Re: steaks thread - newbie progression
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REGIS
rad set up, i suggest practicing more with just clear
youre right i should do that, but you know when the colours are there, and i have only some full lenght rods(like 4haha) the other colours are from sample packs, i just have to add them, i really like playing around with them and you can learn much cause northstar and ga have theese little booklet included where they say how to work specific colours, and thats very interesting
and i really wanna make colour patterns so that wouldnt work with just clear but overall i think ill take your suggestion and practice with only clear more
peace - frank
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Practicing with just clear will save you lots of money in the long run as well as you'll learn the flow of the glass and shaping without wasting the expensive color. :)
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made some stuff on the weekend
heres 2 pics of a donut pendant, i made out of tubing
i also made a few other pendants but gotta take a picture and upload it
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/5757/donut2d.jpg
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/6153/donut1g.jpg
hope you like it
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I dig the pendant with the lens and the donut. great work steak!
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Sweet Shop! I love the turtles of course and the goblets rock! I been at it since last week of dec so bout the same time. Keep up the good work!
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whenever i try something new, i always do it in clear first. its really great for producing prototypes that dont have many variables, so you can see where problems lie and what you can do. theres never a "bad color" or "stiff color" there to trip you up.
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Hey Regis, what happens when you do a wigwag pendant or a vortex pendant in clear? :D Although I would agree with you in most cases
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I really love your mushrooms!!! They are called 'paddo's' here
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Looks Good Keep it up! I really like the turtle pendants. When making your hoops spend a little more time on them. On your torch you want a small flame so all you are controlling is the flow of glass in the hoop. 4 steps to get the flame I m talking about
First use only Red get flame about 8 to 10in.
Second tune flame in with blue knob get flame really pointy but don't make it to noisy.
Third use a little Green to bring flame under control you'll will see the flame come back to the face of the torch.
Fourth use Red Knob to adjust size of flame. Over all length of flame 6-8in
Once you have achieved this type of flame put the bad areas of you hoop into the flame and get red hot pull out of the flame and watch the glass move you should be able to control the flow by turning the pendent in the direction you want the glass to flow, gravity is you friend, just work on specific areas like on side of the hoop let it cool a little before you start on the other side then go to the top. I remember my mentor telling me that sometimes it takes as long to make the hoop as it does to make the entire pendent.
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thank you very much for you comments, i think the more i practice the hoops/loops the better i will get at them like most of the other things, i really learned that i have to practice buttseals and t seals , im happy that i have made my first implosions without crackicng the piece after it has cooled
i am looking for a kiln now but its hard to find one in germany , i like the paragon one wich is often used
and then i think ill buy a bigger torch
kind regards steak
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hi here some pics
some are a bit older
glowrods first try for as friend he likes them and they didnt crack over the time
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/198...ixglowrod2.jpg
this is a tube with plug and keck clip to put the "tobacco" in and to put it into the bag wich came with the i-olite portable vaporizer, made it for a friend
http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/8436/weedrohr4.jpg
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/1870/weedrohr2.jpg
oil dome set i made for a friend , he is using it and it didnt crack over the time
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/3697/grnerhesse1.jpg
14.5 slide stand
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5...pfstnder22.jpg
and my first spoon pipe it was the first try but i had to add colours, i also did a restriction, turned out nice i think
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/8696/spoon1hand.jpg
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/1244/spoon2.jpg
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/7140/spoon3.jpg
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/6...oongewicht.jpg
it 42 grams is that ok?
kind regards
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cool oil dome setup dude! i need to buy some gong joints to try some stuff like this!..cool glow rods to! there always fun and easy to make.. i make drink mixers to the same way just bigger..... i agree to i always like adding color to all the first trys lol never know might turn out good lol thats the way i think about it.. pipes lookin good to im just starting to mess with them..and finding out hvy wall tubing is a must!..
keep up the good work my man shits lookin great!
peace hippi
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thanks i made the spoon out of medium wall
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at the pushbowl i tried bridging for the first time it really improved my seals, ill do that now everytime
but where do you bridge to`
from the bowl to the blowpipe?
or from the bowl - to above the joint?
i need to practice seals
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http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/6...rimplosion.jpg
flower implosion first try
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/264...onderlanda.jpg
alice in wonderland...my girfriend was in the cinema.....
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/208/vortexpend.jpg
from scrap
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/6556/ringding1.jpg
this is a pendant wich fits on a ring i made a dent in the back and glued a m2 screw in there the ring has also one so it fits together and is changeable
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5872/gruppe1u.jpg
groupshot
mfg frank
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cool stuff dude! that shroom is dope same with the implosions... whats the writting on the lighter say?
