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2011-09-12, 7:36am
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Fusing Glass shorts into cabochons for jewelry ~ Free Mini Tutorial
There are a ton of pictures so I am just going to refer you to the blog post that explains how to turn glass rod shorts into cabs like the one pictured above.
You will find it HERE.
Happy Creating!
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2011-09-12, 8:14am
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Juls, that is so cool, thanks for sharing!!
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2011-09-12, 8:36am
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Most welcome, Dana.
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2011-09-12, 9:34am
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Neato!
p.s. I'm having fun reading your blog... 
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2011-09-12, 9:37am
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That's a great idea! I have some of those molds too, but not the grinder part. Guessing O can work around it though lol.
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2011-09-12, 9:39am
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Juls, your story telling of this process was hilarious. Thanks for the laugh, you have no idea how much I needed one.
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2011-09-12, 9:52am
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that's beautiful, I loved perusing your website. where is the best place to get molds and learn slumping for the beginnah?
thanks
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2011-09-12, 10:01am
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Thanks, Teri.
Sonja, if you get to playing and need some edges ground down I'd be happy to do it for ya if you want to ship them here.
Lizzy, I'm glad it amused you.
Robyn, I *am* a beginner as far as using molds and scrap glass. I have a few molds from Slumpy's and you can find a wealth of info on the Warm Glass Forum. There is also a fusing/slumping section here on LE.
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2011-09-12, 10:10am
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Love the tut and the story that goes with it.
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2011-09-12, 10:22am
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who a) stuffs things in drawers and then forgets all about them and b) uses a 'suck it and see' methodology for crafts.
Who needs recipes when one can just make stuff up?
I've been making futile attempts to produce frit from my ends, so now I'll go the other way and fuse them together rather than go 'splodey on them.
Sorry to hear you broke your cab mold though 
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Thanks for a great tut and laugh.
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2011-09-12, 1:05pm
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Excellent tutorial, and funny too! Your humour is great.  You may need to write a book one day.
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2011-09-12, 1:25pm
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Thanks for posting the tut - fun to read; easy enough to follow, too.
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2011-09-12, 1:44pm
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I wish I had a slumping kiln! Looks like fun!
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Awesome tut Juls, thanks!
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Thanks, y'all. I'm glad you like it.
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I was just checking out the slumpys site for some molds & found a tutorial they had referenced with the molds. The tutorial mentioned using a spray primer on the molds before you slump. Yikes! the stuff is $59 a can. Did you use it or just shelf paper or ???
I'd appreciate your thoughts cause I'm choking on $59 a can CarrieB
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2011-09-20, 11:49am
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Juls,
Thanks for sharing. Your blog made me laugh several times...
I was pondering what to do with all of those bits and pieces! I thought about frit and then using on tubing and blowing out into xmas ornaments.
I have had those occassions where I have had to refire projects using frit, etc, several times and also have had those items that even after refiring several times, I havent figured out what to do with. of course, Garbage can comes to mind but ack there's maybe like a buck+ of glass in one of those rejects LOL
so I have a barrel of rejected rejects....
Now that I think of it,
Hammer, canvas and some resin comes to mind - stepping stones for the garden might be nice!
Carrie, regular kiln wash, grind grind grind and then back in kiln for a quick fire polish 
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2011-09-20, 11:57am
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cool, just noticed this thread, I have large coffee cans full of shorts and no clue what to do with them.........guess I'll go read about it. Thank you Juls!!
Sue
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2011-09-20, 12:06pm
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Carrie, I used high fire Kiln Wash from Arrow Springs.
NevadaGlass, lol @ rejected rejects. I have a few of those myself.
Sue, most welcome.
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