Crazy I just found this old thread. I have a current student who is working with moldavite, and she enlightened me to the fact that pricing is through the roof on this stuff. Anybody sitting on a...
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Crazy I just found this old thread. I have a current student who is working with moldavite, and she enlightened me to the fact that pricing is through the roof on this stuff. Anybody sitting on a...
Hey all, I am searching for a big quantity of 14-19mm downstems, and maybe 19mm female joints as well. I'm more interested in the downstems though, and wondering if anybody might have a grip laying...
Dibs/Backup Dibs
I see the same as menty, first one upside down and second in sideways. Still looks nice
Mega minor sold?
Sending a PM about the fans, curious about the diameter, and backup shot on the diamonds.
I think punti to the bottom while finishing the lip makes a lot of sense still, and the trick as best I can tell is to flash that cup like a mother, hot and often. Skip a flash and it cracks. I'm...
Got grab bags left and ready to go? I'm looking for some chunks for a few little tool making projects around the shop. Need at least a 4"x4"x1" piece and some stuff that's a bit thicker, like...
I lose tweezers daily. Keep two pairs to the right of my torch, one textured and one un-textured, and one pair on the left. Also another pair on either side on pegboard off the front edge of the...
Wow, I love the look of those claws! From your experience, would you say that they would hold a beer bottle securely? How about a 22 oz bottle? I work with full size beer bottles in the torch, and...
I prefer a pair of jacks for that, but have been using a dinky graphite reamer recently. Considering a Mickelson egg, but my next big purchase will be jacks and proper shears.
Speaking of...
I've always thought this was a slightly weird practice, but chalked it up to the fact that they don't create as many odd or off round rods during the year as other companies, so therefore don't have...
Cool.
I've been on a torch for 10 years, beginning in July, 2006.
Just take a walk down Market St (the main st.) and you'll have many options. I like Storges for Italian food. Good burgers too and pretty cheap if I remember right. The Gaffer is good if you want...
Yeah, not a problem. Only issue is if it's galvanized or coated in any way. You wouldn't want to put that in a kiln for fume issues, but if it's stainless, it's probably not galvanized.
I don't think furnace working boro so elegantly is all that surprising actually. When you have all the resources you can imagine at your disposal, you can do quite a lot. Working boro in a furnace...
Am I right in thinking that if you are wearing out a metal necking tool or getting residue, you're going onto the tool way too hot? I mean, shouldn't that not even be an issue. Metal residue?!?...
I, for one, like the idea. The illustration doesn't quite show the angles that the u-channel would have to be mounted at, but that's a minor detail. It looks to me that the way it is drawn would...
On a similar note, does anyone have experience/an opinion on the economy cup shears from glasscraft. They don't have a picture on their website, and I'd like to know if these are a better option...
Well, one day I was in Burlington Vermont with a traveling camp of fellow circus performers (no joke). After our show, I stumbled into the Bern Gallery and was looking at some pretty ridiculous...
Diamond bit is probably the way to go. Like greymatter said, a quality bit is not going to wear out on you.
Interestingly, I have a good friend who recently told me about a new way to drill...
Well, I'm a bit biased since I teach the flameworking classes at Diablo, but I can fill you in a bit.
The two-day flame 101 is probably your best bet for a solid intro to working borosilicate...
Yup, nice work with the avolio, although I think my favorite is the last piece (second picture). Feel like the lines are a little cleaner on the stem, that foot just wants to be a liittle flatter. ...
Thanks, Ace glass seems to be the best looking option. Also, I found this article, pretty neat bit about industrial processes for shaping/cutting threads in glass. ...
I know I'm digging up an old thread, but this is a neat topic. I'm curious about threading glass because I have a friend who wants a run of nail polish bottles made. Anyone know specific scientific...