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David Jenkins wrote:Wow. Are the tongues stringer? Or did you actually manage to cut those as part of the larger piece?

The tongues are cut from separate pieces of plate glass. I couldn't figure out how to cut the whole figure in one piece.

Yes, David, I cut it on a Taurus II ring saw. It was pretty time-consuming. BTW, the piece is an Albanian flag. The guy who requested the plate wanted it as a present to his girl friend's parents, who are Albanian. After sawing out that eagle, I wish his girl friend was Japanese!

Thanks, everyone, for the suggestions. I'll take it a lot slower next time.

Thanks, Carol. I based the schedule on the firing schedule on the System 96 web site (skipping step 2, as they suggest you may do). How much is a lot, as in slow down schedule "a lot"?

photo2.JPG I am trying to make a plate, and I ran into a problem fusing it. The plate is 9" X 9". All glass is System 96. The firing schedule I used was: Ramp at 300 deg/hr to 1150 deg hold for 30 min ramp at 400 deg/hr to 1350 hold forever ramp down as fast as possible to 950 hold 60 min...