Thanks Melanie and Erik! I appreciate you guys taking a look! Once I get my links page up and running, I'll be sure and link to your sites.
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Thanks Melanie and Erik! I appreciate you guys taking a look! Once I get my links page up and running, I'll be sure and link to your sites.
Anyone else have any feedback for me?? I need all I...
It's all how you look at it. Glass that is stressed is more likely to break...correct? And glass that is properly annealed is less likely to break...correct? So glass that isn't properly annealed...
Swampy - Thanks for the spell check :) I'm usually pretty good at catching those myself, but that one slipped by me. I get the feeling I never would have caught it for whatever reason. Also, I do...
Please check out my website and let me know what you guys think! Keep in mind it is still a work in progress and is far from finished. All comments, criticism, and suggestions are appreciated!
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Thanks for the replies everyone. I may just forget about sealing them completely...it seams like it could end up more trouble than it's worth. Though I must say that those ornament caps really do...
So I'm doing an arts and crafts festival this weekend and I tried a day or two ago to make some christmas ornaments to sell there. I have no trouble making the ornament, it's when it comes to...
Doh! Can't see it cause I'm not a member on lampwork etc. Why didn't he post here? Oh well
Same dude sent me an email too! I told him I'd consider it, but I'm in the process of moving and couldn't do anything until after that. I didn't really suspect him too much from his emails. Seems...
I got borostix from generations last time I got em and they are smooth and buttery. No seeds in my batch. Of course, I've only got them once ever...but I've been quite happy with them
I think it will depend on your fan. How many cfm is it? If you have a powerful enough fan...I think it should work out (though my opinion is not one of an expert.) Let's see what other people have...
First off, listen to Doug. Good advice in his post.
Second, are you guys all really this bad at repaying debts? I know that when I have a debt of any kind, I do my best to repay it as quickly as...
Yes, go ahead and make yourself some sections. Just be sure to keep your wall thicknesses even if you want your sections to survive the cool down...and then the reheat later as well.
I think most people just put them in the jars hot and let them air cool. Some might reheat in the kiln...but I'm gonna bet that most would just preheat in the back of the flame and then heat to...
There's hundreds of level 2 mods. When they changed the system, I was made a level 2 mod. Only new people now seem to start as level 1 mods (which means nothing.) Level 3 mods can actually...
It's definitely not black. Deep dark transparent red. It's one of my favorite colors! Here's a piece I made a while ago with mostly black elvis:
http://www.glasspipes.org/Gal15087_Minis_.asp
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I think your last sentence sums it up. What Kevin was trying to tell you was that you are viewing it with the wrong mindset. You say "i have wasted too much time and too much glass for that...
Don't pull points. I use 9.5 or 12 mil handles.
Use a blowhose nearly all the time. It's great for shaping as well as popping holes. Marias have never been easier than with a blowhose.
Don't...
Stretch the handle off the mouthpiece so the glass is nice and thin. Repeat if necessary so that you end up with a closed mouthpiece that ends in a thin, tapered point. Heat a rod of say 7 or 9 mil...
Wish I could get in on this! I don't have a mold big enough for an inch and a halfer :( Granted...I'm not that great at marbles yet anyway...but it'd still be fun to do a swap! I can do an inch...
He does seem to know what he's doing...but he still sounds like an ass.
Thanks everyone...I'm still trying to get this down. Made a couple more with similar results as before.
Chris - I'm gonna have to try adding a bit of silver on at the end. And I do believe I...
Mistahead - I'm on a mirage...what other flames do you use? The only one I know of for gold fume is a small, sharp, pinpoint, oxidized flame. This is the flame bigles taught me to use. I ofcourse...
etternal - that's a good idea. I did put a black background on the back side of the marble to achieve that sort of effect...though I hadn't thought of using colored dots. I wonder if that's the...
Ok, so I tried a tube implosion a couple minutes ago...and I got better results...but still not nearly enough gold. I fumed the crap out of it and still you can hardly see the implosion inside. ...
So yesterday I tried my first gold fume flower implosion. I got nothing! Now, I've been able to successfully fume i/o work with gold fume...and it's working, so I'm doing something right...