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Yea, just have to get after it, would prefer self scoring and snapped glass , but it wasn't under the tree this year

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I've got some CBS dichroic thin glass1"x6" glass that I'm looking to find an efficient method of cutting with a saw. Several years ago I had a table top glass bandsaw but had many issues with the guides and the blade. I have recently gotten a dremel diamond wheel that seems to work well at...

I have seen where some glass fusing/slumping kilns are designed with elements in the lid of the kiln. My kiln has 3 zone type s thermocouples that I use in my pottery glaze firings. Is there an advantage to kilns for glass fusing/slumping or a major disadvantage in using a kiln with side and a botto...

Thanks Brad. 80/20 sounds good
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Hi folks, I'm a potter that is looking to getting into slump glass.I plan to make some bisque flat rectangular trays. My kiln wash for my pottery is 1/3 alumina hydrate, 1/3 kaolin clay, 1/3 350 mesh silica. Should i leave out the silica and go 50/50 kaolin/alumina hydrate? I'm looking to fuse a bas...

Thanks for the info, will try with next batch. wyndham@ac.net

I am trying to figure out a way to put a channel in a fused multi-layer pendant to hang on a chain. Should I use a nichrome wire coated with kiln wash , where the wire rest on a base piece of glass and the coated wire is sandwiched between or make up a coil of kiln wash the same dia, as the channel ...

Well, this is kinda what I was thinking might be the case, gravity works. Thanks for the input. Would putting a weight on top of a piece be a problem when the glass cools at 960 quarts inversion? I'll try with a broken piece of kiln shelf and post later. Thanks wyndham@ac.net

I am new to fusing and am learning much as each firing comes out. From what I have read on this board and other info, glass is going to go to 1/4 in thickness if fired to full fuse and over. my question is what temp over full fuse or what flux can be applied to the glass to allow it to flow back to ...

If your thermocouple is the thick twisted wire with ceramic spacers this is an older style and more prone to drift. There is a newer metal tude style that seems less prone to drift. Price should be 30-40 $ Type k They can drift in temp over time. As a way of calibrating your firing, get a box of pyr...

Thanks Brock , got the info

I am new to glass fusing. My wife and I are getting into fused jewelry with dichroic glass. We have come upon a supply of thin wasser glass already cut to shape and fired to a clean rounded edge . I need to know if a piece (1''x1") that has been fired, does that change the fusing temp if this g...