Lampwork Etc.
 
Mountain Glass Arts

LE Live Chat

Enter Live Chat

No users in chat


Jelveh Designs - Glass Beads Torched One-by-One

Glacial Art Glass


 

Go Back   Lampwork Etc. > Library > Tips, Techniques, and Questions

Tips, Techniques, and Questions -- Technical questions or tips

Reply
 
Thread Tools
  #1  
Old 2011-01-16, 6:48pm
lampworker1 lampworker1 is offline
Living out Loud
 
Join Date: Aug 03, 2006
Posts: 855
Default How to make connected glass rings?

I hope I can explain this correctly. I would like to make connected glass rings, sort of like chain mail.

Are there any tutorials that I can purchase that show how to make them using boro. Free tutorials are great also.

Thanks
__________________

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.




To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 2011-01-16, 11:18pm
jaci's Avatar
jaci jaci is offline
Glass-aholic
 
Join Date: Mar 21, 2007
Location: CT, tolland CT
Posts: 4,332
Default

I have no idea experience wise, but it seems that if you are using boro It could be done the same way as making jump rings in metal, conceptually. Make a spiral of boro around a cold pipe or mandrel. Something that is the diameter that you want your rings to be. (i think i have read that it should not bond to to metal.) Then when cool you can nip the rings, and then just close them up in the flame with some tool to hold them. or pliers or jax or something. It seems like this would be easier than trying to make each circle alone, then open and close them. I would be interested if this works or not. I do not work in boro. I am just making it up, based on things I have read, and my soft glass work.
You may also try searching/asking in the boro room
__________________
Minor 10lpm Oxy-Con + HH on Propylene . . . . . .

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.


To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
hand dyed silk ribbons in many colors!
WASHERS & TOPPERS - layering components for interchangeable glass topper and to use in other jewelry/metalwork.:
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 2011-01-17, 12:15am
Natsprat's Avatar
Natsprat Natsprat is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 03, 2008
Location: Rural Sydney, Australia
Posts: 508
Default

I have just uploaded a simple instruction on how I make my boro chain onto my flickr, hopefully it might be helpful.

I use wood to rest my chain on when it is cooling off to try and reduce shock(it does singe, so don't use good stuff). I haven't had any trouble at all doing it this way.

I popped a metal pipe of the correct diameter onto my desk with a clamp I flogged off my husband shhhhhhhh.....

Feel free to sing out if I can help any further, I am not a chain or boro expert by any stretch of the imagination - but I did learn by buggering up... a LOT before I got it right.

Cheers,

Nat

ps. you can use this technique just the same as the chainmaille people make if you make sure the internal diameter is not too small (ie. the chain is not too chunky)

__________________

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

Last edited by Natsprat; 2011-01-17 at 12:18am. Reason: forgot to add a bit and actually answer the question
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 2011-01-17, 1:17am
Natsprat's Avatar
Natsprat Natsprat is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 03, 2008
Location: Rural Sydney, Australia
Posts: 508
Default

Oh, here's a pic of the first one I made. I did the complete links in colour and then joined them in clear boro. I just used 5mm rod and it did come out a bit chunky and of course using the metal pipe the links are round rather than oblong but I was really happy with it. Later I make some chain using 3mm commercial stringers and they came out much more delicate.



Nat
__________________

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 2011-01-17, 5:14am
Jody Lee's Avatar
Jody Lee Jody Lee is offline
state-eternal change
 
Join Date: Sep 09, 2006
Location: Sunnyvale CA
Posts: 710
Default

Check out Kim Edwards' glass chain mail.. awesome, light as a feather and so beautiful!
http://www.lonetreestudio.com/chainmail.html
__________________

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 2011-01-17, 5:17am
Natsprat's Avatar
Natsprat Natsprat is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 03, 2008
Location: Rural Sydney, Australia
Posts: 508
Default

Wow, thanks for passing that along Jody, those are all beautiful and delicate!
__________________

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 2011-01-17, 6:11am
sangell's Avatar
sangell sangell is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: May 22, 2010
Posts: 1,156
Default I do glass chain maille

That is how I started glass. I know this sounds like a cop out. But practice, practice, practice.

Sue
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 2011-01-17, 8:58am
lampworker1 lampworker1 is offline
Living out Loud
 
Join Date: Aug 03, 2006
Posts: 855
Default

Natsprat thank you so much for the visual guide and for the support. I have seen these but had no idea where to start.

Thanks so much for the POSITIVE inspiration and for the tutorial I had absolutely no idea where to even start!!!
Jody, Jaci and Rebecca thanks for the information and ideas.
__________________

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.




To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

Last edited by lampworker1; 2011-01-17 at 9:01am. Reason: Spelling
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 2011-01-17, 10:02am
rainygrrl's Avatar
rainygrrl rainygrrl is offline
dances with ideas...
 
Join Date: Sep 15, 2005
Location: A map dot in Montana
Posts: 2,355
Default

Natalie, that's a great little instruction sheet! And your chain came out great!! Thanks for sharing.
__________________
Roberta
”If it makes you happy, then it’s a good thing.” ~ Terryd

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 2018-01-08, 2:03pm
ttaecker ttaecker is offline
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 09, 2017
Posts: 3
Default glass chain

How do you keep the glass from breaking as you are making the additional links? Then after you finish you pop it into the kiln?
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 2018-01-11, 5:53am
fourpawsglass's Avatar
fourpawsglass fourpawsglass is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 04, 2005
Location: Sterling, VA
Posts: 442
Default

See my post in the other thread.

You can use a graphite rod to wind the class to make the links - graphite will expand when heated and then contract when it cools which will allow you to slide off the coil. But you have to use boro. You could also use tungsten.
Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump




All times are GMT -7. The time now is 2:20am.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.5
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Your IP: 44.200.196.114