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Free Tutorials
2015-11-25, 7:50pm
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Recipe for Electroforming (Copper)
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80,402
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oldschooltofu
i have a question what is the best copper...
i have a question
what is the best copper source to use for the anodes?
i have been using copper pipe from HD
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Boro Room
2011-11-24, 8:47am
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Transparent turquoise or teal glass
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4,234
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oldschooltofu
glacier blue has a slightly greener tint
glacier blue has a slightly greener tint
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Boro Room
2011-08-29, 7:55pm
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Apparently, Black pearl does NOT like to be encased
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oldschooltofu
i use it too with no problems and i super reduce...
i use it too with no problems and i super reduce it.
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Boro Room
2011-08-29, 7:53pm
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Noticing lines in Simax
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4,254
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oldschooltofu
i have had major problems with the new simax....
i have had major problems with the new simax. mostly from the boxes that were not labeled the same way they were in the past. they had just a plain white label. i think i had 6, 28, 26 be the...
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Boro Room
2011-05-25, 7:23am
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color help: Lime Green
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6,315
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oldschooltofu
either paramore or GA mint
either paramore
or GA mint
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Boro Room
2011-05-23, 8:21pm
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Gilson White Opal 5mm spheres
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3,822
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oldschooltofu
i heard they stopped making the spheres at the...
i heard they stopped making the spheres at the gilson factory. something about them having too much waste.
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2011-03-19, 7:29am
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Who would you buy an Oxygen Concentrator from???
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oldschooltofu
who ever you get one from, you will want to know...
who ever you get one from, you will want to know how to repair/work on them. since shipping them gets expensive.
i have (3) 3yo huricanes from Jack UO. and he has been great about sending me spare...
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Boro Room
2010-12-13, 10:39pm
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Concentrators for Boro
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oldschooltofu
a huricane will run 1-2 lynxes...one with great...
a huricane will run 1-2 lynxes...one with great oxygen 2 with ok oxygen. it will affect silver colors and maybe some blacks.
the key is maintaing them, changing filers, new cup seals every 6...
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Boro Room
2010-10-03, 9:39am
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If I wanted try Boro
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oldschooltofu
get a large sample pack to start, one rod of each...
get a large sample pack to start, one rod of each color they make
if you can get one pack from each color company.
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Boro Room
2010-09-28, 7:38pm
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Getting oxygen on the cheap
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oldschooltofu
i have an exo2 filling station and no they are...
i have an exo2 filling station and no they are not worth the 4k they sell for
the compressor motor had to be rebuilt once and the RIX screw compressor used to fill the tank has had to be sent back...
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Boro Room
2010-09-26, 11:10am
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Asian Color???
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oldschooltofu
the white is the bomb....just almost impossible...
the white is the bomb....just almost impossible to re heat. seems to want to scum up when healing punties/re-heating.
the black is hit or miss. its very green when thin. and the 16mm i got...
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Boro Room
2010-09-23, 5:23pm
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15
Batch Annealing
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oldschooltofu
i have put 6" long super fats (26-32mm diameter)...
i have put 6" long super fats (26-32mm diameter) of color into the kiln at 1050 without any checking. i put marbles or pendants in a hot kiln cold and have not had one problem. i think unless...
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Boro Room
2010-09-21, 4:43pm
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Ordering glass by the rod
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4,830
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oldschooltofu
my suggestion and how i started learning the...
my suggestion and how i started learning the colors is to get a sample pack. i would start with Northstar since they have all the basic colors covered. this way all the rods are already labeled and...
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Safety
2010-09-14, 12:02pm
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EX-5 Major Issues
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oldschooltofu
minor....i just re-read her original post. ...
minor....i just re-read her original post.
still sounds like she might have a concentrator issue
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Safety
2010-09-13, 1:25pm
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EX-5 Major Issues
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8,243
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oldschooltofu
i would say its a purity issue. there are 3...
i would say its a purity issue.
there are 3 problems that happen with concnetrators:
1) purity (the sieve bed needs to be re-poured costs about 125-150$+) this needs to be done every 2 years or...
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Boro Room
2010-09-06, 9:08pm
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25
Where did Ivory Blush go?
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7,642
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oldschooltofu
i agree, call them and ask if they have any left,...
i agree, call them and ask if they have any left, sometimes they do. if not they still have the recipe.
also if you really like a color you can try to ask for a full pot (about 30#), i know its a...
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Boro Room
2010-08-31, 7:53am
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Chinese white from ABR?
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12,477
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oldschooltofu
yea its not great to use leaded glass for the...
yea its not great to use leaded glass for the glassblower
+
there is a california lead law that prohibits lead content in most jewelry.
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/leadinjewelry.cfm
its pretty rare...
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Boro Room
2010-08-27, 7:33pm
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Rubber Stopper
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oldschooltofu
they have black ones at lowes, just drill a hole...
they have black ones at lowes, just drill a hole little tighter than the swivel.
or check out these from torchlife
http://www.torchlife.us/Store/Blow-Hose.cfm
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Boro Room
2010-08-26, 7:27am
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53
Chinese white from ABR?
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12,477
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oldschooltofu
update: got word from an importer who knows the...
update: got word from an importer who knows the manufacturer in china, and he said no lead.
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Boro Room
2010-08-14, 7:41am
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53
Chinese white from ABR?
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12,477
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oldschooltofu
the only problem i am having is healing up the...
the only problem i am having is healing up the punty marks
i know you have to keep this color hot when working it, but when you let this color cool and have to go back and reheat it to remove the...
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Boro Room
2010-08-14, 7:17am
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53
Chinese white from ABR?
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12,477
Posted By
oldschooltofu
the only problem i am having is healing up the...
the only problem i am having is healing up the punty marks
i know you have to keep this color hot when working it, but when you let this color cool and have to go back and reheat it to remove the...
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Boro Room
2010-08-13, 9:13am
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53
Chinese white from ABR?
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12,477
Posted By
oldschooltofu
i did a lead check test from lowes on the china...
i did a lead check test from lowes on the china white in powder form and it was negative.
so that sounds like a good indication that it does not have lead in it.
there is also a fuming test...
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Boro Room
2010-08-02, 5:30pm
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14
Why do some boro colors have so much air in them?
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4,484
Posted By
oldschooltofu
aside from the colors that naturally contain air...
aside from the colors that naturally contain air (tequila, NS lavender, violet, purple rain etc). the problems chayes are refering to are batch problems or what i call top vs. bottom of the pot.
...
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Boro Room
2010-07-20, 5:55pm
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11
How long to hold batch annealed boro beads?
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5,175
Posted By
oldschooltofu
3 minutes for every millimeter thickness
3 minutes for every millimeter thickness
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Boro Room
2010-07-16, 8:15am
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11
Sno vs Star
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3,346
Posted By
oldschooltofu
chineese white is great, but can get textured if...
chineese white is great, but can get textured if overworked on the outside
paramore is my choice for outisde white
star and sno have way too much air for my needs. i have even had recient...
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