Lampwork Etc.
  
AKDesign

LE Live Chat

Enter Live Chat

No users in chat


Donate via PayPal to donate@lampworketc.com

Glacial Art Glass


 

Go Back   Lampwork Etc. > Search Forums
Reload this Page Search Results
Register FAQ Members List | RAOGK Bead Classifieds Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Page 1 of 2 1 2 >
Showing results 1 to 25 of 27
Search took 0.01 seconds. Search: Posts Made By: saboo
Forum: Torch Questions 2012-12-24, 7:21pm
Replies: 20
Views: 6,084
Posted By saboo
Yea if you like to make sculpture

I think that the Murano soft glass masters are the greatest in the world, BUT they don't make many beads. I have been using soft glass torches for almost 20 years. I used most of them with limited...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-12-07, 6:45am
Replies: 9
Views: 4,030
Posted By saboo
glassbloken

Just to be clear, you can not use 90 coe glass for pipes and boro points are available online. Very expensive, learn how to do them your self.
good luck
saboo
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-04-12, 6:18pm
Replies: 34
Views: 13,610
Posted By saboo
Boro?

Well, lead in glass formulas are a big factor in brightness, you neglected to add that in your original statement. And there are many more clear glass formulas with lead than without and all of them...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-04-11, 8:32pm
Replies: 34
Views: 13,610
Posted By saboo
hardness

It's the chemical composition of the glass that determines it's refractive index (light transmission, brightness). For example, Schott encasement glass is very clear and bright, COE 108. There are...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-03-11, 8:24pm
Replies: 9
Views: 2,796
Posted By saboo
Wale Firebird

Perhaps they stopped selling them because it was a ripoff of a GTT design. They look like a Bobcat and I think there was some legal stuff brought up with GTT. In any case I never saw any more of the...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2011-05-26, 7:48pm
Replies: 15
Views: 3,804
Posted By saboo
Best book to get for setting up a glass studio,...

Best book to get for setting up a glass studio, torches, ventilation, tools it's all in there.
Still $29.95 + shipping on Drew's web site.
I do not have any connection to Drew other than I know he...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-05-11, 4:45am
Replies: 106
Views: 37,150
Posted By saboo
Exclamation Frit blends

We have a box of short ends, I can't hold ones shorter than 3 inches although my husband can hand hold them down to 1 1/2 inches. (GTT torch).
We always pick frit combos out of the box, makes for...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-05-03, 6:49pm
Replies: 429
Views: 308,524
Posted By saboo
Jodel update

Well the glass game last week, a little later than I thought, but that's on me:| Everything was as ordered. 8 different 1/4 pounds of Lausha. Great colors I did not have. Prices are 50% off normal. I...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-04-29, 9:18am
Replies: 420
Views: 88,440
Posted By saboo
Yes I do

Traci,
If you read the post it just says that there are many opinions as to class compatibility, Hayley was the main person in this thread to condemn a maker (Abe) and inform everyone reading this...
Forum: Boro Room 2009-04-29, 8:51am
Replies: 80
Views: 27,553
Posted By saboo
Dildo Dildo Dildo

Do you take offense to the word dildo? Would personal masturbation device looked any better to those young eyes?
Glass work is an art form of the highest order, censorship can also be an art form...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-04-28, 9:30pm
Replies: 420
Views: 88,440
Posted By saboo
You are correct

Hayley,
I did not try to blame anyone, I was just trying to explain the very complex science of melting two glasses from different makers. I have no agenda, as I look at your signature I see you...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-04-27, 9:18pm
Replies: 420
Views: 88,440
Posted By saboo
Stringer test

Hayley,
Where do you get your information from? A stringer test is just a bench mark and is normally used to find glass that is many points apart ( 96 and 104 for example) For the test to read a...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-04-27, 9:04pm
Replies: 420
Views: 88,440
Posted By saboo
Stringer test

Traci,
That was a great pull, I was trying to diffuse the idea that there is ANY hard and fast test to determine compatibility.
Your concern is exactly what I was trying to explain.
Glass makers...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-04-27, 7:32pm
Replies: 420
Views: 88,440
Posted By saboo
Stringer test.

A stringer test can tell you something about incompatible glasses, but the difference in coe needs to be a difference.:)
I see that in this thread the information went from a simple question to a...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-04-27, 7:01pm
Replies: 420
Views: 88,440
Posted By saboo
Cracking clear fun

Yes, you can get incompatible glass to crack nice and even, but I thought this thread was about compatible clear cracking along the mandrel line. The first pictures,( I just looked at again, were...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-04-27, 10:12am
Replies: 420
Views: 88,440
Posted By saboo
Well, I feel that there are several variables...

Well,
I feel that there are several variables in this encasement problem. Encasing a base bead of similar coe glass usually will not effect the entire bead to the extent that tension forces are...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-04-26, 10:21pm
Replies: 420
Views: 88,440
Posted By saboo
In our experience we always use 960 for a soak...

In our experience we always use 960 for a soak temp. 935 is only 15 degrees above the bottom of the range for most soft glass. Most kilns can be 25 degrees or more off. Why chance having to have a...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-04-26, 6:45pm
Replies: 429
Views: 308,524
Posted By saboo
Well, we should have noticed the 41 score for...

Well, we should have noticed the 41 score for jodel. We responded to the lausha sale two weeks ago. No order yet, no notice, and when you call they say leave a message. Same poor service as the last...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-04-04, 10:22pm
Replies: 4
Views: 2,253
Posted By saboo
Not really

I have used the ASK 104 from the original batch. I use it for the base (75%) of clear marbles. I use 104 and 96 for the color on the exterior of the marble. It works great, some small bubbles...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2009-04-04, 10:15pm
Replies: 108
Views: 25,194
Posted By saboo
Amen (Awoman)

It's all in what you want to pay & how much you want to PRACTICE & how much PERFECTION your bead is worth (ie: most of my beads aren't "worth" the cost of $$$ per pound clear right now, so I'm NOT...
Forum: Classes, Retreats, Get togethers, Etc. 2009-03-08, 10:18pm
Replies: 3
Views: 3,129
Posted By saboo
Thanks DeAnne, We have been making beads...

Thanks DeAnne,
We have been making beads together for 3 years, my husband has been marble making for 8 years. We jumped at chance to teach at an arts center here in LA. My husband has always...
Forum: Classes, Retreats, Get togethers, Etc. 2009-03-02, 12:20pm
Replies: 3
Views: 3,129
Posted By saboo
Los Angeles Basic Lampworking 8 weeks starting April 1st

Hi Everyone,
My husband (Kurt Johnson) will be teaching a basic lamp work course at the McGroarty Arts center in Tunjunga, CA (just north of la) Starting April 1st. There will be eight three hour...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-09-23, 4:49am
Replies: 35
Views: 8,836
Posted By saboo
Smile KRAG mud

I have used the K.R.A.G. mudd for two years now and I can twist my beads off by hand. Sometimes I have to hold the mandrel with pliers, but it is still the easiest release to release:lol: It does...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-09-20, 6:04pm
Replies: 26
Views: 11,882
Posted By saboo
Thank you erose!

Thank you erose!
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2008-09-20, 4:53am
Replies: 5
Views: 2,439
Posted By saboo
Since the 96 colors are also used for offhand...

Since the 96 colors are also used for offhand glass blowing(furnace work) might they have more lead in them and therefore be prone to reduction? Richenbach makes a lot of colored glass and a lot of...
Showing results 1 to 25 of 27
Page 1 of 2 1 2 >

 
Forum Jump



All times are GMT -7. The time now is 3:08pm.

Contact Us - Lampwork Etc. Home - Archive - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.5
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Your IP: 18.218.129.100