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Forum: Boro Room 2013-01-24, 3:50am
Replies: 10
Views: 3,211
Posted By glasspyro
Buy yerself one of those sampler packs of rods...

Buy yerself one of those sampler packs of rods and tubes they come in a variety of diameters. Once yeh figure out what yer making you will have a good idea of what size rod/tubing yeh need.

Hold...
Forum: Boro Room 2012-12-02, 3:18pm
Replies: 7
Views: 3,465
Posted By glasspyro
A good place to keep an eye on for sales is ...

A good place to keep an eye on for sales is
http://www.talkglass.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?94-Vendor-s-Glassifieds
If I remember correctly you have to create a username/password in order to see...
Forum: Boro Room 2012-11-28, 12:07am
Replies: 9
Views: 4,888
Posted By glasspyro
You don't necessarily need to close off the tube...

You don't necessarily need to close off the tube in order to condense it. Anytime you heat up a section it'll naturally condense as long as you dont pull on it. If you heat in the middle of the tube...
Forum: Boro Room 2012-11-27, 1:55pm
Replies: 9
Views: 4,888
Posted By glasspyro
You can go fairly large even with small tubing...

You can go fairly large even with small tubing the only thing that is really limiting you is your ability to evenly heat a section of tubing and patience.

If your initial bubble isn't large enough...
Forum: Boro Room 2012-10-13, 1:15pm
Replies: 17
Views: 6,649
Posted By glasspyro
NO idea what size that is but I'm sure if yeh...

NO idea what size that is but I'm sure if yeh call around some of the glass places they would probably cut you a piece what ever size yeh want?
Forum: Boro Room 2012-10-13, 1:01pm
Replies: 18
Views: 5,461
Posted By glasspyro
I use 3 mil rod just keep the bead warm enough...

I use 3 mil rod just keep the bead warm enough not to crack then heat the rod up, then smear on, keeping the heat on the rod not the bead. Just stripe till covered.

The idea being that yeh push...
Forum: Boro Room 2012-10-12, 11:34am
Replies: 17
Views: 6,649
Posted By glasspyro
Why not just flair out some tubing instead?

Why not just flair out some tubing instead?
Forum: Boro Room 2012-08-08, 9:58pm
Replies: 28
Views: 17,462
Posted By glasspyro
Considering it only clear and its round and...

Considering it only clear and its round and fairly small yeh wont have any issues with not annealing.

That being said I would create the the cylinder with the ring, leave one end open, anneal it...
Forum: Boro Room 2011-11-27, 5:28pm
Replies: 12
Views: 3,705
Posted By glasspyro
When I was running a minor I made marbles up to...

When I was running a minor I made marbles up to one inch in diameter but that was on a tank of oxy.

Figure yeh could make em at least half an inch in diameter within a reasonable amount of time.
...
Forum: Boro Room 2011-06-22, 4:57pm
Replies: 6
Views: 8,416
Posted By glasspyro
at minimum you need torch: cost $100 on up...

at minimum you need

torch: cost $100 on up there's a quite a few choices of torches

annealer: around $500 on up really depends on size and what kinda of controller yeh want

oxygen: if yeh...
Forum: Boro Room 2011-04-27, 10:33pm
Replies: 15
Views: 4,663
Posted By glasspyro
One of the things that has help me in dealing...

One of the things that has help me in dealing with tubing is by using this tearing technique

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3hax_VH3rs

if the tubing is small enough I go ahead and just heat...
Forum: Boro Room 2011-04-27, 9:51pm
Replies: 8
Views: 3,132
Posted By glasspyro
http://www.talkglass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=37...

http://www.talkglass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=37091

Link to it since its a moving target :P
Forum: Boro Room 2011-04-09, 6:52pm
Replies: 18
Views: 4,710
Posted By glasspyro
Largest marble i made on a minor is about 1 1/2...

Largest marble i made on a minor is about 1 1/2 inches/38.1mill in diameter took over an hour, was really basic design.

Here something I made on a minor...
Forum: Boro Room 2011-03-03, 12:36am
Replies: 34
Views: 9,218
Posted By glasspyro
NS descriptions "Sublime is a transparent...

NS descriptions "Sublime is a transparent iridescent signal light green" So I put a stripe of it on clear twisted and covered it with more clear just to see what it would look like. After it came...
Forum: Boro Room 2010-09-18, 12:18am
Replies: 27
Views: 7,821
Posted By glasspyro
I like ns purple urple although it fairly heat...

I like ns purple urple although it fairly heat sensitive, it can boil on yeh.
Forum: Boro Room 2008-08-14, 5:22pm
Replies: 2
Views: 2,070
Posted By glasspyro
It aint that hard if yer semi handy with tools. ...

It aint that hard if yer semi handy with tools.

here some info yeh might find usefull
http://www.thegldg.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19349


this book also has allot of good info in it...
Forum: Boro Room 2008-02-05, 8:04pm
Replies: 11
Views: 3,616
Posted By glasspyro
If yeh got a welding store near yeh, yeh can ask...

If yeh got a welding store near yeh, yeh can ask for tig sticks or welding rods just get stainless and make sure there bare with no coating. the ones with a coating would work also just kinda...
Forum: Boro Room 2007-12-26, 7:16pm
Replies: 7
Views: 2,573
Posted By glasspyro
I think the reason there is so much confusion on...

I think the reason there is so much confusion on annealing is due to the fact that there is not "a single" temp, where it anneals, but a range of temps where annealing occurs, Anything over the...
Forum: Boro Room 2007-12-14, 8:43pm
Replies: 14
Views: 4,512
Posted By glasspyro
I have the Nortel Mid-Range plus. one of the...

I have the Nortel Mid-Range plus. one of the things with this torch is that all you get is a big fat bushy flame , there is no way to get a pin point with it unless you have the top mount.
...
Forum: Boro Room 2007-09-27, 5:20pm
Replies: 18
Views: 4,087
Posted By glasspyro
When yeh say anneal it, are you talking about...

When yeh say anneal it, are you talking about flame annealing or in a kiln?

Maybe yeh need a different annealing schedule for yer kiln?


Another thing that might help is reduce the angle....
Forum: Boro Room 2007-08-08, 6:14pm
Replies: 5
Views: 2,068
Posted By glasspyro
What are CZ's??

What are CZ's??
Forum: Boro Room 2007-07-31, 6:10pm
Replies: 8
Views: 2,836
Posted By glasspyro
Damm cant edit my last comment. wasnt quite...

Damm cant edit my last comment. wasnt quite right. Yeah the lense goes where the tube comes off.
There's two place where I can screw up in making a implosion one is after I've done the implosion...
Forum: Boro Room 2007-07-23, 5:14pm
Replies: 8
Views: 2,836
Posted By glasspyro
What I do, is do yer implosion punty up a solid...

What I do, is do yer implosion punty up a solid rod to heat up the tube just behind the implosion blow it out fairly thin then spot heat one area blow a hole and burn the rest of the tube off, melt...
Forum: Boro Room 2006-09-20, 6:37pm
Replies: 34
Views: 6,898
Posted By glasspyro
How about a pack of "one of everything"...

How about a pack of "one of everything" ?
Forum: Boro Room 2006-09-07, 8:54pm
Replies: 1
Views: 2,377
Posted By glasspyro
The newb

Well its first post for me :P where to start.
been interested in glass for awhile now, got lucky on craigslist where someone was selling off there whole setup. Ended up getting 2 torches in the...
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