Rollcall - introduce yourself!

[gypsea]

Hey there bigbone, welcome to the melting pot! I bet you have some good dental tools to use on glass ! My mother was a dental hygienist before I was born and She gave me her old tools. Hope you enjoy the forum!

[Dabpache]

hello glassfolk! Chris here, or Apache, or i guess Dabpache. quit my day job as a CNC operator to work BORO maybe I'll make some tools one day..

Been working about 6 Months give or take. addicted. just setting up my home studio with 2 stations

I live up here in Vancouver B.C, the Great White North. (Canada, it's not that white.)

see you in the forums

Apache

[James M]

Heyo,

Been here for a few months now, bout time I post in this thread.
aka Jimmy Salami,
Used to run a wind and solar business in Iowa, got tired of the paperwork/fighting government
Moved to Colorado and am setting up a homestead/permaculture center. Water, Food, Shelter and Energy sort of thing.
Just got my studio set-up out here hope to start flameworking part-time.

[Robert Reeder]

Hi there, my name is Robert Reeder, I have been learning lampworking for the last four years, and I really enjoy it! I live in Ravenna, Ohio and I am completely self-taught and this forum is a great resource for someone like me! I have already found quite a few useful nuggets of info in just a brief scanning of the tutorials and stuff! I got a late start in life to pick this up, I am 47 years old, I hope to keep doing it until I can't anymore. I am also a full-time construction worker, with winters off, so when asphalt finally cripples me, I hope to have lampworking to fall back on!

[Nash]

Hi all I'm Nash or napglass ,from Volcano on the big island of Hawaii. Been working glass almost two years now thought I'd post up here after lurking on this site for what seems to be forever. This awesome forum and glass pipes.Org got me into glass then took a hotshop class at university which led me to drop out, build my own studio and start working full time behind the torch. Thanks to tmp for all the knowledge and assistance throughout.

[Aktommy]

Tommy
New to flame working, but an old time Alaskan Welder
Building a home studio ATM
Recently spent a week with my son at Boro School in Seattle
Lives in AK

[CripSkillz]

Dildos fosho

[CripSkillz]

Wrong thread I clicked, you guys are not dildos well as fast as I know lol,, sup yalll

[glassdocnc]

Hi Crip. Wazzup?

[clindsay28]

Names Chris, living in Kansas. New to glass still in the baby steps phase. Looking to advice, tips, tricks and such.

[snoopdog6502]

Dildos fosho

Wrong thread I clicked, you guys are not dildos well as fast as I know lol,, sup yalll

Made this thread fun real quick.

[art]

What's up guys, I am Just Another Benavidez , I go by JAB. I am from New Mexico, been melting full time for exactly one year this month. Took my first class in 2012. I am learning from Magma Glass and Cooper Soulfate. I always loved glass and one day my buddy took me to a Boro-Battle and from that day on I was hooked. Good to finally start getting active on the forum.

[Ray]

Hello all.
Im in PA and am a total Newbie to torch working.
I bought everything I need to start playing around with glass and have no ability at all.
I am still waiting for the Glass Studio closest to where I live to open..was to be march but now its getting pushed out further. Until when I do not know.
I have tried on my own with no lessons or help and have gotten so frustrated at making poor globs of glass That I am not touching it again Until I can get some lessons so as to not spoil it for me.
Watching on You tube has not helped much.
I will look through some of the videos on here to see if it helps any.

I have come to the conclusion that my biggest problem may be my torch (and lack of learning on it).
Its a National 6b Bench premix with an htc-1 tip.
I believe I would like to get a GTT Lynx or Carlisle Wildcat.
With either I will have to get a second Oxygen to get me to 10LPM instead of the 5 I have now.
But I have heard they are very forgiving for the newb.

[Wizard]

Zarathustrian pipemaker and thermogenic reverse entropy engineer. Peace enthusiast. I used to see booty when I closed my eyes, now I see glass. So let's get funky with the flames
4mo garage studio - Wizard Missile Studios
DC-26-outdoorsy
Super stoked this name wasn't taken !,,!,

All references to Satan are to sarcastic heavy metal Satan.

[sovereignmulberry]

Hi, gonna go by mulberry here for privacy's sake. About to be 22 in about 2 days. Have a little experience on the torch from a guy in Kent from a few years back(pretty sure he's on this site considering he's the one who told me it exists, however I have no idea of the username), its been awhile since I've been on the torch but I've had glass fever since I was a kid. Working on building my own setup as soon as possible but am going to do my research until I can.

[Queso]

Hey there my names Kenny aka keso I am 26 years old and I live in Southern California, I've been a working on a lathe since August of 2011 for a waterpipe company. Instantly fell in love with boro and melting and really want to set my own studio up, I've been trolling this place for a long while and the amount of knowledge I have acquired just from reading through these forums is priceless, I am very happy I found this site, thank you to everyone who contributes. This place is the shit!!!!!

[jason1984]

Hi i'm Jason my nick name ever since i was 5 has been Rusty Balls. From upstate NY now i'm in Stpete fl been here 5 years now. I have not started working with glass yet. I'm making some of the tools ill need. I've read a few of the diy threads and decided to join the forum. Ill probably be asking alot of newb questions wile i try to figure things out.

[Burningsunsglass]

Hello all,
I'm James, been on the torch fulltime since last april. Started in Denver now I'm in Richmond Va. I'm a pipemaker use to work through a couple production studios now I'm self employed and business is good. That said I still have less then a year under my belt and still have much to learn. In particular I would like to talk to other pipemakers who use Carlisle torches. I'm struggling to get the striking right for large encasement pieces.

[corleonis]

Hello, glassy folks!

New here, have no equipment, yet, but have been eating up tutorials, techniques, and trying to wrap my head around the best equipment to purchase (down the line). Please send any pointers, videos, and tell me how to keep my sanity while I'm dreaming of playing with glass but have no supplies.

I'm in Central NY, and it seems there are very few in the area that do this kind of work, so I'm stumped as to where to go to get my feet wet (or, yaknow, burn my feet off, whatever is more appropo). My family and I are trying to relocate, though, so hopefully I will be in a place where there are more glass fiends!

If anyone is in CNY and is willing to let me stare over your shoulder for a few hours and ask you some questions, I would happily pay you in giant cookies and beer.

[DayDreamer]

I'm new-SURPRISE! However I've been a member here for months and have only read, read and kept reading in an attempt to ride out the highest arc of the learning curve by applying what I've learned from the wealth of knowledge and experience available from the seasoned here. I respect the time and skills of those who gather here to connect and selflessly give their advice, opinions, and encouragement to those of us trying to keep on keeping it on. I will not disrespect your gifts by expecting you great people to answer simple questions that have already been given time AND answered as though I were to good to simply put MY time into it I've been salivating to get behind a torch for almost a decade, and well this dog has gotten her day!! The space, price, locale, ect....of where I have been able secure to set up my studio is my gift from the glass Gods for my wait. My shop is 30x90,w/ 30 ft ceilings, and a nice big 25 ft roll up bay in the back and the only people torching in,or working out of my shop are me, myself, and I. WORTH THE WAIT!