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2010-03-26, 10:54pm
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Ear plugs
The kind that you wear in your pierced ears. Has anyone made them? I see some on Etsy but they all seem to be boro. I am wondering if it would be safe to make them in soft glass as I have someone requesting them. I was thinking I could just do a tube shaped bead (with a lip at each end to hold it in place), of the right dimensions and leave the hole - or maybe get creative and glue a crystal on each end or something to cover it up. But I am a little worried because all the ones I have seen seem to be in boro. Although it seems like if they were properly annealed, soft glass would be strong enough.
Thoughts or examples anyone?
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2010-03-26, 11:23pm
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There's another thread about this topic (it got de-railed into a "Copying is Evil" funk)...
Someone mentioned that they use calipers to check the diameter when they're making them. So far, no mention about if anyone is making them with soft glass...
Good luck!
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2010-03-26, 11:35pm
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I don't know why soft glass wouldn't be ok. You know of course, that the terms hard and soft glass doesn't really mean that hard or boro is less breakable. That's just referring to how it melts. The difference between the two is that boro is less sensitive to thermo shock. So, unless someone is putting their ears into a fire and then in the freezer, I think plain ol' 104 would be just fine.
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2010-03-27, 12:12am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Janetda
I don't know why soft glass wouldn't be ok. You know of course, that the terms hard and soft glass doesn't really mean that hard or boro is less breakable. That's just referring to how it melts. The difference between the two is that boro is less sensitive to thermo shock. So, unless someone is putting their ears into a fire and then in the freezer, I think plain ol' 104 would be just fine.
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You know its funny, because I know that, but for some reason in my mind boro is "stronger" or something.
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2010-03-27, 12:19am
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It's a common misconception. People hesitate to make buttons and stuff too. It really doesn't matter. Have fun and play!
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2010-03-27, 2:58am
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Someone once told me I shouldn't be making rings because rings should only be boro, since it's "stronger". Hmmmm......
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2010-03-27, 3:55am
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I have tried making some, but the only ones I have looked at were the plastic and metals ones at the tattoo/piercing shop - they are the ones that want some.
I will try to get a pic of the simple ones I made (yep, I did use boro) and whilst they were fairly easy to make, I haven't bought the calipers to determine the width and therefore have not attempted to sello any or anything. I would say that soft glass ones would be fine to use, I only used boro because I know other body decoration stuff is in boro, its funny how we get stuck on an idea!
The way I did mine was to make a little barrel (with a murrini on the end) and then heat the end and press flat which spreads the glass out to form a lip - repeat on the other side, remove final punti and smooth off - I haven't made one on mandrel because I like the murrini in the ends. I have been on the hunt for someone local to test them out for me before I take them into the shop!
Nat 
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2010-03-27, 9:10am
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Quote:
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Someone once told me I shouldn't be making rings because rings should only be boro, since it's "stronger". Hmmmm......
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Well, perhaps someone learned better now.
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2010-03-27, 9:21am
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Good!
See? now the discussion here is actually useful!  Thanks guys!
I think that the calipers would just help because then you could start with a list of sizes that shops liked to carry and would be able to separate/label them into sizes. 
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2010-06-18, 12:16pm
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here's a website that uses soda lime(soft glass) for their jewelry for sale.. its just for sale, no tutorials or anything, but you can get an idea of how they look.
http://www.painfulpleasures.com/xcar...productid=5568
hope that helps a bit!
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2010-06-18, 1:53pm
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HerbalBurn, those are some cool looking ear plugs. Thanks for the link.
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2010-06-18, 2:32pm
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Managed to make some 4 gauge plugs for my BIL the other night. I was surprised at how hard they were to do. 'Course, I haven't torched in like, 6 months.
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2010-06-19, 2:48pm
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sweet! i was thinking, if you had some spare graphite, or some kind of mold you could make some gauged molds, and then just melt the glass into them with fusing technique.. same size each time.. and the colors you mixed into it, would be different for each as well!
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2012-02-28, 10:06pm
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My Plugs
I doubt anybody will see this, I missed the thread while it was good, haha, but here are a couple of my takes/experiments on gauges. Both are 00 (10 mm) size, and functional, I have a couple friends with gauges who test them out for me.
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2012-02-28, 10:39pm
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Second one is cool. I made some like the first one for my daughter, she said the front was too heavy. 
I gave up for a while but the kids are bugging me again to try..... Need to get working with the boro I have now.......
are yours soft or boro?
Sue
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2012-03-17, 10:00pm
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They're out of boro. I used a small diameter marble mold to flare out the ends just a little bit. They're best around 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch long. Good luck!
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