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2012-05-31, 5:47pm
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Photo editing isn't scary. Use microsoft paint
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2012-05-31, 5:49pm
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Good point. I think I've mentioned I'm an idiot before.
I don't really have a good reason for liking the back the best, I just do.
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2012-06-01, 12:48am
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I'm kinda biz-EE
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Cool paint job! And meeting Willie, how cool is that?
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2012-06-01, 11:26am
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Quote:
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Good point. I think I've mentioned I'm an idiot before.
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LOL, you are not an idiot at all. 
You are just being careful and there is nothing wrong with that.
Cool paint job.
What happened to Mr. Lewis ??? (OP)
We haven't seen any posts from him for a little while.
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2012-06-01, 12:21pm
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Another good question.
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2012-06-01, 1:43pm
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Progression in progress
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Ive been lurking in the shadows i havent been at the torch for awhile so i havent really had anything for show and tell.
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2012-06-02, 8:08am
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2012-06-03, 12:26am
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2012-06-04, 3:14am
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I only wish I hadn't had a previous commitment for almost a year to be somewhere else this past weekend. A Con. I would have loved to watch the glassblowing.  Angelique
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Fantasy Sterling Jewelry
Hothead or Nortel Major/minor on an oxycon. Ex-hole stole the big torches after putting them on the inventory.
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2012-06-04, 8:58am
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Quote:
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Photo editing isn't scary. Use microsoft paint
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Uhhh.... yeah. And while you're at it, blow some glass using a bic lighter...
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2012-06-04, 9:00am
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I personally prefer GIMP for photo editing. For one thing, it's free. For another thing, obviously if I can do it it's pretty darned easy! Angelique
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Hothead or Nortel Major/minor on an oxycon. Ex-hole stole the big torches after putting them on the inventory.
"If I'm not part of the solution then I'm part of the problem. Today I'm part of the problem."
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2012-06-04, 9:51am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cosmo
Uhhh.... yeah. And while you're at it, blow some glass using a bic lighter...
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Elitist.
(and it's actually possible to edit photos in paint)
(for example, deleting a license plate)
(so there!)
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Fortune Cookie say, "When things go wrong, don't go with them!"
Current Glass-Melting Apparatus:
GTT Lynx powered by 2 5 LPM Oxycons and
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2012-06-04, 11:56am
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Quote:
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Elitist.
(and it's actually possible to edit photos in paint)
(for example, deleting a license plate)
(so there!)
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Guilty as charged.
I also only own/use Macs, so I've never even used MS Paint.
Just jerking chains...
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2012-06-04, 1:31pm
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I'm kinda biz-EE
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Love this, so much cool stuff!
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2012-06-06, 5:13am
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Post # 2 covered that. Thank you for contributing. Come back real soon now!  |
... waste of space eh, or just need more coverage?
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2012-06-06, 7:43am
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The moon rising over Downtown Houston.
And here's Bufo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-Xk...e_gdata_player
I met a real "fun guy" (wink, wink) about twenty minutes before shooting this video with my phone. Could be better, but I was working with a temporary handicap. You will most likely want to turn the volume down unless you like the way dubstep sounds when it's recorded on a phone. Pretty Lights was on stage.
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2012-06-06, 7:50am
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We're going to be there next year Angelique. Buy the High Roller package when it first goes on sale. It's two nearly all access tickets for both days, a nice hotel room downtown, food, booze, and water for $750. Oh yeah, you get AC too. The same tickets were $2400 the day of the show. It kicked ass. That's the first time I've ever seen Willie.
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2012-06-07, 4:54am
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fun guy lol. had you started yawning yet?
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2012-06-07, 5:43am
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I got a 1/2" stubout last night but the only form they carry it in at Lowe's now is almost $6. OTOH, it does make a nice handle for the stubout. Angelique
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Fantasy Sterling Jewelry
Hothead or Nortel Major/minor on an oxycon. Ex-hole stole the big torches after putting them on the inventory.
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2012-06-07, 12:52pm
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As a matter of fact I was yawning, how did you know? Sadly, that was the best of several videos. I'm heading up to Austin tomorrow for a few days. Hope to learn some cool stuff while I'm up there.
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2012-06-08, 4:57am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jngljnke
As a matter of fact I was yawning, how did you know? Sadly, that was the best of several videos. I'm heading up to Austin tomorrow for a few days. Hope to learn some cool stuff while I'm up there.
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when the yawning starts, so does the fun. if you met the same fun guy i've met in the past at shows
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2012-06-19, 1:03pm
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I lined this out and left it in Austin with some friends. They haven't used it yet, but I'm looking forward to seeing what they make with it. If you look you can see I didn't add an even number of the Peacock over white lines. Oh well. I'm getting better at lining out tubing. I started with 38 mil heavy wall, and ended up with something in the 30 mil heavy wall range. There are 55 lines inside. I almost never end up with and even number of lines.
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2012-06-19, 2:06pm
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Nice! That would make pretty beads. MU (14 year old daughter) says, "It looks like candy!" Angelique
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I lined this out and left it in Austin with some friends. They haven't used it yet, but I'm looking forward to seeing what they make with it. If you look you can see I didn't add an even number of the Peacock over white lines. Oh well. I'm getting better at lining out tubing. I started with 38 mil heavy wall, and ended up with something in the 30 mil heavy wall range. There are 55 lines inside. I almost never end up with and even number of lines.
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Hothead or Nortel Major/minor on an oxycon. Ex-hole stole the big torches after putting them on the inventory.
"If I'm not part of the solution then I'm part of the problem. Today I'm part of the problem."
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2012-06-19, 8:00pm
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Good god I would hate to know how long that lined tube took to make. Is that all stringers?
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2012-06-19, 9:25pm
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Took me about an hour and a half. All stringer work, with stringers in the 2-3 mil range. It was much shorter when I lined it out. It will be pulled down even more before the reballs are made. It should provide three to four decent sized reballs, enough for a good sized piece.
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2012-06-21, 2:01pm
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Took me about an hour and a half. All stringer work, with stringers in the 2-3 mil range. It was much shorter when I lined it out. It will be pulled down even more before the reballs are made. It should provide three to four decent sized reballs, enough for a good sized piece.
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really nice line work ... ga stringer? Try and post the components they make once your friends have their way with your work  . Looks like they will be nice
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2012-06-22, 7:31am
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please pardon my "newbosity", but what is a re-ball?
is that the term you use for the gather that comes off of that lined tube when it's on the end of a blow pipe?
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2012-06-25, 5:29pm
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A reball is a reversal ball. It is commonly described as a wig wag. I'm assuming reball is hollow form only, while wig wag's can also be made on solid rod.
My reball's still suck, so I don't post pictures often.
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2012-06-25, 5:49pm
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I love the blues, greens, and reds in that one, Gary. Angelique
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Fantasy Sterling Jewelry
Hothead or Nortel Major/minor on an oxycon. Ex-hole stole the big torches after putting them on the inventory.
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2012-06-26, 3:54am
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thanks! keeping all this lampwork/hotglass lingo straight in my head is not easyl
so, reversal and wig-wag are the same. good to know!
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