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Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-09-28, 5:20pm
Replies: 13
Views: 4,092
Posted By mikestuart282
Ive used it for all of about two days but love...

Ive used it for all of about two days but love using the tile its the perfect tool for me. also a second one allows me to use it as a masher :grin:
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-09-28, 1:20pm
Replies: 1
Views: 1,524
Posted By mikestuart282
Post sandy glass

Can i make a bead and use sand as a sort of frit to create a different texture? The only thing is it might be kind of like mixing COEs and have a disastrous effect thats what im scared of. So has...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-09-27, 4:59pm
Replies: 13
Views: 4,092
Posted By mikestuart282
It works surprisingly well actually the glass has...

It works surprisingly well actually the glass has almost no desire to stick to it and any and all scorch marks can be wiped off with your thumb its deffienetly a "tool" of mine i plan on using.
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-09-25, 12:28pm
Replies: 13
Views: 4,092
Posted By mikestuart282
Lightbulb ceramic tile marver

I was looking around the shop last night for stuff I could possibly repourpose for basic tools and I opened a box of ceramic trim tile (the rounded ones the go around wall tiles in bathrooms,...
Forum: Safety 2013-09-23, 5:54pm
Replies: 38
Views: 12,340
Posted By mikestuart282
Cool I am deffinetly not the only one who has music...

I am deffinetly not the only one who has music going when i work. I think its nice to hear something other than your torch and the clinking of mandrels and rods...and your vetilation of couse :oops:
Forum: Safety 2013-09-23, 5:37pm
Replies: 38
Views: 12,340
Posted By mikestuart282
Is there any other way? ;)

Is there any other way? ;)
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-09-23, 5:32pm
Replies: 14
Views: 3,577
Posted By mikestuart282
Question best part of making beads

For anybody who makes beads there has to be something about it that you think is the best part for me its being able to be creative with it and knowing that no matter how many i make no two will ever...
Forum: Torch Questions 2013-09-22, 6:36pm
Replies: 6
Views: 2,873
Posted By mikestuart282
I was thinking something like that i can easilly...

I was thinking something like that i can easilly run it as a glass torch if i waned to i was just thinking about whether or not i could do a surface mix with it because of the way its all routed. The...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-09-21, 7:23pm
Replies: 5
Views: 2,045
Posted By mikestuart282
Thanks ill tweak my method a bit

Thanks ill tweak my method a bit
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-09-21, 6:24pm
Replies: 5
Views: 2,045
Posted By mikestuart282
Exclamation blue glass turning coppery

Help! Whenever i use a sky blue glass it ends up becoming a half copper colored half sky blue mess i think it looks kinda cool that way but dont think thats supposed to happen. Has anyone else ever...
Forum: Torch Questions 2013-09-21, 1:26pm
Replies: 6
Views: 2,873
Posted By mikestuart282
Nope its a cutting head 5 holes in the tip and it...

Nope its a cutting head 5 holes in the tip and it fits in my torch just like all the rest i have
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-09-18, 4:48pm
Replies: 26
Views: 13,497
Posted By mikestuart282
Post flame annealing

I know it exists and most of us probably already do it to some extent but does anybody know how to actually do it?
-mike
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-09-18, 2:31pm
Replies: 30
Views: 9,233
Posted By mikestuart282
Thanks for the tip i think i have...

Thanks for the tip i think i have both...somewhere anyway the coffee maker hasnt been used in years
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-09-18, 12:40pm
Replies: 30
Views: 9,233
Posted By mikestuart282
Post best way to clean glass?

Things like finger prints and dust or hair and stuff smell bad when i get glass hot so what is the best way of removing them? I want to use a damp washcloth but is there a better way? I dont want to...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-09-11, 6:46pm
Replies: 5
Views: 2,123
Posted By mikestuart282
Well i made a couple beads on the tungsten rods...

Well i made a couple beads on the tungsten rods today and they came out pretty cool the only complaint i have is that tungsten is a bit too good a conductor of heat so a handle might help in the...
Forum: Torch Questions 2013-09-09, 11:33am
Replies: 6
Views: 2,873
Posted By mikestuart282
Question blow torch to glass torch?

Is there a way to make a surfave mix torch from an old cutting head? I know they have alot of holes in the tip just like alot of glass torches and have alot of entry holes on a couple different...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-09-08, 6:49pm
Replies: 17
Views: 4,493
Posted By mikestuart282
So i tried the crackle glass on some scrap and it...

So i tried the crackle glass on some scrap and it came out cool it held its shape onay and its still strong after reheating.
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-09-08, 1:26pm
Replies: 5
Views: 2,123
Posted By mikestuart282
Wow thanks lucky for me most of mine are...

Wow thanks lucky for me most of mine are green:grin: truly i dont know exactly why i have all of these but my grandfather had a reason to give them and some other welding stuff to me
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-09-08, 11:51am
Replies: 5
Views: 2,123
Posted By mikestuart282
Post tungsten bead mandrels

Has anybody ever used tungsten arc welding electrodes as mandrels? I have a bunch and theyre a few different sizes so id kind of like to use them for something other than taking up space in my tool...
Forum: Safety 2013-09-08, 5:46am
Replies: 38
Views: 12,340
Posted By mikestuart282
Honestly i only asked this qiestion to see how...

Honestly i only asked this qiestion to see how many people there are just like me who like to crank up some music while working and it seems im deffinetly not alone :cool:
Forum: The Dark Room 2013-09-07, 8:46pm
Replies: 1
Views: 3,141
Posted By mikestuart282
Question help shooting detail inside a bead?

I have a few beads with a cool swirly pattern in them and no matter what i do i can only ever get a picture of the bead as the color of the detail, copper brown. The glass around the swirl is clear...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-09-07, 7:25pm
Replies: 17
Views: 4,493
Posted By mikestuart282
Ive rolled hot glass in copper carbonate and got...

Ive rolled hot glass in copper carbonate and got a really cool coppery swirl after being heated and cooled again and i like the the suggestion of the crackle glass ive seen marbles like that i...
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-09-07, 5:31pm
Replies: 17
Views: 4,493
Posted By mikestuart282
Im using the same coe glass just a different...

Im using the same coe glass just a different color my first thought was to use nature to my advantage and let the glass fracture itself inside but that leaves it unstable. I have revised my plan to...
Forum: Safety 2013-09-07, 4:41pm
Replies: 38
Views: 12,340
Posted By mikestuart282
Post music when lampworking

Is having music playing while youre working with your torch a distraction? Or is it perfectly safe to have?
Forum: Tips, Techniques, and Questions 2013-09-07, 2:23pm
Replies: 17
Views: 4,493
Posted By mikestuart282
Looking at it a little differently is there a way...

Looking at it a little differently is there a way to get bits of broken glass suspended is clear? That would probably give me the look i want...or an entirely different idea!:smile:
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