jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 11, 2015 19:56:59 GMT -5
TV glass is almost a thing of the past since LED screens. Some serious glass in those old TV's. Imagine a 60 inch glass TV. Call the crane man.LOL We have an older 34" TV, flat glass screen. We always have to find a new vict- uh, I mean, 'helper' every time we move. Now I know what to do with it when it dies, which probably won't be very soon, they usually last a good long time. Love the look of tumbled glass! Had a flat glass screen too. Easier to pick up a refrigerator. Incredibly heavy.
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Post by jamesp on Feb 11, 2015 20:53:11 GMT -5
we had a dog walker much like a horse walker if you are familiar with that... dad has hound dogs and it was a way to keep them in shape! A dog walker like this ? Motor driven ?
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Post by jamesp on Feb 12, 2015 12:25:51 GMT -5
Rounding fast, is some soft stuff this tempered table glass. Barrels needing burping every other day. 30/60 SiC pretty much cutting it like a piranha, photo at day 3. Probably just going to make frosted pebbles, maybe in about 2 weeks they should be close. About 20 pounds plus, this glass is not very dense. May touch the divots and gouges on the grinder at 7 days when cleaning first mud out. Doubt the SiC will be broken down all the way, so it will be collected at the bottom of the pan after being washed and separated from the mud. sample and 8 inch PVC jar closer, 30/60 still in tact
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Post by snowmom on Feb 13, 2015 6:35:42 GMT -5
we had a dog walker much like a horse walker if you are familiar with that... dad has hound dogs and it was a way to keep them in shape! A dog walker like this ? Motor driven ? supremewalker.com/About_Us/index.html
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Post by jamesp on Feb 13, 2015 6:48:17 GMT -5
Can I get one of those for my wife ?
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Post by snowmom on Feb 13, 2015 7:11:06 GMT -5
you can but try LOL
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Post by snowmom on Feb 13, 2015 7:11:31 GMT -5
better hurry, valentines day is tomorrow!
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Post by jamesp on Feb 13, 2015 7:16:43 GMT -5
better hurry, valentines day is tomorrow! That will go over like lead balloon Deb. I gotta take her and the three hounds rock hunting in the mountains tomorrow. I think the trip may be a better idea.
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Post by rockit on Feb 14, 2015 21:41:54 GMT -5
jamesp the jewelry people like broken sea glass especially, but I think they would like your glass, too. Yes Pat. Working on tumbling small stuff. It does not tumble well without bigger pieces in the mix. Good colors of glass like teal, pink, red etc is hard to find also adding to problem. Working on these things. Thanks for tip, looking at sea shells too, like abalone and quahog clams. Just got back from a flower and garden show (yes, that 'big one'). Saw one of the glass vendors selling tumbled glass. 2-3" pieces $12/lb or $0.50/oz, and the smaller 1" to pebble size smalls for $8.00/lb, $0.50/oz. Looked to be made from 1/4" thick glass. Lots of people were buying it, he had large containers of it too. Just standard blue/green color. It made me think of this thread, and also "I can make that stuff". Kinda makes me want to seriously search out glass places for scrap. I'm already saving up glass coke bottles to practice on.
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Post by jamesp on Feb 15, 2015 3:05:05 GMT -5
Yes Pat. Working on tumbling small stuff. It does not tumble well without bigger pieces in the mix. Good colors of glass like teal, pink, red etc is hard to find also adding to problem. Working on these things. Thanks for tip, looking at sea shells too, like abalone and quahog clams. Just got back from a flower and garden show (yes, that 'big one'). Saw one of the glass vendors selling tumbled glass. 2-3" pieces $12/lb or $0.50/oz, and the smaller 1" to pebble size smalls for $8.00/lb, $0.50/oz. Looked to be made from 1/4" thick glass. Lots of people were buying it, he had large containers of it too. Just standard blue/green color. It made me think of this thread, and also "I can make that stuff". Kinda makes me want to seriously search out glass places for scrap. I'm already saving up glass coke bottles to practice on. Glass is expensive rockit, chunk glass is getting more money per pound than many fine agates. Those with fine colors in particular. Maybe a big furnace to melt your own colors Wonder what is involved.
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Post by broseph82 on Feb 15, 2015 12:04:35 GMT -5
jamespNot a whole lot of work when melting glass. You need a certain type of kiln. We've looked into it and it seems pretty easy.
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Post by jamesp on Feb 15, 2015 12:06:40 GMT -5
jamespNot a whole lot of work when melting glass. You need a certain type of kiln. We've looked into it and it seems pretty easy. 10-4 Jimi. Looking too. Mixing glass is the tricky part, it should have similar COE to avoid cracks.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2015 22:01:21 GMT -5
SIL has a 70" x 28" x 18" deep kiln. Fuses, slumps and outright melts many kilos of glass. Yeah, it's a coffin. Need to get images to share.
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Post by rockit on Feb 15, 2015 23:59:59 GMT -5
jamespNot a whole lot of work when melting glass. You need a certain type of kiln. We've looked into it and it seems pretty easy. Is fused glass more or less gassy than non-fused? Fused glass is pretty simple to create, and it would make for interesting tumbled pieces. Those kilns are fairly reasonably priced too. I actually just checked one of the recycling places here, they sell recycled tumbled glass (frosted) for $7.99/lb...variety of colors too. The only exception is art glass.
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Post by jamesp on Feb 16, 2015 7:43:30 GMT -5
SIL has a 70" x 28" x 18" deep kiln. Fuses, slumps and outright melts many kilos of glass. Yeah, it's a coffin. Need to get images to share. It would have to be a wood fired kiln for me. Similar to the old kilns used to fire pottery. A warm winter part time job. could probably get away with a simple pit kiln. Appalachian wood fired pottery kiln:
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Post by SirRoxalot on Mar 4, 2015 12:48:39 GMT -5
Tumbling sea glass is good fun. Problem with tempered is that it shatters into so many tiny bits, and every single fracture line has to be popped with nippers, because sooner or later that crack will give.
Bought a nice piece of brilliant blue corningware at the flea market, put my nippers to the edge and the whole thing 'sploded... lotta work to sort and nip, sort and nip...
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