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2006-12-31, 3:25am
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Leda
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Goldstone Chunk Question
Hey all you Bead-a-licious Peeps out there!
I have a big chunk of goldstone; what is the best way to break it up into smaller chunks so I can encase it? It is almost the size of a golfball but with sharp angles. Thx!
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2006-12-31, 6:11am
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My guess would be to heat it up in the kiln and then carefully put it into a pan of cold water.
Rose
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2006-12-31, 8:13am
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I put mine in a heavy duty freezer bag and whack it with a hammer on a concrete floor.
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2006-12-31, 8:45am
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Yep, I use the sack-and-whack technique too!
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2006-12-31, 9:04am
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Also works well if you have 87 lbs of it to break up!
Well, except I wrapped it in pleather remnants.
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2006-12-31, 12:16pm
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This stuff is fairly brittle so no pre-heating is required to break into manageable chunks. I use the wrap-it-and-whack-it technique also
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2006-12-31, 1:08pm
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Been there done that to over a hundred pounds... Sack it wrap it in news paper and whack the crap outta it! Bwhahaha that bulk buy I did make me forever turn away from glodstone, I can't look at the stuff and years later I'm still finding bits of it!
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2006-12-31, 3:16pm
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Yep ... wrap and whack - lol!
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2006-12-31, 6:46pm
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I use the glass nippers if I can get a it around a piece of it...otherwise the wrap and whack method is what i do.
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2007-01-01, 5:20am
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Leda
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Wow! Sounds like I'll be whacking away! I can't imagine 100 lbs of that! Thx so much everyone!
Leda
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2007-01-01, 5:53am
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Here is what I do:
- Put your kitchen oven on high (as high as it goes without turning the grill on).
- Put in the chunk of goldstone.
- Leave it there for a couple of hours.
- Take a large metallic pot, fill it with cold water.
- Drop the thouroughly heated chunk in the pot of water.
- Let it cool.
- Chop it up with a hammer! By now it should be very easy as the thermal shock has given you lots of tiny cracks.
Method courtesy of Larry Scott!
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2007-01-02, 1:56am
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Leda
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VERY cool! Can't wait to try that one! Thx so much Kikki! That is so neat that you are in Sweden! Thx again!
Leda
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