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Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2014-08-15, 6:00pm
Replies: 27
Views: 11,966
Posted By Catts
I made this one for a small cabinet directly on...

I made this one for a small cabinet directly on the screw... I think I was lucky to get away with it....but it isn't used much..

Kerry
Forum: Torch Questions 2013-08-04, 10:13pm
Replies: 7
Views: 2,862
Posted By Catts
Thanks everyone for the suggestions but I'm...

Thanks everyone for the suggestions but I'm beginning to think maybe it's the regulator not working.

Amy the problem seems to be before I open the oxycon. The flame is acting weird.

I'm going...
Forum: Torch Questions 2013-08-03, 12:28am
Replies: 7
Views: 2,862
Posted By Catts
Thank you Khan, I will try your suggestion in the...

Thank you Khan, I will try your suggestion in the morning.. I wasn't aware I had changed any settings, so I hope that's all it is..

Kerry
Forum: Torch Questions 2013-08-02, 10:30pm
Replies: 7
Views: 2,862
Posted By Catts
Strange torch flame..........

I've been using the same Nortel Minor torch for several years & have never had a problem till now.

I had not made any beads for about 4 months, just ran my oxygen concentrator every now & then. ...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-07-18, 3:39pm
Replies: 9
Views: 2,699
Posted By Catts
Thank you everyone for your answers.. I too had...

Thank you everyone for your answers.. I too had heard the 'bubbles need to be round' story but I've seen quite a lot of beads with very jagged bubbles.

The bead is 3cm x nearly 2cm. Black...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-07-17, 7:27pm
Replies: 9
Views: 2,699
Posted By Catts
100 views, so nobody thinks the pointy bubble is...

100 views, so nobody thinks the pointy bubble is a problem...

I guess they will be alright to sell..:)
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-07-16, 8:45pm
Replies: 9
Views: 2,699
Posted By Catts
Bubble Question..

I generally make encased beads & I do my best to keep the bubbles out......although I do sometimes put a small one in the middle of a flower or a tiny row of them coming out of a fish mouth in an...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-06-29, 2:28pm
Replies: 5
Views: 2,411
Posted By Catts
If you 'plunge' the middle of a flower while it...

If you 'plunge' the middle of a flower while it is too hot, you just poke a hole straight through the flower.
If you heat the flower deeply then let the surface cool a little, the whole middle of...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-05-26, 6:47pm
Replies: 16
Views: 8,445
Posted By Catts
When using stringers I roll the bead slowly away...

When using stringers I roll the bead slowly away from me but it is mostly the stringer I move to make a pattern. That way you can go around the bead & up & down the bead at the same time...
Kerry
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-05-14, 3:48pm
Replies: 11
Views: 5,610
Posted By Catts
Much faster & easier than implosions.. K

Much faster & easier than implosions.. K
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-05-13, 7:10pm
Replies: 11
Views: 5,610
Posted By Catts
Thank you Lee. Same stringer used to make...

Thank you Lee. Same stringer used to make individual bubble flowers. K
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-05-13, 3:50pm
Replies: 11
Views: 5,610
Posted By Catts
I like to make the stamens quite large, this one...

I like to make the stamens quite large, this one is nearly 4mm.. I make large beads
I encased before the petals, between the petals & over the top of the petals before I introduce the stamen..
I...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-05-10, 4:58pm
Replies: 15
Views: 3,830
Posted By Catts
Thank you Paula, I'll take the soft out of the...

Thank you Paula, I'll take the soft out of the bottom drawer & play with it.. ☺

Kerry
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-05-08, 3:56pm
Replies: 15
Views: 3,830
Posted By Catts
Hi Paula, thanks for the explanation. So the...

Hi Paula, thanks for the explanation. So the soft (reformulated) is fine for silver glass?

Kerry
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-04-12, 6:52pm
Replies: 35
Views: 7,536
Posted By Catts
That's exactly what I did & I'm still making...

That's exactly what I did & I'm still making them...:razz:

I never have made spacers....
Kerry
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-02-19, 1:30pm
Replies: 19
Views: 7,947
Posted By Catts
Thanks again Cynthia.. Not sure I need 333 feet...

Thanks again Cynthia.. Not sure I need 333 feet of wire just yet, I'll see what I can find locally......:p

Kerry
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-02-18, 11:26pm
Replies: 19
Views: 7,947
Posted By Catts
Thank you Cynthia, I'll look it up.. Tammy,...

Thank you Cynthia, I'll look it up..

Tammy, if I were the kind of person who sold off things just because I had not used them yet........I wouldn't be living in this house crammed with stuff....
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-02-18, 2:15pm
Replies: 19
Views: 7,947
Posted By Catts
Hi Cynthia, when you say silver wire, do you mean...

Hi Cynthia, when you say silver wire, do you mean sterling? I have had my press for ages & am ashamed to say I have yet to try it....

Thanks Kerry
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-02-10, 4:44pm
Replies: 14
Views: 4,052
Posted By Catts
I make a lot of cremain beads, mostly large...

I make a lot of cremain beads, mostly large pendant types. If they done't want to wear them they can be hung somewhere under light or near a window...

I don't charge anything extra for putting...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-12-12, 11:15pm
Replies: 18
Views: 4,995
Posted By Catts
It makes even more sense to cap the end of the...

It makes even more sense to cap the end of the cane with clear & attach a clear stringer to the cap, then cut 1/4 or so from the cane. Hold the cut off piece by the stringer, put the cut edge in...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-12-10, 3:09pm
Replies: 18
Views: 4,995
Posted By Catts
Hi DeAnne... I would love to buy some rose...

Hi DeAnne... I would love to buy some rose cane from you, I like to pull my own points.

DeAnne made wonderful orchid murrini, I have used all the ones I bought. hint hint.

Aimee, a normal...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-12-06, 9:47pm
Replies: 22
Views: 5,126
Posted By Catts
Thanks Patti, the hearts in post #15 are mine & I...

Thanks Patti, the hearts in post #15 are mine & I was going to say something about the ends cracking because they were probably too thin...

There are a lot of findings that will make the ends more...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-12-05, 7:30pm
Replies: 40
Views: 9,019
Posted By Catts
I normally use Lauscha ( the new reformulated...

I normally use Lauscha ( the new reformulated version) I also bought some Lauscha soft but I haven't used it yet because I was told not to mix the clears & I'm such a messy person I'm sure I would...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-11-18, 11:08pm
Replies: 18
Views: 4,995
Posted By Catts
Pulled point are the best murrini. Roses that...

Pulled point are the best murrini. Roses that look like roses, not like spiral patterns you can see through.
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2012-10-21, 3:54pm
Replies: 34
Views: 11,892
Posted By Catts
I don't label stringers but silver glass ones I...

I don't label stringers but silver glass ones I melt the end & shape it. Some are just squashed, some are rounded, some are just flattened like a nail head & I strike or run the end through a...
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