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2006-04-05, 9:44am
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Melt Glass/Drill Teeth
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Succession of blown beads
I am on Spring Break right now and my goal is to make a successful inside out bead by the end. I have been improving over the past few days, but I still have a ways to go. Here are pictures from each day showing my progress.
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2006-04-05, 9:44am
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Day 1
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2006-04-05, 9:45am
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Day 2
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2006-04-05, 9:45am
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Day 3
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2006-04-05, 9:46am
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Day 4
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2006-04-05, 9:47am
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Melt Glass/Drill Teeth
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I am getting better, but not perfect. Hopefully I will be able to make a perfect one by day ten!
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2006-04-05, 10:04am
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Serenity Now!
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Kewl! Can't wait to see more...
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2006-04-05, 10:49am
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San Diego Toni
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Join Date: Sep 30, 2005
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keep showin em!
I tried once...ummm....not so good
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2006-04-05, 11:43am
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Nah, not really...;)
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Those are all awesome to me! (well except the complete failure)
Thanks for showing all your attempts.
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2006-04-05, 1:44pm
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Keep at it, you are movin in the right direction
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2006-04-05, 2:42pm
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Satake Woman!
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How sad is it that I want the complete failure?  Great improvement!
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Satake glass in stock and ready for you!
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2006-04-06, 7:22pm
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Melt Glass/Drill Teeth
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LOL, thank you for the comments! Here are more! I attempted a honey comb bead, but I didn't blown it thin enough initially and then it turned wonky on me  . Oh well, the green/blue one in the front-middle turned out perfect! I got a nice shipment of tubing in today...I'll be busy!
Day 5
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2006-04-07, 5:32am
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What size tubing are you using to learn on?
Eric
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2006-04-07, 6:01am
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Melt Glass/Drill Teeth
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I think it is 16mm and 25.6mm. The 25.6mm is slow melting on my GTT Cheetah, lol.
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2006-04-07, 10:27am
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Old enough to know better
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Your beads are looking great! Are you turning the tubing inside out by cutting it or by coaxing?
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2006-04-07, 12:27pm
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Originally Posted by Tanya
Your beads are looking great! Are you turning the tubing inside out by cutting it or by coaxing?
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Heat it up, and either flare it open with a graphite reamer, or blow into a bubble first, pop a small hole, get it hot, and spin it. Either way it will open up like a funnel. Draw your design inside, then close it back up and shape it up.
Not nearly as easy as it sounds...
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2006-04-07, 12:44pm
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San Diego Toni
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Yeah - not nearly. 
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2006-04-08, 8:22am
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Old enough to know better
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Thanks Cosmo. No, I don't imagine it could be. Especially for me, since I have done almost nothing with tubing.
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2006-04-08, 9:48am
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Satake Woman!
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Ok, thanks to you guys I am almost ready to start. Of course I bought tubing before I saw a video on how it is done. What size small tubing do you use for the cold seal, and where do you get reamers like that?
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Satake glass in stock and ready for you!
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2006-04-08, 10:02am
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I tried doing one of these yesterday after reading Aaron's description of how they are made. Talk about wonky! This one is 3" long, and I am thinking that maybe I should try and get it hot again and even it out. My question is, how do I make it into shorter beads once I do that? I like the colors so I would like to be able to salvage it if possible. I am finding it very challenging working with tubing...it just won't do what I want it to. Can anyone recommend a class on tubing where I can learn the basics?
Eric
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