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by Jeannette
Tue Sep 03, 2013 2:27 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Shaping using grinder leaves marks
Replies: 18
Views: 19172

Re: Shaping using grinder leaves marks

What do the grinder marks look like? Are we talking gouges, sandy-looking spots, big scratches, or what? Hmm, how to explain - it's perfectly smooth as you would expect on a full fuse, but on clear glass is appears hazy under the surface where you have ground to shape. Because in the fuse the edges...
by Jeannette
Mon Sep 02, 2013 2:33 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Shaping using grinder leaves marks
Replies: 18
Views: 19172

Re: Shaping using grinder leaves marks

Sadly it didn't work keeping it wet and scrubbing (I was just hopeful), so I shall need to invest in a finer bit for the grinder. I don't find it easy to get supplies in the UK, so it appears this is the one finer than "standard" fitted to my grinder from new. http://www.warm-glass.co.uk/f...
by Jeannette
Thu Aug 29, 2013 2:58 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Shaping using grinder leaves marks
Replies: 18
Views: 19172

Re: Shaping using grinder leaves marks

Many thanks - I'll grind some pieces today and throw them in on a soft fuse to see what happens. I'm not sure about not using thinfire, if I fire on kiln washed shelves I have to repaint them each time I fire...the scraping and waiting to dry is too time consuming to keep doing that every day. So I'...
by Jeannette
Thu Aug 29, 2013 2:08 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Shaping using grinder leaves marks
Replies: 18
Views: 19172

Re: Shaping using grinder leaves marks

Thanks, will try.
by Jeannette
Wed Aug 28, 2013 5:47 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: Shaping using grinder leaves marks
Replies: 18
Views: 19172

Shaping using grinder leaves marks

Sorry if this is covered already and there is a post or posts lurking that in cant find.... I've been grinding peices into some more precise shapes for use with a soft fuse. I'm left with what I suppose are grinding marks in the edges as the piece rounds off in the kiln. I can't see a way to avoid t...