay jay wound heals good for ya, crip
are you using a round reamer or an octagon reamer? you should use an octagon reamer.
iso is tough at first, keep doin it tho. you might have to make more than ten to get it down, but when you do wwoooooooo!
i like your sense of humor with the kickin your dog thing, lol,

[HumanLathe]

hope that li va jay jay wound heals good for ya, crip
are you using a round reamer or an octagon reamer? you should use an octagon reamer.
iso is tough at first, keep doin it tho. you might have to make more than ten to get it down, but when you do wwoooooooo!
i like your sense of humor with the kickin your dog thing, lol,

For flaring I would'nt use an octagon they tend to jumble around on something that small you should be able to just spin it open.

[nodice]

With iso, using thicker glass for the flare helps make it easier to do many things. If you're gonna put colored glass in there, use thinner stringers. It makes sinking them in easier, and there's less chance of cracking if the glass is more even. It would probably be good to start with clear dots/fuming. If ya start at the inside of the tube, and work your way around and out, offsetting the pattern, it helps to keep the tube evenly heated. Having a nice uniform dot pattern also makes it easier to sink in, and there's less chance of cracking.

[beachglass]

For flaring I would'nt use an octagon they tend to jumble around on something that small you should be able to just spin it open.

man i have tried this fooling around a couple times with no results. truthfully i have never seen anyone spin glass and have it flare out, even accidentally. i'm not saying it can't be done, but i dont get how it works....got any tips?

[newmexicomagma]

i cant do it myslef yet but every glass blower i know uses centrifigal force to open there flare, i know its about even heat and a good consistent steady spin. what ive been doing is just melting the end of the tube and then blwing it out to a thin bubble and then break my bubble and voila... open point. this tech i think is only good for i/os and not for flaring bowls and such.

[CripSkillz]

Hummm damn i didnt get no email and missed all these responses, Thx guys I try some more, but ya using an round reamer, actually its my stickstack tool im usin to ream,, hahahah but today I mad a couple and its all outside work but i used alot of clear rod to encase and it came ot good bout 10 more min of work I kinda like em anyways the lil guy is jsut a left over point made into a mini weeeeeeeeeeeee\

Oh ya and the vaJayjay is healin up nicley was a super clean cut no probs

[nick84]

your work keeps on getting better and better.
Nick

[mer]

nice job. i like that big one alot.

[CripSkillz]

Ok so Im tryin to get this star logo in these implosions and havin trouble l guess ill just try some dif technecs till i get one that works, so i been messin wif some crap, but my girls moms b day today and she breeds ponys so I tried my first animal today and I was pretty suprised at how it came out I know it sux but it knida looks like one heheheh

any tips on how i could implode this logo into pendants and marbles would be really arpeciated

[CripSkillz]

Few more i did the other day, jsut found out the cigarett store is sellin glass now, right next to albertsons heheh so Ima go down and check out his import stuff and try to get him to buy some shit from me, also still lookin for some input about the post above THX
:chilling:

[Gibsons Glassworks]

may man the horse is sweet, keep at it!

[gotglass?]

no doubt pretty damn good for your first sculpture

[nick84]

Indeed that sculpture is really nice!
Nick

[MainiacGlass]

yeah I think that horse is like a german vergin good-n-tight. And your progerssion is looking good too. keep it blazin.

[CripSkillz]

Thx guys Im workin on it, May go to the gift store today and see if they would be interested in glaass art for the store , i already got 3 dealers for my pipes,, hahah my friends are so stoked and play ball so always saftey meetings after the games, they are un loadin these fuks, and im givin em up for 6 for 100$ weeeeeeeeeeeee Ima jsut keep practicin I love this stuff here is some of the prodo shit what do you guys think, tehre only takin bout 25 - 35 min now

[mer]

still making progress. i like the magnifyers over the spiral on the head of the middle one. it's good to see you working other things besides pipes too.

[jusbag]

I like the light fume one on the right. Should be a fun one.

[CripSkillz]

Finally got some ISO done today Its startin to come together im feelin the flow:chilling:

[HumanLathe]

Glass is lookin hot my man!!

[CripSkillz]

THX Guys, OHHHHH MAN Im stoked they came out sweeet my 1st decent ISo on my 3rd 4th try 1st trys a few weeks ago were shiza and broke heheh :chilling:

[MainiacGlass]

your killin it.

[mer]

i really like the lighter fume toward the mouthpiece of the first one.

[gravdigr]

What size tubing are you using to make your iso spoons?

[CripSkillz]

Ya I like the lighter fume tooo, Ima have to try and not fume so much it always seemes to look beta with lesss Ill try some lighter coats, and I had a lil bit of 38/4 but that was jsut for one, I used 26/4 for the other doin the blow it out to bubble and pop the end and flare that it gets kinda thin when i was workin in there but it all melted down together fine

[ShttrdSpctrm]

hell ya crip. lookin good as always. Im glad to here your lil va jay jay slice is healin . i liked to use 32, or 38 tube for my iso. with the 38 i would just open and lay down lines, no blowin out a bubble then openin, peace

[newmexicomagma]

im with ss i use 30 and just lay my lines in there. it seems a lil tight in the beginning but u get used to it and then can do mostly anything sometines i blow it open and then open it but thats when im not in the mood to do a double flare. keep it up man u r progresing sicki.

[CripSkillz]

thx yalll, hey Mex What are you talkin bout double flair fill me in , well i made 2 more yesterday buit one got jacked up and didnt make it..

[β]

really clean, great job.

[CripSkillz]

Made 3 more today super thick 3 inch points super condensed Its now easy to flair tube jsut took some practice now its all like butttttter, weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee:chilling:

[Wierdeer]

good job crip lookin good gettin easier thats swell keep up the good wook

[onion]

right on bro! those are startin to look mint. soon you should try fusing multiple sections together for larger peices

[beachglass]

crip, the IO skills are getting sweet man. onions right i wouldnt mind seeing a bubbler or something

i like the lighter fumed ones with the pink...whats the light blue colour in the last pic?

[nick84]

Dude lookin really good!
Nick

[PortlandGlassBlowers]

Those are sweet. You should try to fume a little lighter.

[CripSkillz]

Thx guys ya im tryin to do lighter fume, I guess I gotta do it realllly light cuz it seems light when i put it on jsut a hint of brown but when i reduce it it must bunch it all up , so ya ill try super light nextime,, I guess Im jstu used to burnin most of it off on teh outside stufff

[HumanLathe]

when you fume it shouldn't look like you did anything until to put the tube back in the flame, it just magically appears with a little flicker of the flame.

[CripSkillz]

gotcha i try it tomarrrow all this time i thought i had to see a lil coat hahaha I was puttin it on some till the glass looked like a mirror hehehweeeeee:chilling:

[onion]

yeah what i do is put a light little coat on, hit it with a slight oxy flame till it goes away, then switch it up to a reducing flame and it will bring out a nice even coat.

[CripSkillz]

well still fumin to hard, i was tryin out some unobtaniums yesterday and i thought it was gona come out sweeeet but I could hear it crackin in the kiln I jsut knew it was that, whats the trick to workin these colors in with out having them crack??, shoud i thin them out with clear first and try that and advise would be great THX the momka greeen dragon was awsome came out sick and no crackin

[onion]

colours with lots of sparkle like to be worked under an oxi flame, they dont like high garage temps or long kiln times. basicly the was i see it is, youre trying to get it nice and hot once, get the shape done, and pop her in the kiln as soon as possible, and try to do it near the end up your work day so they dont sit and precipitate chrome all day.

[newmexicomagma]

hey crip ur stuff is looking good keep it up. a double flare is when u open the end and just draw the lines for your stem then close melt down and stretch stem, then blow a hole at the end of stem and attatch blowtube and then open up other end and draw lines there, then close and blow ur bowl. its how i initially learned but it takes a lil while longer. i would say try it its good to know multiple ways of doing things. im with everyone else, now start mking some dry hammers and side cars. u tried basic sherlocks yet? ur kickin ass man keep goin.

[mer]

onion is right on about the aventurine colors. if you run the kiln for a long time keep it at 975 for a garage and then bring it up to 1050 to anneal at the end of your work session.

[CripSkillz]

THx guys ya it was the second pice probally garaged for 2 hrs at 1040 then it ramoped up to 1150 for 15 min then cool, so I guess thats not a good idea on sparkle colors, could that be whats makin my fumes come out white tooo theh high kiln temps ??

I think ill try a bubbler today well see what happens

[onion]

yeah i would fully avoid the striking cycle @1150 with sparkles, its kind of a death wish. like mer said, when your working em turn your kiln down to just under 1000, then pop it up to 1040 as if it were your strike cycle, then ramp down.

[CripSkillz]

Ok so i jstu re set it 980 garage then up to 1055 in 10 min then hold for 10 min at 1055 then down to cool that sound goood

[mer]

yeah, that in combination with avoiding the redux flame should solve the problem.

[CripSkillz]

but so should i be reducing the flair back down in Oxy flame seems to take longer, so I want all blue short candel flame, no ragin candle thats like 12 in longand orange ish
heheh

[onion]

yeah, that should be tasty. whe way i understand it, theres all there chrome molecules chillin in the glass right, hangin out, making it all sparkly. When your kiln reaches an annealing temp, the glass is just hot enough to allow these chrome bits to precipitate, and so they form these little chrome get togethers in your glass, which causes it to check. by keeping your peice just below the annealing temp as you kiln it, youre still able to keep it at a decent temp without allowing the chrome to precipitate, while still being able to work it again should you need to. Then by bumping it up to the annealing temp for 15ish you still allow the glass to relieve a good bit of stress, without allowing the chrome any time to party.

*edit* as to your last comment... normally the hottest flame on your torch is a rather blue soft one. (for me at least, i dont know what you work on). I figured the most efficient combustion was the hottest one, but i guess a driving flame might have more btus. Anyways.... you should be able to get a flare down no problem, i used to do a bunch of inside out on my minor no problem, try marvering very gently if you need to.

[ShttrdSpctrm]

i was having problems with the sparkle colors crackin and checkin and shit, then i got some advice to blast with oxy when laying the color in and not garaging all day at over 1000. i had alot less problems. :chilling:

[CripSkillz]

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE pulled it off I think Ill post pics lata Made A BuB weeeeeeeeee

Ok her it is dont laugh to hard its the first try I jsut used clear to see if I could even pull it off, Ima try it out in a few, the welds are sealed but i dont think there melted in enuf

fire away guys

[onion]

haha now you must learn the magic of seals! you see how the glass is all bunched up in the seal and you get a bad optical effect? that means that the 2 peices arent sealed together properly. this is one of the trickier skills to learn but once you get your head around it your good to go for jsut about anything. if you looks at your seal youll note that the glass is thickest in the joint, which is pretty much a bad thing, you want it to trasition smoothly and be the same thickness as the peice. so next try, make sure the rims of the 2 peices you planto seal are piss hot when you stick them together, then give them a slight tug apart, so you have a bit of working room. go up to the bowl, brace, then go back down to the seal. now since the brace is holding it all together you can get it totally molten throughout the seal, allowing the inside edge to fuse smoothly. try giving it some light puffs to thin out the glass in the seal, and bring it to shape while gathering the glass back.

[CripSkillz]

Man Had the shizzzy freekin day today made a few cool pices then i cracked off a hot piece of glass and it landed on my mirror, so that cracked a lil chunck out then 5 min later it slpit in half, that sucked but then the last pice i was makin was liikin sick orange and purple droped that broke it , then left to go look at wedding spots came home and my ez up was 180 degs out of wack half my glass was knocked off my table 2 pices on the ground they didnt break weeeeeeeee, but its fuked I think it must have all started when i cracked that mirror anyways ill post up some pics of the new stuff later tonight

[CripSkillz]

heres teh crap from yestaday

[mer]

i like the cane you used. they're coming along nicely!

[ShttrdSpctrm]

comin along sweet. looks like you gotta melt in the color by the mouthpiece a little more. is it bumpy inside? i would blow out and reduce the mouthpiece side a few times, when i did them.

[CripSkillz]

thx guz ya i did have to start meltin in the mouth more, I got that goin now more heat more heat weeeeeeeeeeeee

[Dom]

Yea looking real good, melt the mouth better and your good.

Also the more you blow out the piece and condense the more you will have that raised look on the cane inside, it looks real good on the middle section if you condense it alot.

[PortlandGlassBlowers]

Looking good. Try condensing more and making it thicker. The colors and cane will stand out more.(The colors will be more 3-d.) And there are some colors I wont work for I/O. Some colors just cause to many checking probs. And when you,re cranking out prodo. It takes to much time to mess with finicky colors.
Keep Rocking, Youre doing awesome.

[CripSkillz]

Thx guys, so puiffin it out and reducin is what makes them look deeep gotcha doesnt really matter how thick the lines are? I was wonderin when yall do honeycombs on the end of a pice is that just blowin out the end thin then fumin and dottin it up then reducin it back down or is it a completely seprate piece?? I need to start learnin some cool stuff Im over tryin to do any kinda prodo , the damn cigaret store is full of import stuff now and its liek 20$ - 30 for some nice lookin prodo and they even have ISO double chamber bubs for 80$ rediclaus so Im offically not doing any more prodo stuff I need to learn the coolness so I can make somethin different and sick or maybe i could just hope the store burns down

oh well

[Dom]

Yea blowing it out is what sinks the lines into the surface when you shrink the glass. Doesnt really matter how thick the lines, but usually thicker lines just make the lines fatter not neccesarity raised more.

For honeycombs you can do it both ways, the easier way is to make it part of the tube you are working. Decorate the bottom section, then leave some clear on the head, blow it out super thin(the thinner the better) but still to a manageable thickness, then fume it kinda heavy inside the tube, and close it down, then put your dots. Shrink it down very slowly, concentrating the heat on the dots mainly. Do this slow and steady and you will get super kickass combs. The more you condense the comb the more the dots will sink in.

For fun stuff, practice coiling striking color on a blow tube, then blow into a ball, blow it out thin and make a honeycomb pattern, then do the blow out condense. You will get some cool looking effects with these.

[ShttrdSpctrm]

ya what dBDom said. i make the honeycomb first and then attatch it onto the bowl and blow out the bowl . but either way is good. u should try it all.

[Pilgrim]

hey CRIPSKILLS, time to change your call name bro... there nothing crippled about those pipes....... when my i/m's are turned back on hit me up my local head shop will be wanting to buy those.... i think a dozen at $10.00 ea to start, he ownes 4 retail stors in oregon....(if your interested....)
Your quality is really showing..RIGHT ON...

[CripSkillz]

wow thx man well check it out i tried the blow it out and sink it today and it worked good the first honeycomb i think i fumed it to much or didnt burn it off enuf but it looks kinda cool i think i coulda went all the way back to the color and not had any clear gap ill try it nextime

[onion]

haha crip you sonova bitch thats some clean inside out, but that comb looks like you made it with a punty clenched between your asscheeks.

[Headchange]

nice.. I see pointers are abundant today.. I think the pipe looks great too.. on the honeycomb.. first attempt.. not bad.. without the overblown portion of a how to on a honeycomb.. try this.. as your closing the pipe up.. wehn its about a quarter sized opening.. coil a fuming color at the hole.. to close.. about the size of a quarter.. heat evenly during melt down .. not focusing on the tip to avoid it imploding into a thick mass.. more the top third of the head of the ipe.. blow gently til 2nd red transition to first red then give it all ya got.. short of poopping it.. closer you get to pop the better.. too far is bad btw.. throw about 5 rows of 5-6 dots making sure not to pull away the thin surface as you aply the dot.. melt down and punty up.. slowly heat the shaft .. in this method.. it will have cooled down significantly.. I would rather make them seperate.. but it is several more steps.. This will bring you close

[onion]

yeah thats what i was gonna get to next :) honeycombs with fume on the inside always look great

[Dom]

Looks good.

Did you fume the inside or outside on that piece?

I would say almost always fume inside for the desired effect. Also the closer you put the dots the better it will look, and uniform size dots is where its at too. Remember tho dont let the dots touch.

[Headchange]

You can even thorw 6-7 mm for the initial dots and fill lil 3mm ones in between.. sexy stuffs.. definitiely fume the inside tho.

[Udai Hussien]

heres teh crap from yestaday

looks nice and clean, you are doing good for self taught.

[ShttrdSpctrm]

dam mo fo. that shit is comin along great. you mos def wanna fume inside and close it then put the dots on the outside. keepin the dots uniform and the same size is cool too and then u gotta learn crystal growth. :D

[CripSkillz]

welll shit how do i do that, fume the inside, the way i did it was when i was closing off the end i added more clear rod to give me some meat forthe bubble i was bout to blow then fumed the outside,

how could i fume the inside 1st,??/

I have this idea ill try after i get it condensed ill trim the edge to make all teh lines end nice n even then coil pot clear rod onto the end and fume that inside then close it thats my plan how does it sound??

oh ya and that punty mark is jacked I didnt get all my twist done b4 i did tne comb so i was al lil outa scquence and twisted the comb a lil and made the shit mark

[onion]

ok add some clear if you need to, then blow it nice and even so you got the bubble of clear on the end of the spoon, pop a hole in the end and flare it out a bit, liek you were gonna do more inside out, but just spray a good amount of fume in the end, marver down, big bubble, clear dots, condense.

[Headchange]

I would rather fume right before I was going to close it up.. but honestly.. you will need to make it seperate to get the desired efffect with the fume honeycomb.. IMHO.. the "desired" effect is only a statement and is purely an "eye of the beholder" kinda thing.. and the primary reason is because of the amount of fume you want to put in.. if oversprayed into the piece you will undoubtedly be looking at milky white possibly all the way to the mouthpiece

.02

[CripSkillz]

ok so I think im going to go out and try to make 1 sick piece today out of a few pices well see what happens i needs to do some more saftey reasearch first :chilling:

[ShttrdSpctrm]

i make mine seperate and then attach to the end. u def get a better effect but i never did it right on the spoon. but i could see it bein don the same

[Alfred]

To make a one piece Honeycomb spoon:Make a flare,art 2/3 of the inside,heavy fume,close down,melt in and shape into mouth piece and pop hole in end and attach a blow tube(I pull points and reuse old points as blow tubes but you can use some 9.5 if you prefer).Burn off old blowtube,and condense a little to get even wall thickness.Now blow out end thin and apply dots,condense, shape into head of pipe and pop hole and push the bowl and pop the carb.Strike.

[CripSkillz]

welll I made a sick ass comb today but now its jsut chillin on the blotub and i dont know what to do wif it I burnt my fkn fuingers takin pice outa kiln now i dont want to do more pices i think im hung over and iratated today so i guess ill jsut try it all on one pice and see how it does im jsut gona try clear and fumers errrrrrrrr burnt it right across my thumb and pointer might on my rollin fingers ok im done bitchin

[onion]

burns are tasty. i can barely feel it anymore when i burn the inside edge of my spinnin hand

[ShttrdSpctrm]

crip u gotta make a spoon half way, meaning shape your stem and mouthpiece but dont blow the bowl , instead pop a hole in the end and open a lil. put in kiln . the make a honeycomb, fume inside-dot out, then have a hole open on you honeycomb and attatch to your half spoon, lining the holes up , and then melt and blow the weld until weld is good takes a few times to get, and blow and push a bowl. whala, a honeycomb spoon. then u gotta learn to strike it. haha hope this helps peace, chris

[CripSkillz]

Ill have to try that more and practice hookin 2 together but heres the comb and a few pics i made yesterday, dont know what that red was but it strated out a pinkis transparent color rod and workin it turned it completley clear and now its a sick ass thick ass red I wonder what it was?/

[The Lorax]

sweet honey comb, really makes me want to try some fuming but im too scared still w/o my hood.

[beachglass]

hey crip lots of reds behave that way. they go clear when u use then turn red again as they cool off...some u have to strike in the kiln to get the red back.

that one looks dark so it might be pomegrante or garnet from northstar....try elvis if u get a chance it strikes perfect red every time

[beachglass]

btw slow down :) youre getting good fast bro and i am feeling the noob heat to keep up. the comb looks sweet

[HumanLathe]

The fume on the spoon on the right looks tits keep it up.

[CripSkillz]

Thx guys ya that fume came out good better now that i know not to slop it on, it was jstu a bunch of multi rods lati from scraps and it was the only pice that sold today, my local rc field is over the limit need to start makin em thin so dey break quicker LOL kinda cool that every one is passin round somethin i made and they actually like em :chilling:

[Headchange]

adding a dash of gold before and after the silver you are doing would really make that comb pop :) Not the only way.. but I love it personally

[jethro]

Hey Crip the comb's are lookin hot...actually all of it is.

Guess im gonna have to try to bust out my first honeycomb this morning,doubt it will work but ill still try it.

try making the comb like a pendant and just flare the end of the tube and fit it just inside seal it up nice and blow it out...someone else already said it but I think that would probably be the easiest way...its how i made the last spoon I posted and I am not even half ready to try inside out yet,It shoud be easy for you.

but then again blowing it out will probably distort the design...idk Ill try it and see how it works and report back..

[CripSkillz]

go for it bro try it out deff not easy for me I still havnt sealed up 2 pices nicley , i may try again today and see if i cant frustrate my self naw maybe not but i gotta make a greenish pice today for my girls work friends b day so if I go do it now should be rdy for 2night

[jethro]

hey man...I just put a pic up on my thread.

I ended up just fuming a really thin maria on the end of a 16 mil rod and then fused that to the end...pulled off the 16 mil blew it out then dotted the outside.

it kinda worked but I'll have to work on it some more

and I have found the key to joining 2 pieces togeather is gettin em rippin hot then stick it all togeather (make sure there are no air holes) and then GENTLY push/pull/blow to even it out...but I have only done this on the end of tubes,I'm sure it is much more difficult if your trying to join 2 hollow pieces for a bub or something especially at an angle.

[Headchange]

Wheres the pic of the greenish piece.. curious how the combs are coming :)

[CripSkillz]

HAHAAHHA lets not talk about that Fukin gfreeeeeeen are pissin me offf there always checkin on me so I had a bad day the other day, and the 2nd one i made had the punty atached to good so when i went to tap it off i broke a chunk of the pice out and had to put a nasty blob on the end where i didnt want one, and havnt even tried a nother comb yet actually havnt made anythin good in days but its been hot and I cant stand it, so i think im gona work tonigh after dark ..

[CripSkillz]

Heres the stuff from yesterday, i was messsin wif more outside work and got some cool lookin results its all encased outside anyways

[mer]

lookin good. maybe melt the marbles in a bit more (middle piece). the silver ones are going to look cool when they color in and your i/o looks all the way melted in (i might have pushed the bowl so that tight ass twisty cane was up top for everyone to see). mouthpieces are looking better too. good job mang!

[jethro]

lookin good....what colors did you use on that middle one?

[CripSkillz]

Thx Guys , monkey your right that would looked betta try it nextime , jethro
thoes colors it was 3 lil stripes 1 ea of alaskin thunder silver seawead, and blue thunder, then i got em reall hot and swirled in teh clear to mix and encase some at teh same time kinda cool effect i may take some betta pics lata

[CripSkillz]

WELL I almost had a cool one had it almost done then the whole end cracked big ,,BS so I had to super melt hte end after I already had all teh holes in it was a bitch so now it looks like crap oh welll

[CripSkillz]

Well its official I finally made some cool lookin stuff, I need to practice the bender back some more was kinda gettin it, stick stack is the shit I still got some more left it goes a long way, i think ill make some more stuff today WEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee:chilling: :chilling:

[mer]

nice work crip, you are really working your color well and the cadmiums aren't easy.

[garrick]

wow those are tight! big jump for ya

[The Lorax]

i like the left one and especialy the lack of blue.... not a big fan of opposite color combonations but i am with ya on this one. i've yet to get the tubes to try a stick stack, seems fun though :evilLaugh

[ShttrdSpctrm]

holy shit! crip ur fuckin rockin it dude. very nice, stick stack is not too easy, ive only done a couple , so i imagine it just gets easier. keep up the progress, ur doin great.

[newmexicomagma]

hell yeah lookin sweet buddy. i like ur stick stack nice colors. be sure to fire polish your bowls too. especially on nicer pipes, i think it just looks smoother.

[onion]

now push cleaner bowls :)

[CripSkillz]

THx guys Ima try somethin even cooler hopefully tomarrow didnt get to torch today so hopefully tomarrow

[Pilgrim]

dude those last couple of pipes rock great use of color and shaping. (rock on)

[Udai Hussien]

Well its official I finally made some cool lookin stuff, I need to practice the bender back some more was kinda gettin it, stick stack is the shit I still got some more left it goes a long way, i think ill make some more stuff today WEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee:chilling: :chilling:

digging the cooler d00der.

[revere glass]

nice work..looking real good ;)

[jethro]

Hell yea man that shit is hot.

how long did it take you to pull off that stick stack on the 8m?

[ShttrdSpctrm]

oh shit , u got a 8m!!! that prolly took 4-5 hour huh? hahahhaahhaaha

[sevendeuce]

Well its official I finally made some cool lookin stuff, I need to practice the bender back some more was kinda gettin it, stick stack is the shit I still got some more left it goes a long way, i think ill make some more stuff today WEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee:chilling: :chilling:
is this stuff surface work or is it i/o?

[Meta Glass]

ur getting too good

damn

haha

i need a bigger bowl push

all my nice thick pieces like that get fucked up cuz the bowl would fit like

half a small nug

haha





serious

looking good

[CripSkillz]

Ok weeeeeeeee well my M8 has a sm21 on bottom and a ryder on top so its not as under powered as you think, but this stuff is actually pre pulled color tubing, it kicks ass even the unobtanium hasnt cracked or nothin Probally cheatin but when ya dont have alot of time to torch its deffinatley sweet :chilling:

[jusbag]

Nice man, the murrini sets it off too!

[garrick]

the two with unobtanium are butter

[mer]

now you're starting to have some real fun! did you get the tubing from revere?

[sevendeuce]

Ok weeeeeeeee well my M8 has a sm21 on bottom and a ryder on top so its not as under powered as you think, but this stuff is actually pre pulled color tubing, it kicks ass even the unobtanium hasnt cracked or nothin Probally cheatin but when ya dont have alot of time to torch its deffinatley sweet :chilling:

is that surface or i/o?

[CripSkillz]

Yup Yup ya its inside i guess , and Yes got the tube from Revere its da shit Im lovin it.. Dustin is a pimp :chilling:

[onion]

that one on the top right is lookin pretty skookum. have you worked on seals any more?

[Dom]

That tubing is pretty easy to make actually. Even if you put the color on the outside it looks good.

[ShttrdSpctrm]

lookin good, crip. i thought u put together the tubes, but thats cool, cheating, but aight. jk :D
nice lil milli on the sides.

[CripSkillz]

I would love to put together some of my own tubes one day when i have all teh right glass i will try again but this is definatley eaiser but now i dont wana waste it i wana do some cool stuff with it

[CripSkillz]

Heres what I made 2 day Tried one of sevenduces coil coils its hard but it was my first real coilpoted piece shoulda fumed it but oh well, and the other is teh biggest one i have made yet i kinda like it I think im keepin it as my main now heheh :chilling:

[β]

the hell with that hemp ale, you need a real beer, a growler of firestone double barrel or pale ale.

the new piece looks great.

[ShttrdSpctrm]

dam crip, coilin now huh? ya'll better watch out, next week crip will have a 2 pound, grall worked stemless bub. maybe with some r-balls on there, he wouldnt make the tube though, just buy it from revere,:D

just jokes man, ur doin great dude , there's no stoppin u now!

[The Lorax]

lol the flowers on the hemp ale give me a good laugh. hows it taste, never even heard of it... but i barely drink anyways.
really diggin the new work, and i love this post... you started about a month or so before me and i love having some work to compare mine to.. p.s. you are way ahead of me:tongue2:

[CripSkillz]

Thx Guys ThX ya this is fun but I havnt really made that much stuff Im just gettin really lucky that everything i have made hasnt broke or caused me to many problems, and Im not that far ahead of you man, I still cant do what i want to do I neeeed way more practice,, but this summer I think ill have enuf skill to actually take some good classes and be able to grasp the shit there doin, so that should be fun

[The Glass Fish]

Damn Crip, You rock it for a newbie!

[n3rd]

lookin awesome!

[Meta Glass]

yeah dude

go to revere this summer

i am

im so fucking ecstatic

5 days of gtt

5 hours a day

[Glacier_Arts_Studio]

Damn It Man... the last time i looked at this thread was a while ago...
the last pix you posted really kick ass man.... i am not easily impressed
but, you have done it... pre-pulled tube ah... seems like the shit to me...
kinda like heat shrink makes electronics projects look professionally done...
gotta love it... i guess i need to get my camera fixed and my ass in gear
so i can keep up... and on that note, Keep up the great work man...

[CripSkillz]

THX guys so i havnt been on teh flame latley but i finally got a lil in the other day and tried some pendants n shiz, any how heres da stash of crizap

[mer]

nice progress mang! looks like you really got the fuming down in the spoon, great color. the twisty cane and magnifier dots look really nice and your shaping it tits. you might consider shrinking the bowl hole down a bit more. it's tight enough to approach a distributer and make a line out of it if you wanted.

the pendants are nice too, real sturdy loops you got there.

btw, happy birthday.
http://www.thegldg.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12227

[beachglass]

sweet crip, you got those coil pieces nailed now. happy bday man!

[CripSkillz]

THx monk and beach but really i dont that was my 2nd try its a lil better but no where near nice, kinda like maybe in teh janitors closet of nice's house but hehehhe coilpoting is a pain in the assss but i guess its gettin eaiser sence ive done it 3 times weeeeeeeeeeeee

[meadowesky]

damn dude, keep this thread going. It was cool to see you progress
nice work :)

[Pilgrim]

your name should be changed ... there nothing crip about you, other then your legs dont work....." Skills" is what i will only refer to you as Skillls from now on......

[CripSkillz]

HEHEHHE oh shit you cant do that untill i really get some but thx heheh he

[sevendeuce]

as for the coils just keep doing them . they get easier as you do them. heres some of mine

[Squirrel]

Seven, did you invent that coil design?

[nick84]

how do you do coilpotting exactly? I'd like to try but have no idea on how to go about doing it.
thanx
Nick

[garrick]

heres one i did about four years ago

[Pilgrim]

MR.Skills....:flamethro :mj: :cam:

[sevendeuce]

Seven, did you invent that coil design?
naw but the guys that taught me in boulder claimed they did. that was in like97 or 98

[CripSkillz]

thoes are tight seven, its jsut kinda hard to coil up the glass while wrapin it and try to keep things lined up or teh same size, gets to hot and then im coilin a pice half as big as the coil b4 it, , jstu hard to make it look clean yours are sickkk

[sevendeuce]

thoes are tight seven, its jsut kinda hard to coil up the glass while wrapin it and try to keep things lined up or teh same size, gets to hot and then im coilin a pice half as big as the coil b4 it, , jstu hard to make it look clean yours are sickkk
what size rod are u using? ius 19.5 line up like 3 colors and cover with clear then flair out like some 9.5 and start with that. its all aboutconcentrating on the glass thats in th flame when your coiling and where its laying. thats my phiosophy. touch your solid rod and pull out of the flame for a sec until you get your first ring started then try and keep them consistent or make them bigger towards the end. if you make them big at the begining it makes it harder to shape later. hope that helps a little

[ShttrdSpctrm]

dam crip, big ups on the coilin. did u take a class? ur advancin rapidly, keep it up

[CripSkillz]

Shit man you guys are my class and im here every day heheheh

havnt been doin much glass latley but im getin back at it now so well seee

but made some lil shiz to trade off to my friends and tried to make this thing but jsut as i was bout to pul off the mouthpiece teh punty cracked off with a big chunck of the pice waaaaaaaaaaaaa oh well it looked like shit any how

[nick84]

That color combo on that shirlock is real nice
Nick

[ShttrdSpctrm]

nice colors fo sho. did u make the tube this time ? :chilling:

[Dom]

Looking nice, try blasting the shit out of the marbles with a sharp flame. Makes em flow with the piece like water.

[CripSkillz]

naw same tube I havent made much of anything latley so jsut messin wif what i had left on teh bench ,
but the lil marbs are all melted in I didnt want em to smooth I like em lumpy but all the edges are smothed in

i havent done a iso in weeks been doin wap n wapasss crap only hehehe

its easy and some peeps like em

[Dom]

The wap wap will get your cash for now.

I was doing rakes for about 10 months before I even fucked with an iso pipe. Of course I tried to make some in the beggining but they all cracked.

Then the wrap and rake money made me be able to afford a nice kiln and torch and iso is like butter now.

The rakes are looking good, you have a good shape and good angle on the bowl. Carb is on the right side lol. Good job brotha.

[CripSkillz]

YAY 1st day back at it after 6 months, thought i only had a lil oxy left gauge said like 100lbs, so i thought id jsut see what i could get outa it and it jsut kept going and going and theres still some left , only got 1 crack too in the roller but oh well was my 1st attempt i think thoes might sell pertty well to the buddys and dont take long to make hehheh

anyhow Im Back :chilling:

[newmexicomagma]

good to see your back at it crip i was wonderin where youve been. i saw your new setup man, looking good. dont u have a kiln? put that piece in the kiln the heat the spot with the crack and then put it back in the kiln. u should be able to heal it. keep it up man.

[mer]

wow, i can't believe it's really been six months. looks like you picked up right where you left off. shaping is getting good, dots are evenly placed. i don't see where the crack is but i bet you could avoid it next time by remembering to keep the piece evenly warm as you go, just a little re-heat between steps. keep posting.

[Meta Glass]

glad to have you back crip

keep burnin!

[ShttrdSpctrm]

woop woop!!!!

[CripSkillz]

Whoooop Whooop gettin my tanks filled tomarrow hopefully YAA

[CripSkillz]

Got em filled weeee, Fixed the crack in teh roller and made 4 more this time the unxplanium didnt crack on me WOW , the solid green one i wraped around a pice of 26/4 then covered in clear , streched it out and it looks sweet, the red one i jsut wraped around and didnt encase but its still good, the other 2 are standard issue but my twisties are gettin better. what chu think?

[mer]

lookin' sharp. i like the angle of your bowl push best on the solid green and the fume piece. mouthpieces are clean. colors are nice. how are the bowl holes coming out?

[Smoke]

Nice job, man. Like the colors.

[CripSkillz]

Yo monkey Thx guyz, and bowl holes are commin out sweet now I kinda got it figured out..

[mer]

yeah, those look good., that's something that gives lots of people trouble but you nailed it.

[cleocool]

those are sweeet. i dont think im quite on that level yet. close tho. those bowl pushes look mad consistent. how long have you been at this? what color green is the solid green one? i assume you melt in the wrapped green before encasing? what kinda torch are you using. im using a 8m/htm-1 and i kinda hate it. it has such a tiny torch face. but yea mad nice pieces bro. all my friends would buy them. (they buy my crap with enthusiasm lol)

[Swampy]

I like how you got a trippy kind of grain going on there especially with the green.

edited to add;
Isn't it amazing how you try to get a particular thing but just can't seem to reach it, then you take a break for a lee while and when you come back you get it straight off. I do that all the time.

wtf

...now some clever person of the night is gonna be dead nonch and say 'Oh, really? I never have that problem...'

[CripSkillz]

thx man, so im officially at 6 months of torchin but probally less cuz i have a lot of off time, not any more, the green is unexplanium seconds i got cheap and i didnt melt it all in b4 encasing, jsut got it hot and rod encased it took like 3, 4 mil rods to cover it, and i have a HTC-1 tip that i use for a lot of my stuff but i have a sm21 under it for the big flame, i actually like my torch it works fine for what im doin , you could get a ryder top torch and a sm21 for liek 170$ and you would have some big flame and not spend to much cash, my friends buy my crap too they love it heheh

[newmexicomagma]

dude you are tearing it up. your stuff is looking much nicer, now just fire polish your bowls and you are made in the shade. i like that green it looks almost like malachite.

[CripSkillz]

heres the 2 i made yesterday, the unxplanium green is awsome this time i fumed it a bit b4 i cleared ove it and used the blue dots liik tight wif it I think,

but the unobtanium checked a lot and wasnt that sparklie so thats a free one for sombody hehe , i think that green is my new fav color and so far it hasnt checked on me encased it cracked while i was workin the bowl down by the mouth piece but it healed up sweet cant even tell there was a crack.

[LoneWolfandSon]

Wow!
you come a long way in a short time.

[CripSkillz]

few more crappys i made yesterday

[Ben 'Spice' Crowley]

"the green is unexplanium seconds i got cheap"

Man you must teach me, How on gods green earth I can get my unexplanium to look like that

[n3rd]

lookin real good crip the shape is getting great keep at it!

[CripSkillz]

Yo sativa i really dont know how I do it hehhe , actually its jsut coiled oveer a pice of 24x4 like 2 inches worth then i cover that with clear rod so it kinda swirles it and coats it so actually the green is kinda thin when i pull it out to like 4 to 5 inches but still thuck from all the clear, and some times i hit it with a light coat of silver b4 i clear coat it. some times i rake the clear on top and sometimes just wrap it over, u an tell the diff between the last 2, thats it

ThX nerD im goin back out today to do some more.. might try a bubbler today..

[CripSkillz]

Ok My first try at a drop stem bub

didnt come out so good heheh had a lot of probs along the way, first off broke my point and punty and the can hit the floor but didnt break,

got that back goin then had the blo tube on the top side so when i hooked on the mouthpiece it was way awcward bbut i got it off and then got the stem in,

then i poped a hole to far down in the can so i grabed a pice of scrap and made a snorkel carb,

then as i was pullin the mouth pice off and the whole tube broke off the can. so i got the claw on it and hoked it back on but forgot to warm the claw first so the mouth pice cracked,

i got that all melted back to gether and it was finally in the kiln WHEW.

so I went out this morning to find check city,

oh well it works and was only my 2nd ever bubbler so im happy jsut wish it wouldnt have checked this time, probally from workin it to much, the pipes are quick i spent a few hrs on this fuker :bangHead:

now you can tell me how much it sucks heheh