It's easy to pick a favorite forum because it's this one, of course.
Now I'll share my favorite forum tool... Right above the first post in every thread are some options, the "thread tool" option is my best friend because it lets me subscribe to things and even if I lose my browser favorites list my subscription list is kept safely here by Corri Dawn.
My favorite thread tip is to click on the posting number. When you are looking through something like that Raku thread, if you click the post number you can print just that single posting.
My favorite thread about tools has always been Janelle Zorko's how to make a Cattwalk or Similar base:
http://www.lampworketc.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=36602
One of my favorite thread about color would be Favorite Color Romances:
http://www.lampworketc.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=242939
My favorite glass trick for making my own frit would be the King Rupert's drops:
http://www.lampworketc.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=89917
My quick tip would be my favorite home-made tool. I like to melt big wads of glass - hence the King Rupert thread - but I'm impatient so I use a stainless ladle as a faux glory hole. This is a view from above the torch. Torch, 5/32 inch mandrel (or glass rod), ladle to reflect the head back to the glass. And of course I don't generally hold the glass and ladle in the same hand but I couldn't figure out how to take a picture otherwise.
Fun thread!