Boro Shorts

beybey · #1 2009-02-18, 3:26pm

Hello,

Does anyone have any boro shorts that they would not mind parting with? Please PM me, and we can discuss $$/shipping.

Thanks,

Candace

Rob · #2 2009-02-18, 3:47pm

I use up all my shorts, but if you're looking to try out glass before you buy I can send sample rods of what I have. PM me if interested.

chayes · #3 2009-02-18, 5:05pm

I've got a lot of shorts around here. Don't know what they are i just throw em in a box. I can figure a price out if ya want. Also sometimes i have lots of broken Chinese colored tubing, It can't be worked as tubing but it is color i just hate throwing it away if people want it I'll start putting it to the side and its free just pay the shipping.

bclogan · #4 2009-02-18, 5:25pm

Shorts are GOOD! I heart shorts...

PaulaD · #5 2009-02-18, 9:47pm

I have some on the flamedame website. Just put a "boro shorts" in the search box. Paula

AuntD · #6 2009-02-19, 3:30pm

I read "boro shorts" and immediately thought you were talking about short pants made of boro. I just didn't see the utility. How could you sit? Though they'd be easy to wash. Then I figured it out.... but I still like the idea. Except I think they'd have to be made in little panels with holes so you could lace them together into clothing.

Yeah, I know, I need a lot more sleep...

Bunyip · #7 2009-02-20, 6:17am

Don't feel bad AuntD I have the same kinds of thoughts....well not exactly the same. I was thinking of a sexy new swimwear line in simax clear

I just usually manage not to betray them ... usually. Another post that always gets my mind working is the "Am I hot enough for boro" post... if I had gotten the first post I would have posted something like "pix please" =)

beybey · #8 2009-02-20, 7:48am

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Originally Posted by chayes

I've got a lot of shorts around here. Don't know what they are i just throw em in a box. I can figure a price out if ya want. Also sometimes i have lots of broken Chinese colored tubing, It can't be worked as tubing but it is color i just hate throwing it away if people want it I'll start putting it to the side and its free just pay the shipping.

Hi Chris,

I PM'd you.

Thanks.

beybey · #9 2009-02-20, 7:49am

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Originally Posted by PaulaD

I have some on the flamedame website. Just put a "boro shorts" in the search box. Paula

Thanks, Paula. I'll check them out.

beybey · #10 2009-02-20, 7:50am

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Originally Posted by AuntD

I read "boro shorts" and immediately thought you were talking about short pants made of boro. I just didn't see the utility. How could you sit? Though they'd be easy to wash. Then I figured it out.... but I still like the idea. Except I think they'd have to be made in little panels with holes so you could lace them together into clothing.

Yeah, I know, I need a lot more sleep...

Aunt D,

You are too funny. Just shows the extent of our imaginations. Not a problem.

Sue in Maine · #11 2009-02-20, 8:24am

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Originally Posted by AuntD

I read "boro shorts" and immediately thought you were talking about short pants made of boro. I just didn't see the utility. How could you sit? Though they'd be easy to wash. Then I figured it out.... but I still like the idea. Except I think they'd have to be made in little panels with holes so you could lace them together into clothing.

Yeah, I know, I need a lot more sleep...

I'm the EXACT OPPOSITE. I went by a resale shop last summer on a walk and the sign in the window said "Shorts $1.00" and I actually stopped right where I was. It took a second to figure out they meant the ones you wear.... and then I laughed at myself. Kinda like me hitting the brakes when I see laundry hanging on the line cuz it might be a yard sale!

Sad, just sad.

Sue

Rob · #12 2009-02-20, 8:55am

LOL. I saw a sign last fall at a place that looked like just a house, that read "All Glass Rods On SALE" I almost had an accident pulling in. Come to find out it was a tackle shop.

Sue in Maine · #13 2009-02-20, 9:51am

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Originally Posted by Rob

LOL. I saw a sign last fall at a place that looked like just a house, that read "All Glass Rods On SALE" I almost had an accident pulling in. Come to find out it was a tackle shop.

Oh, Rob, I would have been in the car behind you doing the U-turn. They would have caught me too!

Sue

AuntD · #14 2009-02-20, 11:32am

You know, clothing made of boro squares would be great to wear for torching. You'd never get burned, and you'd never get holes in your clothes. They could be laced together with kevlar or something in case a little piece landed between the squares. Boro gloves might be hard, though. They'd HAVE to have open fingertips.

Not making anything out of clear, though. Nope nope nope. Not for me. I'm too fluffy for that. But I'm amusing myself imagining different colored squares.

ginkgoglass · #15 2009-02-20, 11:35am

Candace,
PM me your snail mail address and I'll send you some. They may not all be labeled . . .

beybey · #16 2009-02-20, 1:28pm

Thank you, Lana. I really appreciate it.

char · #17 2009-02-20, 3:29pm

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Originally Posted by AuntD

I read "boro shorts" and immediately thought you were talking about short pants made of boro. I just didn't see the utility. How could you sit? Though they'd be easy to wash. Then I figured it out.... but I still like the idea. Except I think they'd have to be made in little panels with holes so you could lace them together into clothing.

Yeah, I know, I need a lot more sleep...

char · #18 2009-02-20, 3:31pm

I know this started out asking for boro shorts I just wanted to say these replys made my day!

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Originally Posted by Rob

LOL. I saw a sign last fall at a place that looked like just a house, that read "All Glass Rods On SALE" I almost had an accident pulling in. Come to find out it was a tackle shop.

beybey · #19 2009-02-20, 4:40pm

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Originally Posted by char

I know this started out asking for boro shorts I just wanted to say these replys made my day!

That's great!! It's all about enjoying, having fun, and encouraging.

chayes · #20 2009-02-20, 6:27pm

Hey beybey I think there is about five lbs or more of shorts i'll weigh it up and get ya a price. It is this and that kind of stuff so it'll be cheap. You may find a milli in there, i don't know for sure but it is a possibility .

As far as the broken color tubing goes the first amount i come up with is spoken for. But as it goes, it sometimes gets smashed/crushed on the palette during shipping so i never know what i'll be getting. The rest is stuff that breaks on me because sometimes i forget to be gentle with it at first. But like i said it cannot be used as tubing but it is color. Now that i know people want it I'm gonna start saving it all and putting it to the side. I'll let you guys know when i have a bunch more.

beybey · #21 2009-02-20, 6:37pm

Thanks, Chris.

Sounds like a plan. I'm definitely interested in the shorts. I'll let you know about the tubing.

Candace

Jackson River Glass · #22 2010-02-21, 9:07pm

Hey Candace - it was great meeting you today at the meeting. I have some shorts here too. If you're still needing some when the March meeting rolls around, PM me and I'll bring 'em. Or if there is a color you want to try, let me know and I'll see if I have it. I'd be happy to share.

getdul981 · #23 2010-02-22, 8:04am

I don't understand how anyone can wind up with any "shorts". When my pieces of glass get too short to hold on to, I just attach them to another rod of the same color and keep on melting. If you don't have any more of the same color, you can attach to the end of a clear rod and pull it into a stringer. That's just my thoughts on the matter.

Jackson River Glass · #24 2010-02-22, 1:59pm

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Originally Posted by getdul981

I don't understand how anyone can wind up with any "shorts". When my pieces of glass get too short to hold on to, I just attach them to another rod of the same color and keep on melting. If you don't have any more of the same color, you can attach to the end of a clear rod and pull it into a stringer. That's just my thoughts on the matter.

I do understand where you're coming from, but I think everyone has their own way of melting glass. For me anyway, it's simply a matter of habit. I use my rods until they get short, and then set them aside. Call it lazy, in a hurry, whatever. I don't consider them garbage by any stretch - I just don't deal with them immediately. They do seem to accumulate and sometimes I do as you describe - attaching them to another short of the same color, or a short of clear. Sometimes I share them with glassy friends who could use a little boro color. Sometimes I send them to someone who wants to try out boro. Regardless, they're never wasted, so I really don't think it's a BAD thing.

TAKnight · #25 2010-02-22, 8:23pm

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Originally Posted by Jackson River Glass

I do understand where you're coming from, but I think everyone has their own way of melting glass. For me anyway, it's simply a matter of habit. I use my rods until they get short, and then set them aside. Call it lazy, in a hurry, whatever. I don't consider them garbage by any stretch - I just don't deal with them immediately. They do seem to accumulate and sometimes I do as you describe - attaching them to another short of the same color, or a short of clear. Sometimes I share them with glassy friends who could use a little boro color. Sometimes I send them to someone who wants to try out boro. Regardless, they're never wasted, so I really don't think it's a BAD thing.

For me shorts are usually broken rods from shipping, and left over from teaching classes. Some bench scraps. I use to tell myself I'd sort them and use them. But more often then not I am tring to finish something and I need an exact color and don't take the time to sort through the shorts.

I box them up and move them on to someone elses work bench.

Jackson River Glass · #26 2010-02-22, 10:21pm

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Originally Posted by TAKnight

For me shorts are usually broken rods from shipping, and left over from teaching classes. Some bench scraps. I use to tell myself I'd sort them and use them. But more often then not I am tring to finish something and I need an exact color and don't take the time to sort through the shorts.

I box them up and move them on to someone elses work bench.

I almost bought some the last time you had them in the GS!

AcidFly · #27 2010-02-23, 2:27am

all the glass stores on this board are having sales on shorts right now like 10.50 a lb for NS & GA and like 12 or 13 a lb for Momka.
I believe that's a good deal for a lb of glass

AcidFly

e. mort · #28 2010-02-23, 6:11pm

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Originally Posted by AcidFly

all the glass stores on this board are having sales on shorts right now like 10.50 a lb for NS & GA and like 12 or 13 a lb for Momka.
I believe that's a good deal for a lb of glass

AcidFly

Make sure they are first quality shorts! I have some short that are seconds - filled with stones and air bubbles. Almost worthless accept for pulling out into stringers, or using as filler glass.

Jackson River Glass · #29 2010-02-23, 6:14pm

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Originally Posted by e. mort

Make sure they are first quality shorts! I have some short that are seconds - filled with stones and air bubbles. Almost worthless accept for pulling out into stringers, or using as filler glass.

Wow, that is a great point. I never would have thought to ask but I will from now on!

TAKnight · #30 2010-02-23, 7:06pm

There is a Guy out of Canada who sells Momka stuff on ebay and they are all seconds