Can anybody refer me to somebody to build me a vent hood in the Seattle (or Eastside) area? I got a drawing I did and have been calling random HVAC places, but I'd rather go to somebody who's been...

yo Misha - I PM'ed you about some videos I have to donate. Check your PMs.

Absolutely fair. I'm enrolling tonight.

If we have to cancel - can we get our deposit refunded if its before a certain date?

That's good info. I know some stained glass and fusing people that use a band saw - but I've never tried it on heavy rod or tubing. I'm real close to buying a tile saw and at the last minute...

If you were to buy 1 glass saw, wouldnt a bandsaw be a better choice than a tile saw? I assume you can do anything on a bandsaw you can do on a tile saw, plus you get to cut curves if you need to...

Hey - can you give any technical details? I've always been curious about soft glass.

Like:
- When you're doing decent sized sculptures - what do you use for a punty?
- When you're doing...

I actually called Jim Moore about this as both my jacks and shears were rusting (in Seattle). He said:

1. Dont remove the rust - it actually protects the metal once its there and removing it...

Here you go. Olympic Color Rod is out of Seattle and will ship anywhere.
http://glasscolor.com/products/default.aspx?cID=54&pID=785

Yeah - but my question is about the ones with only 2 sizes. What do you call those?

I noticed for Simax, in some sizes, there are only two thicknesses. Like 25.4 comes in a 4 and a 2.4 and 38.1 comes in a 4 and a 2.4, but 38 may come in a 1.4, 2, and 2.8. Would the 2.4 be...

Why are points better than blowtubes for goblets?

I've gotten pretty good at pulling points on Extra heavy wall (25.4 x 4, 38.1 x 4), but now that I'm trying to make cups and feet, I've moved to Medium (standard???) 25.4 x 2.4, 38.1 x 2.4.

I'm...

That's perfect - that's exactly the artist who's work I saw and didnt understand how he did it. Thanks.

I see this sometimes in reference to flameworked vessels, but dont understand what "core formed" means. Can anybody explain?

Right now I've been striping the outside of a tube and then striping over that with clear - so the color is kind of in the middle.

Doug - do you cut the nipple off in the flame? That seems to be...

Whats the trick to getting a clean termination? I'm tearing off clean, but by the time I finish blowing it out into a ball, I have a clear spot where the termination should be. How do I keep the...

Well, I might have over-engineered things - but I took a 2" thick piece of graphite today and drilled holes in it so I can stick my points or rods in handle first standing up. I even drilled a 1.5"...

Ya - I just lean them against a bent piece of steel with notches cut in it to cool - then lay them on my other bench to store after cooled. I just thought it was whacked that they all cracked in...

Its Simax. And yeah - I guess the crack could be right were I set them on the point holders - but they didnt crack until long after - they were just flat on the table.

hasslenuts - do you anneal...

I noticed something weird today that I can't explain. I had a few points laying on a bench in my workshop. 2 25mil and 2 31 mil points about 3" long (plus handles) all laying side by side. They've...

I got 20 ga Stainless Steel over a 1" particleboard core. I havent yet pulled up the steel to see if the heat burns the board. However, when my graphite gets real hot, the steel under it expands...

Well, I'm going currently thru this "ex-corporate suburban daddy" phase of life, so let's go with that. Thanks!

Well, I just learned this a couple of weeks ago in a class with Eugene Rain - but essentially what it boils down to is sleeving the color while everything is cold and then raging to melt it all down....

I was using a pretty big flame - I cranked my Oxy pressure up to 60 to try and imitate what I saw on Matt's Mirage, but it wasnt a nice straight focused flame - it was more a incha and a half candles...