Relief Fusing

Lori · Post by **Lori** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 12:23 pm

In the latest Glass Craftsman, Robin Evans wrote an article on glass mosaic and she says you should do a fast relief fuse of the dichroic strips. Does anyone know the specifics of how to do a relief fuse and at that a fast one? This is a new term to me.

charlie · Post by **charlie** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 3:13 pm

i haven't read my issue yet, but could she mean a tack fuse?

i think they usually print the email addresses of contributors somewhere in the article or masthead. you could ask her directly.

Jackie Beckman · Post by **Jackie Beckman** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 3:15 pm

She's a member here on the board - you could PM her if you want. But in her article she defines a relief fuse as more rounded than a tack fuse, but not as flat as a full fuse.

Jackie

RobinE · Post by **RobinE** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 8:37 pm

Hi Lori:

Jackie nailed it - in the article I mentioned various stages and a relief fuse to me has more rounded edges than a tack fuse. Here's my firing schedule for a fast relief fuse for the up to 8" long x 1/2" wide dichroic strips you see on the piece in the article:

800 DPH to 1100
Hold 15 min
600 DPH to 1250
Hold 20 min
600 DPH to 1410
Hold 10 min
AFAP to 960
Hold 30 min
200 DPH to 750
No hold

I get nicely rounded edges and a surface shift on the dichroic that I like using the above. Have fun.

RobinE