Is it the oxycon throwing the beep and red light or the homefill?

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Craftweb forums is where all of the old hotshop curmudgeons that aren’t on Facebook hang out.

BORO made some good points, as usual. I like his definition of freehand. I was thinking no bench,...

I have a soft glass furnace I’m never going to use. The bit of furnace glass I did, I did out if a bigger version of this furnace, but I got a deal on this one and I’ve never even seen it hot.
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Nice pricing.... you in California?

Frax rigidizer is also called sodium silicate or waterglass, might make it easier to find or cheaper. I’ve also used diluted refractory cement to paint frax, and welding blanket works to cover it on...

Thanks for the bullseye working tips and warnings. That was about all I ever used this soft glass for was icicles and some wasted clear sculpture since the timings so different, it was in with a...

What a well written response. It was over a year ago and my memory's a bit fuzzy on prices, and there's an exchange rate and more expensive shipping to deal with that might be part of it...$70 with...

Do you just do the fused logs or do you do torchwork too? I'm thinking you must pull them down somehow. I have a huge amount of 90coe clear rod and I've never acquired any bullseye rods to melt with...

could use a touch up..... if a single port is uneven , how can you even tell? haha

I'm surprised it was up for 12 hours with no posts. GTTs seem to be selling a bit slower these days but not...

damn Boro & Swim, that's an awesome story. I guess there's a reason they have a rep for great customer service! I never really had a problem with the service, they were professional. I just felt...

If paint will work aesthetically I think it's your best bet. I work a dayjob in a glass hotshop that makes crackle lights and multi-layer bubble lights. I couldn't do it, I can ask tomorrow if boss...

Well I do remember the green and pink kiln on here and I remember that guy being rude and picky anyway. That was quite a while ago, relays fail sometimes?

I have a glass hive Fuji/relay with some...

North Star 96? The stuff I have was all wrapped in post-its with old north star names like dark multi and turquesa and strawberry. I kind of thought that maybe the old guy that's had it confused it...

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Seems to be the same, the trans red number matches, 1011.

The transparents are xp10xx, the opaques are xp11xx. I think all of mine start with xp.

The Colrex I have is boro, if you search Colrex on here in will come up in an antique glass stuff thread. No super good photos but the tube of Colrex I have is from 1982. The XP soft glass I didn't...

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The xp soft glass I'm not sure what it is, but...

There might be a bit more boro there than you think. I have some Colrex and all of the colors have a thin layer of clear around them, guess they were powder in a tube pulled down? Some of the...

You can rock out those little inside outs as fast as your w&r? On a bravo?

You're still directly competing with imports but I like the ISO's with the dichro stringers. The fume looks cool too,...

I use a big 3 phase motor with an ac speed control on it on a Steinert lap wheel, the motor control just controls the hz between like 10-60hz but it's smooth and torquey through the range but the...

Those are cool, and I have no idea what was done cold and what was done hot. Glass stuff I can't figure out is my favorite. +1

There's another right after that's part 2. They blow up a prince ruperts drop with their high speed cam and talk about/demo gorilla glass, also worth the watch.

Awesome, thanks! The quartz vs. fused silica thing seems so obvious in hindsight. I knew you'd have some input, but that's a really great post, glad I put my feeble thoughts out there! My limited...

I find it strange that the refractive index of 108 coe is closer to quartz than boro is. I was asked the refractive index for boro by the faceters' guild as it affects the math for the cuts and...

For a flare just think of how much glass has to move where, obviously the lip has to move the most, so you want it hot. Heat base should be tapered toward the open end, like you don't want the area...