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Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2014-02-03, 7:33am
Replies: 429
Views: 307,808
Posted By sosoft
Smile Wow

I just saw this answer after I wrote the question at the top of the libary. Great answer. I am just begining to be able to follow the Lampwork Etc.
thank you all for the help.

Sosoft
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2014-02-03, 7:28am
Replies: 6
Views: 2,476
Posted By sosoft
Smile Where is the best glass suppliers?

Hello,
I have been away from lampwork for the last few years. I have retired last year and been able to get recovered from a very bad disease. I have been unloading some of my lampwork supplies. I...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-06-15, 10:44pm
Replies: 110
Views: 28,874
Posted By sosoft
Smile Thanks

Hayley,
Thank you so much for your link, I don't have a lot to show since I haven't taken a photo in eight years. You have been so kind in your continued criticism of my posts. It's nice to see...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-06-15, 10:28pm
Replies: 110
Views: 28,874
Posted By sosoft
Talking Great Idea!

Carolyn,
Thank you so much, I never thought of selling anything that I made from glass:-k
I guess that I have been too busy making beads and marbles that someone else sells. Because I choose not...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-06-15, 10:23pm
Replies: 110
Views: 28,874
Posted By sosoft
Smile 35,000?

Well Pam,
Since a few of you choose to vilify me because of what I say, where does YOUR information come from?


You seem to be the leader of this group ,or at least you choose to drop in with...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-06-15, 6:28pm
Replies: 110
Views: 28,874
Posted By sosoft
Glass is glass

Basic torch working will not be revolutionized by melting silver 104 COE glass, sorry.
HITK,
Kurt
Ps. If anyone actually reads what I post, then they would know that I have some experience with...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-06-15, 6:19pm
Replies: 110
Views: 28,874
Posted By sosoft
You are the best

Ak,
I see that you know it all, so I will humble myself before you.
Thanks for the critique,
I will try to do better in the future,
HITK,
Kurt
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-06-15, 6:17pm
Replies: 110
Views: 28,874
Posted By sosoft
Talking I gotta go

Ps.
Not to put too fine a point on this drama today, but the original thread about encasing siver glass where I opened this can of frit has an interesting ending.
It seems that Abe only got a hand...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-06-15, 6:07pm
Replies: 110
Views: 28,874
Posted By sosoft
Yes

The title of the post speaks for itself, you are welcome to post your idea of our place (beadmakers) in the world of hot glass.
HITK,
Kurt
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-06-15, 6:04pm
Replies: 110
Views: 28,874
Posted By sosoft
Yes you are right again!

Ak,
I can put Frida or Sam or Clarence(or any of the other cute little hype names for silver glass) into the back of any flame chemistry and it won't even melt, so what is your point exactly?
I...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-06-15, 5:52pm
Replies: 110
Views: 28,874
Posted By sosoft
An educated guess.

Let us see,
There are perhaps 3,000 active glass bead makers in the US.
How many folks attend The Gathering for example?
Ok, lets say that there are 10,000 others who just make beads from soft...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-06-15, 5:26pm
Replies: 110
Views: 28,874
Posted By sosoft
Exclamation You are right!!!

Ak,
Yes, and just upping the propane a bit from a neutral flame cools it down a bit.
Some of the little I know:
neutral is the hottest flame on a mixed gas torch, adding propane OR oxygen and...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-06-15, 5:18pm
Replies: 110
Views: 28,874
Posted By sosoft
Smile Scared off?

I think the post had the source as the first line, forgive me as my memory is a tad slow.
Again, the reference said nothing about annealing to a schedule, any ramp, soak, or heat range.
The...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-06-15, 4:33pm
Replies: 28
Views: 6,784
Posted By sosoft
OK

Jenny,
OK, that is great. It answers a lot of my questions, but why is it that I have several friends who make small batches of 104 silver glass all the time and it does not cost them very much?...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-06-15, 4:16pm
Replies: 110
Views: 28,874
Posted By sosoft
Talking Boiling?

Ok,
Boiling and bubbling glass is just too hot. Water boils at 212 F. Glass boils at different temperatures depending on the type of glass and it's chemical make up. Boiling any glass is not very...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-06-15, 4:08pm
Replies: 110
Views: 28,874
Posted By sosoft
Exclamation Annealing.

Here is some information about glass annealing from the Corning Museum of Glass reference library:

Annealing Glass

"If a hot glass object is cooled "too quickly," it may be strained at room...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-06-15, 3:35pm
Replies: 28
Views: 6,784
Posted By sosoft
Why is silver 104 glass so expensive?

Hello,
I wish to ask a question about silver glass so I am starting a new thread.

Why does most of the 104 glass with a lot of silver in it cost so much?

$100 a pound seems to be a...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-06-15, 3:15pm
Replies: 110
Views: 28,874
Posted By sosoft
Exclamation Marbles

Kalera,
You had the Pyrex right on, but marbles made by machine are not annealed in any way. They actually form on a set of two screw augers with a half marble grove cut into each one.
The little...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-06-15, 3:07pm
Replies: 110
Views: 28,874
Posted By sosoft
Talking Shake you head?

AK, did you read the entire thread about having a bushy flame? My comment was about heat in the flame, not if it was reducing or oxidizing.
Well, as usual there are many opinions on this board,...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-06-14, 10:49pm
Replies: 110
Views: 28,874
Posted By sosoft
Thumbs up New!

[QUOTE=2 TOUCANS;2536765]Sosoft...you are new here according to your join date and posts. If you stick around ( and I hope you do ) you will learn that not annealing beads for resale is FROWNED...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-06-14, 10:39pm
Replies: 110
Views: 28,874
Posted By sosoft
Talking Annealed beads

If you had ever been to a Glass factory in Europe then you might have seen with your own eyes, beads being made with out any kiln annealing. I personally know that almost all the the china lampwork...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-06-14, 10:25pm
Replies: 110
Views: 28,874
Posted By sosoft
Smile Pyrex.

Well, I have to apologize. I did not know that Corning sold the Pyrex name to World Kitchens in 1998.

"Pyrex is a brand name for glassware, introduced by Corning Incorporated in 1915. Originally,...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-06-14, 6:34pm
Replies: 110
Views: 28,874
Posted By sosoft
Talking [QUOTE=2 TOUCANS;2536401][B][COLOR="Olive"]#1. ...

[QUOTE=2 TOUCANS;2536401][B][COLOR="Olive"]#1. I like Sundance.

#5. It is totally frowned upon to make beads without annealing with the intention of selling them.

Wow,
I have never...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-06-14, 6:20pm
Replies: 110
Views: 28,874
Posted By sosoft
Exclamation Tempered soft glass?

Okay, I guess that could be some of the wild scuttlebutt on the internet, but:
Pyrex is a trade name for boro that is produced by Corning. They were one of the first companies in this country to...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-06-13, 5:23pm
Replies: 24
Views: 4,423
Posted By sosoft
Crickets

Although the Gtt folks told me to use 3 psi/5lpm and 1/4 psi propane, the torch exceeds all published data. I ran 6 crickets on a 125 SCF oxy tank and 2 psi propane. They burned for 2 + hours.
At...
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