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2007-06-14, 2:42pm
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Whewww! It sure is hot!!!  I’ve been hitting the torch early, but I’ve been doing some bigger stuff with 1” rod. I got my major cranked! And with it in the 90’s outside my garage is a oven, even with ventilation.
So my question is: What do you all do to help keep cool? 
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2007-06-14, 6:38pm
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torch in my bra and nickers
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2007-06-14, 7:39pm
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Leanne, you are one brave woman!!!
I get my hair soaking wet and point the A/C vent at my head 
If it gets really hot, wet T shirt+A/C works
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2007-06-14, 8:42pm
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Leanne, you are one brave woman!!!
I get my hair soaking wet and point the A/C vent at my head
If it gets really hot, wet T shirt+A/C works |
Oh boy, guess this is one studio where drop-ins really aren't welcome. 
I am looking for a heat shield of some sort for my delta, and I also have my eye on a portable A/C unit, but I need to do another show to be able to pay for it first.
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2007-06-14, 10:49pm
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torch in my bra and nickers
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ooh you sexy thang!
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2007-06-14, 11:41pm
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torch in my bra and nickers
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Holy cow, commando torching! You boro peeps really are brave souls!
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2007-06-15, 12:37am
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embrace it. sweat your ass off and lose 5#s a day LOL
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2007-06-15, 1:49am
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I torch overnight when it's cooler Works like a charm!! 
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2007-06-15, 9:23am
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i got a welders shade from local welding shop, 5 bucks, attatched eye hooks to ceiling and ran fishing line down to hang it from . there is also a hook so i can move it out of the way when not in use, really keeps the heat off my face.
ro
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2007-06-15, 10:01am
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Originally Posted by Ro
i got a welders shade from local welding shop, 5 bucks, attatched eye hooks to ceiling and ran fishing line down to hang it from . there is also a hook so i can move it out of the way when not in use, really keeps the heat off my face.
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Thanks Ro! I think I will try that out on Monday when the welding shop is open.
By the way, where did you get your torch mounted marver? I want to get one of those for my delta as well.
Thanks!
Eric
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2007-06-15, 10:17am
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That is so clever Ro, what a fantastic idea! ( I do like the nekkid torching too thoug lol)
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2007-06-15, 10:39am
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you can still do nekkid with shield, safety first suz! the marver is from griffin glass. i used teflon tape under it so it didnt scratch when i mounted it, had it since i got my torch no problems.
http://www.griffinglass.com/marvers.html
http://www.griffinglass.com/thirdhand.htm check this out, 3rd hand torch mount.
ro
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2007-06-15, 12:02pm
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I work in the basement (cellar to some folks) - it's cool most of the summer even when it is blistering hot outside - yes, it does get in the 90's for most of July even in NH!
I also use a welder's shield, but with the flip-up head band. A damp bandana around the neck is comfy too.
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2007-06-15, 12:05pm
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I do the exact same thing.
Anyone want to see pictures?
Trust me... you don't!
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2007-06-15, 12:24pm
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Yes Chad!
I do the wet clothes thing. I always wear a t-shirt though since I burned a boob with popping glass. I put a towel over my legs. But beware of sitting in wet underdrawers for too long. I thought I had diaper rash the other day!
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2007-06-15, 12:43pm
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I posted this tip somewhere recently, but I guess it wasn't the Boro Room. A couple of summers ago, after a really sweaty day, I went home and made a whole bunch of neck coolers for my Open Torch group. They're just cloth tubes filled with some sort of crystals that absorb huge amounts of water. You soak them in water and then put them around your neck. You get the crystals at garden supply places or the garden section of Home Depot or Lowe's. They're supposed to go into potted plants so you don't need to water them as much. Each neck cooler takes a tiny amount of crystals -- less than a teaspoon, if I remember right. Directions are all over the internet, because it was a big thing to make neck coolers for the troops when the war started. They're easy to do if you have a sewing machine and even minimal skills. Make a bunch, throw them in a bucket of cold water (add some ice cubes) and switch one out for a fresh one whenever you start feeling too hot.
http://www.watersorb.com/polymer_cool_neck_bands.htm
http://www.west-point.org/family/sup...irections.html
http://www.operationhomefront.org/Co..._coolers.shtml
http://www.quilterscrossing.net/Pages/neck.html
http://www.scottcrewcandlesupply.com..._projects.html
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2007-06-15, 1:59pm
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What a "cool" idea, Emily! (I can be corny, I know  ) Thanks for posting it...
Personally, when a jump in the lake just won't do, I made a hole in my wall, and stuck in an a/c unit - hasn't been a day I've regretted it yet...
(Just one of the many pleasures of living in a wooden house tucked in the middle of the forest...)
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2007-06-15, 4:48pm
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I know what you mean Val. I jump in the pool. DH's current project is putting an AC in the garage. Hope he does it before Dec. 
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May your torch burn brightly and your oxy never run out. - Karen Hardy
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2007-06-15, 6:13pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by e. mort
Oh boy, guess this is one studio where drop-ins really aren't welcome.
I am looking for a heat shield of some sort for my delta, and I also have my eye on a portable A/C unit, but I need to do another show to be able to pay for it first. |
it's a free show with marble LOL! Just kidding!
Delta...whoa...I have serious torch envy! One day....one day...
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2007-06-15, 8:02pm
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Emily, we do a more primitive version of that: keep a bowl of ice and water around to dip a paper towel in and drape it across the back of the neck and shoulders. We take turns re-dipping and applying each others' paper towels when the other is torching. Works out nicely, plus having water with a straw around. Good idea though! Not doing the underwear thing nekkid though, since I pulled a lizard off its punty and onto my pants... I'll tell you I've never moved faster!
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2007-06-16, 2:33pm
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hot and dripping
Oh you kids!!! Bra and nickers??? Oh no! I paid why too much for these beauties to risk ……… Ahhh I mean….You could get burned! Wet tee shirt…..I got that with in about a half hour. I’m thinking the heat shield would be good thing.
Now when your talking about A/C what about the ventilation?  Would a swamp cooler be the way to go because it requires a draft anyway?
Thank you for not saying “make little stuff”.
I got this DVD that has Timothy Lindemann making a Chameleon on a Geode,(now that I think about it he uses a heat shield) and because I used to raise Chameleons I thought I would give it a go so:
Here’s what I’ve been trying to learn.
He's about 4"X4" Solid (if it wasn't for the Crack in the Geode)
And Cosmo 
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2007-06-16, 6:56pm
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WOW Kare That's Awesome!!!
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2007-06-17, 12:48pm
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2007-06-17, 2:48pm
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Thanks so much Patrice and Nagi. I've done a couple of others with the geode. I keep having cracking, so this time I made the critter first and put it in the kiln, then made the geode so that it never cooled before attaching the lizard. But when it came out of the kiln....a crack!!! I used mystery aventurine frit. Could it be the curse of the green??? Y'all got any tips to help with the cracking problem I'm all ears
Thank Kare
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2007-06-18, 8:56am
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yukue fumei
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it looks like it might be a "bridge" issue. When you join glass at 2 points onto another piece of glass, stress is created since the cooling rates are different for the thick and thin pieces. if there is enough stress built up, the area will crack at the thinner part.
I was watching the Lucio Bubacco sculpture DVD and he talks about how he creates an avulio on each part of the joining area , anneals each piece first, then attaches them at the avulio and then reanneals them. I'm sure there is much more to it than what I am explaining, being a sculpture newbie myself! maybe Ro or wickedglass can help!
thanks!!
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