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- Sat Apr 05, 2014 4:34 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: I bought a sandblaster; now what?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13894
Re: I bought a sandblaster; now what?
Any suggestions for resources to teach myself to use it? Check out Cutting Edge Sandcarving and Arizona Glass Classes, especially the forums. Decide on what type of abrasive blasting to work on first - probably either photo resist (mostly for shallower blasting and half-tones) or vinyl film mask (f...
- Thu Feb 13, 2014 4:03 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Wax Vac, no its not what you think!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 16707
Re: Wax Vac, no its not what you think!
I'm with CM on this. A regular vacuum cleaner sucking through various "pen" tips works well. With very fine tips you can be amazingly precise - even removing individual grains of powder. Sucking from the side often works better than from above. I've used reducing sections of vinyl tubing a...
- Fri Jul 05, 2013 3:08 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: CMYK color separation
- Replies: 13
- Views: 16941
Re: CMYK color separation
Charlie Cummings (Florida) silkscreens process (separated) photo images on porcelain. He has a detailed article in Ceramics Technical issue 35. You may be able to access an online version through Zinio. Note: Charlie's process is offset printing to clay via an intermediary plaster slab. This wouldn'...
- Fri Jan 18, 2013 4:17 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Alternate Frit Maker - any downsides?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 29499
- Sat Dec 22, 2012 10:18 am
- Forum: Kiln Casting
- Topic: Lost Wax Chemistry for Casting
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9766
Re: Lost Wax Chemistry for Casting
Take care Peter...beeswax may not be as acrid as mineral wax when burned out, but there's still the same risk (acrolein, formaldehyde release) according to Monona Rossol of Arts, Crafts and Theater Safety.
- Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:42 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: A Newcomer's naive questions!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6040
Re: A Newcomer's naive questions!
Stephen The Pyxsys ATR620 can produce most any schedule you'd want to use for glass fusing, but it's an odd controller to use (at first). The controller has many complex capabilities but for standard glass schedules these may hinder rather than help. I sought advice from the Au agent to program out ...
- Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:09 pm
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: Fused glass and 3D printing
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10709
Re: Fused glass and 3D printing
Hi Cynthia I've visited Steve Royston Brown's site thanks to your wonderful blog. His primary orientation seems to be ceramic. My background is experimental ceramics - in early 1980s I started with printing raw clay slab, then jiggering plates from the prints. Followed this with a couple decades of ...
- Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:52 am
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: Fused glass and 3D printing
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10709
Re: Fused glass and 3D printing
So you're applying powder on top of art glass sheet? At this stage I'm claiming "proprietary information". The processes are still evolving and I'm not sure where it will all lead. I can say I've been working with this and related methods for some years. It's highly unlikely the average f...
- Sun Sep 23, 2012 12:13 pm
- Forum: Art, philosophy, and content
- Topic: 3D printing with glass powder
- Replies: 28
- Views: 40517
Re: 3D printing with glass powder
Interesting issues in this thread. I've been mulling over similar ones since trying 3D printing. Continuing the earlier discussion: Pretty much anything can be art, but of course there's art, and better art. Artists give us new ways of looking at the world, or ourselves. Some of these insights are m...
- Sun Sep 23, 2012 12:12 pm
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: Fused glass and 3D printing
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10709
Fused glass and 3D printing
Images below refer to my posting in the current 3D print thread in Art, philosophy and content . This is early experimental work in small-scale fused glass relief using 3D printing as part of the forming process. 066-relief.jpg The largest hexagon is 38mm (1.5") across. The relief varies up to ...
- Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:58 am
- Forum: Kiln Casting
- Topic: glass kiln plans
- Replies: 18
- Views: 33013
- Sun Jun 10, 2012 4:58 am
- Forum: Kiln Casting
- Topic: Advice on a generic recipe for mold mix, please
- Replies: 9
- Views: 22186
Re: Advice on a generic recipe for mold mix, please
ButterC - about local refractory sources... Walker Ceramics has calcined alumina in 100# and 300#. Qld Potters Supplies should also have both. They'll also have alumina hydrate but you're buying quite a bit of water. Zirconium silicate (zircosil 5), a very fine ceramic opacifier is also available. I...
- Thu Apr 01, 2004 8:40 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Eternal Tile Saws
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8181
Thanks so far Brock and Dee...your experiences support buying quality in the first place. I'm primarily interested in moving-motor against moving-table. Guess most everyone has the moving-table type. I'm looking at the Felker FRS Tile, Marble and Granite Rail Saw - about half down this page: http://...
- Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:51 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Eternal Tile Saws
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8181
Eternal Tile Saws
I'd like to follow up a question asked by Paul T. (bottom, page 1 of this post - http://www.warmglass.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=3413&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=tile&start=0 ) Are there opinions on the moving-motor saw offering more, or less, than the moving-table style? In Au...
- Mon Mar 22, 2004 10:48 pm
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: What the...?!!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17039
However, doesn't it dispense the powder too fast? or can it be regulated? Jim You can regulate the flow in different ways - first of course with the on-off switch. A toothbrush with only one button alternating on-off is best. Saves fumbling for the off button when you need to watch the business end...
- Mon Mar 22, 2004 10:03 am
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: What the...?!!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17039
this toothbrush vibrates. . . Indeed it does, and places powder in nice ways. Too sharp, Jackie. This is the improved version. Anyone can make the basic model in a couple minutes. Roll a little cone of paper and gaffer tape it lightly on the bristles of an electric toothbrush - the kind that has so...
- Mon Mar 22, 2004 9:35 am
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: What the...?!!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17039
- Mon Mar 22, 2004 9:28 am
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: What the...?!!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17039
- Mon Mar 22, 2004 9:21 am
- Forum: Photos and Stuff
- Topic: What the...?!!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17039
What the...?!!
Here goes with my first new topic posting on Warm Glass:
Anyone care to hazard a guess on what this glass-related gadget does...?
Ralph
Anyone care to hazard a guess on what this glass-related gadget does...?
Ralph
- Sun Mar 21, 2004 8:23 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Silica / Flint / quartz
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7936
Katia Essentially they should all be SiOsubscript2 (silicon dioxide). However there may be local variation in the way the names are applied according to the physical form of the material, its purity, or where it was obtained - from a beach or deep-mined for example. For plaster/silica molds you need...