Turtle Glass Progression

**turtleglass** · 11-08-2010, 08:07 PM

Originally Posted by mearsglassworks

I have a small dayton squiril fan that i use when blowing glass at art fairs. It is a 6in and has a 6 inch duct and register boot for the hood. I would try and find something like that and then use an old stove hood. I got an old stove hood for free and gave it a high temp paint job and cut a 10inch hole in the top to vent over my lathe. great good size hood for free and 5 bucks for a can of wood stove paint. My little dayton pulls a decent air flow for it's small size. It's the same fan the grow stores sell for venting indoor gardens about 200$. this system would control the air flow direction much better without having a giant fan.

I have never been a believer of the attic fans, they pull a decent cfm when not restricted but when hooking up to duct work for a REAL ventilation system a squiril fan is the only way to go. Thay are made to be run under static pressure and will pull a much better suction through a hood. Attic fans are not made to be run under a restriction or pull a suction. Furnace fans is what i use for a shop(hvac guys get used ones for free). they are made to be run with resistance, actually if there isn't enough resistance it won't pull to it's full capacity and will burn out the motor.

this is similar to mine

http://cgi.ebay.com/DAYTON-PERMANENT...item2c5896f0ae

mine has a sealed motor, a got it from a welder who said it was used in the GE factory for venting fumes when welding indoors and could handle some heat. I use it as a temp but did run it daily for about 6 months when i was inbetween shops and it held up. just get a 6inch duct collar and screw to the intake and duct from there. my fan is burried in the garage but if ya need let me know and i'll did it out for a model #.

great looking shop man, i saw it at the glassroots and wanted to check out the inside but i never saw you when you had it running.

You could of come knocked and said hello, I had the back closed up most of time since it was so cold. Next time you see me dont hesitate to check it out. Thanks for the advice on ventilation, its def still a work in progress @ this point. Just went with attic fan since it was easy, cheap, and fit the vent hole that was in the ceiling perfectly. But I wanna be safe and not affect my health for sure!

**turtleglass** · 11-08-2010, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by 331 stroker

yeah turtle it looks like you could benefit from a duct of some sort.

and i dont know if you do or not. but i would find a pillow that i could use to stuff in kiln when traveling to keep damage to a min.

set up looks great and very cool to be able to torch on the fly like that.

good luck man.

I knew I needed to pack the inside but a pillow would work great , thanks for the tip

Glad yall dig it

**loydb** · 11-08-2010, 08:31 PM

Originally Posted by turtleglass

I knew I needed to pack the inside but a pillow would work great , thanks for the tip

When you put a pillow in there, get in the habit of tying a bandana or something to the kiln doorhandle that will remind you not to fire it up...

**turtleglass** · 11-09-2010, 11:00 AM

Good call!!!!!

**turtleglass** · 11-10-2010, 02:20 PM

I have so many things to finish up before we roll out for good but the torch was callin my name last night. Been wanting to try something for a min, and this is First attempt @ reptile pattern from Flow Tutorial.

**faded** · 11-10-2010, 02:26 PM

we both did the same thing yesterday. lol
i've had that mag for a month now and just noticed that tute 2 days ago. did a quick mib the night before after reading it, then spent 8 hours yesterday working on it. yours turned out really nice. is that green exotic?

**hwcglass** · 11-10-2010, 02:48 PM

nice!!! love the old school color patterns

**turtleglass** · 11-10-2010, 10:05 PM

Its actually bluemoon, and thanks yall

**turtleglass** · 12-12-2010, 01:50 AM

Been workin my ass off in Pensacola and I love it! Here ya go yall

**turtleglass** · 12-12-2010, 01:56 AM

UM not sure y those links are not workin? check my pics on face book ~ Turtle Glass~ or go check out the whole album on photobucket or jsut wait till I get some time to re do this lol

http://s740.photobucket.com/albums/x...urtle%20glass/

**turtleglass** · 12-12-2010, 10:16 PM

Tried again and with html and failed here are direct links to a few of my fav new things

http://i740.photobucket.com/albums/x...nsacola134.jpg

http://i740.photobucket.com/albums/x...nsacola113.jpg

http://i740.photobucket.com/albums/x...nsacola107.jpg

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http://i740.photobucket.com/albums/x...nsacola079.jpg

http://i740.photobucket.com/albums/x...nsacola066.jpg

http://i740.photobucket.com/albums/x...nsacola062.jpg

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**hwcglass** · 12-12-2010, 10:46 PM

(NICE DUDE!!!!!!! below is great)

**turtleglass** · 12-14-2010, 02:01 AM

THanks SO MUCH!!!

**LTD** · 12-14-2010, 02:05 AM

lovin the flowers!

**turtleglass** · 12-14-2010, 02:12 AM

Oh ya Also made a big flower, small one on right is for size ref. And I forgot to show you what Rob made me do as soon as I rolled in from driving from Illinois. NO joke as soon as we all said hello he said wanna blow some glass, I love it! Then he said your making a tube lol and I did