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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2022-07-08, 8:07pm
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Soffretti? Soffretto? Bueller?
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4,281
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Speedslug
My thinking is that the word is a mash up of the...
My thinking is that the word is a mash up of the words soft and Moretti but my extremely limited back ground in the information of lampworking means that thinking is worth even less than what you...
Forum:
Calls for Entries, etc.
2022-05-28, 7:55am
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3
Magazine article writer needs your pics!
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33,362
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Speedslug
reported
reported
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Safety
2022-05-27, 6:44am
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Covering air bricks
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2,464
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Speedslug
Well, as propane is heavier than air I don't...
Well, as propane is heavier than air I don't think there will be any problem with this set up.
I assume the "air bricks" ( I had never heard that term before ) is for allowing the back of the...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2022-04-07, 8:00pm
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Should I put a regulator on propane?
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Speedslug
Absolutely. Propane turns from liquid to a...
Absolutely.
Propane turns from liquid to a gas at room temperature at a pressure of 3000 psi so you will need something to reduce that down to a workable pressure.
Propane Bar B Que set ups...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2022-04-01, 7:55am
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5
Bead Release Flaking Off
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2,215
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Speedslug
My question is; Did you wash the manufacturing...
My question is; Did you wash the manufacturing oils and grease off the mandrels before you torched them the first time?
Ammonia, Dawn dish soap and Simply Green are good degreasers as is Break...
Forum:
Free Tutorials
2022-03-11, 6:33am
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18
Ball-Balls made with glass loops
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5,517
Posted By
Speedslug
A dozen tiny battery powered fairy lights at the...
A dozen tiny battery powered fairy lights at the bottom of the bowl would add a flavor of what ever holiday is next.
I think they sell LED strings like that at the dollar stores.
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2022-03-08, 4:29pm
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7
Can you make marbles using Bullseye & Boro together?
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3,524
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Speedslug
Aye and hide the bank numbers to the grandkids...
Aye and hide the bank numbers to the grandkids college accounts.
The most addictive glass can get real spendy in a hurry.
Forum:
Boro Room
2022-03-04, 3:12am
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7
Help! Color ID.. What color did I use?
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4,328
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Speedslug
Looks like silver fume implosion with trapped air...
Looks like silver fume implosion with trapped air bubbles to me.
The consistency of the bubble placement reminds me of a florists frog with such even spacing.
But I haven't ever fumed nor have...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2022-02-22, 9:49am
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10
Help needed for pricing
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3,154
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Speedslug
My concern would be he internal hoses / tubing. ...
My concern would be he internal hoses / tubing.
They are replaceable with stuff from the hard ware store if you are the least bit handy.
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2022-02-20, 12:13pm
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17
Can Borosilicate be attached to a MASON JAR?
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4,375
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Speedslug
The only way I can tell them apart is the...
The only way I can tell them apart is the intensity of glow when it's in the flame.
Boro gets a lot closer to white hot than the yellow I get from softer soda glass.
Oh and don't forget that...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2022-02-19, 6:15pm
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17
Can Borosilicate be attached to a MASON JAR?
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4,375
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Speedslug
You may have more luck working with only boro...
You may have more luck working with only boro tubing.
Learning to blow out some tubing to a size workable for your experiment would eliminate having to find something to work with the mason jar...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2022-02-19, 1:42am
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17
Can Borosilicate be attached to a MASON JAR?
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4,375
Posted By
Speedslug
I did a little looking at this some 10 years back...
I did a little looking at this some 10 years back and found a video that said the leads through the glass needed to be a particular kind of metal because the expansion of the glass when heated (COE =...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2022-02-13, 9:23pm
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12
My DH full assortment 1st results
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3,685
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Speedslug
That is what I was thinking too.
That is what I was thinking too.
Forum:
Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2022-02-02, 5:42pm
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209
Poll:
What were you most afraid of as a lampwork virgin?
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65,212
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Speedslug
I've really got to go along with your husband on...
I've really got to go along with your husband on that one Kathy.
For me, my best stuff comes when I relax and let my muscle memory take over.
But first I had to do that forty bead challenge thing...
Forum:
Studio
2022-01-06, 3:06am
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3
Grinder question
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3,265
Posted By
Speedslug
I think you can get buffing wheels for them so...
I think you can get buffing wheels for them so they're not limited to metal work alone.
But you would want to set up some serious housing and get a variety of wheel types and buffing compounds so...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2022-01-05, 10:58am
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13
Propane Regulator
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3,748
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Speedslug
The rubber membrane in an acetylene regulator...
The rubber membrane in an acetylene regulator will do a chemical reaction over time with propane I think.
I have read somewhere that acetylene welding hoses will gum up and spit crap into the tiny...
Forum:
Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2021-12-21, 10:53pm
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22
First week lampworking. Cheap glass question
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14,370
Posted By
Speedslug
I still have a problem with depth perception so I...
I still have a problem with depth perception so I copied the side mirror set up that Bear Foot Arts used in his videos about the Electric Mandrel Spinner.
Helped me a ton.
Here's one that shows...
Forum:
Safety
2021-12-14, 7:31am
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11
Weird smell
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9,508
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Speedslug
The LE MoJo is some powerful stuff. :lol: ...
The LE MoJo is some powerful stuff. :lol:
Glad to hear you can feed your addiction without slowly killing yourself or any one else for that matter.
Now you get to learn how to take and up load...
Forum:
Torch Questions
2021-12-09, 12:26pm
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3
Torch Question
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2,528
Posted By
Speedslug
Trouble is that all the brass in torch valves is...
Trouble is that all the brass in torch valves is really really soft and we can ruin a sealing surface all too easily by over-tightening without even knowing it.
Same with the threading on the valve...
Forum:
Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2021-12-07, 9:27pm
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7
HELP! I can't get pink glass to stay pink
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2,982
Posted By
Speedslug
Another thing about hoses; Welding torch...
Another thing about hoses;
Welding torch hoses are made for working with acetylene not propane.
Long use of propane in this kind of hose can cause a chemical breakdown of the rubber inside the...
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Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2021-11-24, 10:30pm
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3
Oxygen concentrator went pop!
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2,190
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Speedslug
Well, the mechanics in an oxycon are fairly...
Well, the mechanics in an oxycon are fairly straight forward.
It's basically an air compressor that feeds into 2 canisters, one at a time controlled by electrical mechanical relays that shifts the...
Forum:
Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2021-11-24, 10:15pm
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15
Is there any tubes made of the soft glass?
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5,080
Posted By
Speedslug
I got some from some reseller that came from a...
I got some from some reseller that came from a monster glass chandelier.
But without a excellently controlled warming and cooling kiln it breaks without the slightest provocation when you try to...
Forum:
Torch Questions
2021-11-24, 10:05pm
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8
02 Concentrator
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3,327
Posted By
Speedslug
Also tanked oxygen has a much, much higher purity...
Also tanked oxygen has a much, much higher purity (often 99.5%) than oxygen concentrators which can range from 89% to 96% at best.
And if you set the output on a concentrator to its highest output...
Forum:
Tips, Techniques, and Questions
2021-11-18, 9:54am
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1,006
Ask me anything!
Views:
415,868
Posted By
Speedslug
On mine the threaded fitting screws right on the...
On mine the threaded fitting screws right on the the connector on the hose.
On others, the pointed 'barbed tip' on the concentrator will fit inside the cut end of a welders hose and a screw band...
Forum:
Safety
2021-11-13, 10:50pm
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12
Propane Tank In Garage Fire Video...
Views:
7,691
Posted By
Speedslug
I will admit that I bring my 20 pound tank into...
I will admit that I bring my 20 pound tank into the enclosed porch when I get around to torching glass. ( It's been some 3 or 4 years since the last time.)
And then I set it out side on the deck...
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