Some new stuff

Good ideas guys i will try thoes out, I still have a tube of black left see what happens..

Hey crip I know you prob know about doing a sleeve they are really breezy easy if you follow a few steps. I will go threw the steps I use.Even if it is something you know it might help others. Your thread is the holy grail for most newbs on the forum. I know when I found it it was a couple of hrs a day read for a week. I really soaked it in.

First thing I like to do is make a collar for the tube out of clear the same size, Just like a stick stack collar.

Then attach the collar to the black and add three dots 10mil back from the black.

Then I Pull a point out of my sleeve tube and make sure its longer than the black tube by a inch or so.
At this time pop them in the kiln for 10-15 min a good soak always helps with cracking esp with china tube.

Then pull out parts drop sleeve over the black tube and hit the dots with a tight flame so they attach to the clear sleeve, this is your bridge and for me is essential in getting a good even clean sleeve.

Next up is melting off your point handle to get the melt going and I like to try and just do about a inch at first and make it even then attach a 10 mill rod and start working back to the dots.

Take it nice and even and try to keep the dot/collar end up and the rod end low work in one inch at a time and marver in.

This info has all been learned threw forum. I know you already have read this info but I nailed my first and second attempt at this method with no bubbles then tried to rush it melting in fast after reading a bunch of stick stack threads that say rage it! and a good solid tube sleeve is more about melting it in even so the air move's out and sometimes if you rage it tell its all over the place you tag a spot. and them freak out I know I did and thats the only ones I have failed. Even my failed ones have had usable section so its a win for me!

Hell Ya JR, thats How i be doin em, well like the 4 or 5 ive done, I learned it from Matts video on here bout sleeving color tube, worked good.. good to have a run down too tho ..

I made a few more last night, and took some pics in progress of the 4 honey comb ball, came out pretty good,

last time i was doing each one separate popin a hole reamin it out then ambering it up then dotin and reducing,

this time i figured id make it faster all at once, so i poped the holes and patched em all first then heated it up and blew it all out, doted it all up then shrunk the whole thing,,

worked good.. pics kinda suck i used my phone..

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some last minute pendants and first hollow thick beads, 2nd one came out good,,

now off to xmass at sisys house

everybody have a good one...

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that 3 honeycomb pipes soo pimp

Those spoons are bad ass.

Glad to see I'm not the only one doing last minute gifts. Lady at Delphi told me that I was the 3rd "boro person" in there yesterday who was doing the same. lol...

Looking great man, I really like that big three comb spoon.

actually 4 but ya cant see em all

heheh thx guys ..

Ok, I see where it is now. Were those individual sections that you set in there?

ya actually i just blew holes and reamed em bout an inch or bigger, tehn coiled an amber color on the hole, did that 4 times then heated it all and blew em out thin.

then dotted with clear..

melt all back in and shape..

how long did that pipe take? prep andall

id say a lil over 45 min, im still slow like that

whatever take your time man good stuff comes with patients

thats pretty trick dude.

thx guys

Finally got my big fan set up for ventilation, my lil one finally died.. so i decided to do some lotsa fumin was fun need to make more..

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your big torch there yet crip!!

sweet sweet crip try and strike em and you will possibly get some more color outta it

how do you get the sorta striped fumed look?
never used gold for fuming yet.

^^ clear lines

Yup yup striped lines ISO lil silveer some lines bunch of gold more lines even over lappin, flame it hard to burn a lil off then a lil more silver and some dots n shit whatever..

even if its jacked up once its melted it looks pretty good..

Keep it up Crip!! Get those skill honed in!!

The wife and I will make a stop by your pad on our way home from northen cali. I couldn't pass up the oppertunity to work with you man :)