Thought it might be fun to have a thread listings what NOT to do. Sort of like the Stupid Newbies Mistakes for Laughs (
http://lampworketc.com/forums/showth...stupid+mistake) but not exactly.
Please feel free to add your own!!
Don't wipe frit off of your work surface with your bare hand.
Don't try to catch the hot mandrel and bead as it slips from your hand. (or marble when it breaks off the punty)
Don't put your silver or gold foil near your make-up air vent.
Don't let your husband use your favorite pair of tweezers when he melts glass. To the tweezers.
Don't set your double ended pick down with the hot end towards you.
Don't put hot beads too close in the kiln (you think I'd learn after all this time!).