Well this weekend we finalized everything. Ventilation was finished and tested. The smoke test went great. The only problem I ran into was I discovered the makeup air was being drawn from the fireplace on the other side of the house! Lol.. I couldn't figure out why the lower half of the house smelled like woodsmoke
. So I've started closing the door between the house and the garage and opening a window in the garage - works very well!
Glass storage is complete and filled up. Already outgrowing it lol. Torch is setup and works wonderfully. Still don't have my kiln issues solved so for now I'm cooling down in a very thick bundle of fiber blanket and about 8 layers of tinfoil. Only one casualty so far and I think that was a compatibility issue.
Will eventually get my glass kiln over here and set up in the shed outside so I can batch anneal. I'm hoping to get a small bead kiln eventually that I can run while I torch.
Now all I'm waiting for are some bright wall stickers coming to me in the mail with fun sayings and bright flowers. Also need to go to the beach to get some sand for my mandrel buckets.
My little corner of glass heaven! My plan is to add another wire cube on eventually and fill it with more pvc. My hubby is already grumbling about the 98ft I've bought so far, so I think I'll hold off for a bit and make do.
The white-ness of the corner is driving me nutty and I can't wait for my bright colourful decals to get here. The torch area turned out great. I put down 1/2" sheet rock, painted it flat black and then also put a 13x13" ceramic tile infront of the torch. So far it works well. Really need to get a Creation Station or build some sort of arm support.
My ventilation system.
I bought a large galvanized bucket from a local store, cut a hole in top and inserted an 8" ducting elbow. I was able to buy a used 750cfm fan from a local hydroponics shop. We hung the system from the ceiling using metal strapping. In the window we have 5/8" plywood with expanding foam around the sides, the ducting and the propane hose. Around everything we put foil ducting tape to make it airtight. My hubby built a box on the otherside of the board to house the exit of the ducting. It has a wood door on a hinge. Works great although I discovered during the windstorm last night that it needs some sort of latch on the bottom since it kept banging open and shut.
So now I need to get busy and tidy up the rest of my studio. The jewellery and photography areas were used as workbenches while setting up so it's a bit of a mess.
I'm also working on labelling all of my glass. I'm finding it fun and challenging to figure out how colours look when melted and what plays nice with each other. I
glassy things - next adventure will be fusing!!