Forum: Glass
July 8th 07, 06:20 AM Posted to rec.crafts.glass
|
|
Replies: 36
Views: 1,866
Good lord
Well, if BECON in beads, then I not into beads or torch working, so foot is
firmly on ground. And if putting my website in my signature is "promoting"
(other message) then peace be on you and...
|
|
Forum: Glass
July 8th 07, 06:16 AM Posted to rec.crafts.glass
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 1,166
Mixing glass types and Tiffany styrofoam forms
Delphi Stained Glass is one online source of glass, molds, etc. Try,
however, to find a store that stocks glass that you can visit to handle
glass. You might take a class if you have not done...
|
|
Forum: Glass
July 7th 07, 03:35 AM Posted to rec.crafts.glass
|
|
Replies: 36
Views: 1,866
Good lord
Great - fits right in with "I'm going to BECON, what is happening in
Portland" Glad at least one person knows the reference.
--
Mike Firth
Furnace Glassblowing Website
...
|
|
Forum: Glass
July 6th 07, 02:43 AM Posted to rec.crafts.glass
|
|
Replies: 5
Views: 792
|
|
Forum: Glass
July 6th 07, 01:59 AM Posted to rec.crafts.glass
|
|
Replies: 36
Views: 1,866
Good lord
Perhaps, if I had any idea what BECON was? Beads? Bullseye is fused and
blown glass as well.
--
Mike Firth
Furnace Glassblowing Website
http://users.ticnet.com/mikefirth/
"javahut"...
|
|
Forum: Glass
July 4th 07, 05:26 AM Posted to rec.crafts.glass
|
|
Replies: 12
Views: 1,197
Group Stats - last 60 days
It really cuts down on how much you read if moonraker is blocked.
--
Mike Firth
Furnace Glassblowing Website
http://users.ticnet.com/mikefirth/
"Steve Ackman"...
|
|
Forum: Glass
July 4th 07, 05:22 AM Posted to rec.crafts.glass
|
|
Replies: 36
Views: 1,866
Good lord
http://www.bullseyeglass.com/contact/
Bullseye Glass Co.
(the factory and central administration)
3722 SE 21 Ave
Portland OR 97202
Open by appointment only
Tel 503.232.8887
Fax 503.238.9963
Email:...
|
|
Forum: Glass
June 2nd 07, 09:03 AM Posted to rec.crafts.glass
|
|
Replies: 3
Views: 573
string cutting of bottles
Go to this web link and see my tests of various methods. I do not believe
alchohol can be made to work, as it evaporates too quickly, kerosene does
and leaves a sooty, easily removed deposit. ...
|
|
Forum: Glass
June 2nd 07, 09:01 AM Posted to rec.crafts.glass
|
|
Replies: 6
Views: 828
Found glass glue
Silicone is actually a category of products, single and double mix
solutions, for gluing, molding, insulation etc.
E-6000 has an incredible odor, much stronger than acetic acid.
GOOP - the 3...
|
|
Forum: Glass
May 27th 07, 08:04 AM Posted to rec.crafts.glass
|
|
Replies: 6
Views: 828
Found glass glue
"Thank you for inquiring about our Amazing GOOP? Adhesives. To answer your
question, here are the differences between the different items in the GOOP
Adhesives line. Craft GOOP contain a thinner...
|
|
Forum: Pottery
May 14th 07, 12:44 PM Posted to rec.crafts.glass,rec.crafts.pottery
|
|
Replies: 27
Views: 3,352
Anyone building their own kilns?
Getting back into this late, having spent the weekend chasing gasoline
chainsaws on poles, I would like to point out that anyone using a PC older
than a pentium has got to have the basic skills of...
|
|
Forum: Glass
May 14th 07, 12:44 PM Posted to rec.crafts.glass,rec.crafts.pottery
|
|
Replies: 27
Views: 2,083
Anyone building their own kilns?
Getting back into this late, having spent the weekend chasing gasoline
chainsaws on poles, I would like to point out that anyone using a PC older
than a pentium has got to have the basic skills of...
|
|
Forum: Pottery
May 9th 07, 06:28 PM Posted to rec.crafts.glass,rec.crafts.pottery
|
|
Replies: 27
Views: 3,352
Anyone building their own kilns?
Well, Mark, while I understand your desire to keep an eye on the kiln, if
you are doing anything moderately thick, it must be really boring and
interupting to your life to change the settings for...
|
|
Forum: Glass
May 9th 07, 06:28 PM Posted to rec.crafts.glass,rec.crafts.pottery
|
|
Replies: 27
Views: 2,083
Anyone building their own kilns?
Well, Mark, while I understand your desire to keep an eye on the kiln, if
you are doing anything moderately thick, it must be really boring and
interupting to your life to change the settings for...
|
|
Forum: Glass
April 30th 07, 06:22 PM Posted to rec.crafts.glass
|
|
Replies: 6
Views: 591
removing print from glass bottles.
I was taking apart the bottles by cutting with a glass cutter and/or
partially shattering and assembling the pieces either on a kiln shelf or in
thin clay bowl molds painted with kiln wash from...
|
|
Forum: Glass
April 28th 07, 12:26 PM Posted to rec.crafts.glass
|
|
Replies: 6
Views: 591
removing print from glass bottles.
I regularly fuse "painted" glass bottles, like soda bottles at 1500F. I
don't think 900-1000 is going to touch it. No experience with muriatic
acid, but you can get it at grocery stores as pool...
|
|
Forum: Glass
April 22nd 07, 09:02 AM Posted to rec.crafts.glass
|
|
Replies: 8
Views: 698
This has got me beaten !!! Can you help ?
It appears that like the Electrical Code being maintained by the fire
insurance people but enforced by local law, there is a Uniform Plumbing
Code, but enforcement is state and...
|
|
Forum: Glass
April 19th 07, 01:58 AM Posted to rec.crafts.glass
|
|
Replies: 8
Views: 698
This has got me beaten !!! Can you help ?
If you have the method available, it should be possible to slowly heat the
unit until the plastic lets go or burns out and the disks separate. The
glass is not going to sag until well above 900F...
|
|
Forum: Glass
April 19th 07, 01:41 AM Posted to rec.crafts.glass
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 1,317
|
|
Forum: Glass
April 1st 07, 05:33 PM Posted to rec.crafts.glass
|
|
Replies: 1
Views: 550
msntv did
"stole our posts"
an interesting concept - a privately owned web service (unlike the internet
which is designed to survive wars) somehow has a responsibility to not only
keep copies you didn't...
|
|
Forum: Glass
March 15th 07, 02:41 PM Posted to rec.crafts.glass
|
|
Replies: 2
Views: 698
concept of fashion jewelry
michele,
take it easy
stevelenny just wants to promote the commercial site.
--
Mike Firth
Furnace Glassblowing Website
http://users.ticnet.com/mikefirth/
"michele" wrote...
|
|
Forum: Glass
February 20th 07, 09:35 PM Posted to rec.crafts.glass
|
|
Replies: 1
Views: 746
make a glass furnace using petroleum coke
Translation
We are manufacturers of glass marbles in India. We would like to get know
how in order to make a furnace for producing glass marbles non-stop
(continuous melt) using petroleum coke or...
|
|
Forum: Glass
February 20th 07, 09:24 PM Posted to rec.crafts.glass
|
|
Replies: 18
Views: 1,087
outdoor glass
Wow, an actual answer to the question. I have decided to block brady and
moonraker instead of just skipping their posts as I have in the past.
--
Mike Firth
Furnace Glassblowing Website
...
|
|
Forum: Glass
February 15th 07, 05:32 AM Posted to rec.crafts.glass
|
|
Replies: 1
Views: 712
Wouldn't be nice
Wouldn't it be nice if the crap level of this news group were a lot closer
to zero than 90% as it is now?
--
Mike Firth
Furnace Glassblowing Website
http://users.ticnet.com/mikefirth/
|
|
Forum: Glass
February 15th 07, 05:29 AM Posted to rec.crafts.glass
|
|
Replies: 8
Views: 669
Newbie needs help cutting glass
I recently encountered a lapidary saw for the first time while trying to
cut wine bottles on the diagonal. (A band saw makes it easy I found later.)
I would suggest you do two things: take one of...
|
