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Post by jamesp on Mar 4, 2020 9:15:17 GMT -5
Really like the flames in the 3rd photo, bottom row. Ha ! Does not count, totally accidental flames. Might be the best ever Beth.
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Post by jamesp on Mar 4, 2020 9:40:50 GMT -5
Some test melts. Left side, red Wissmach brand glass seems to have fused to import very well. Note fine smooth fuse polish typical of the US glass. But it fails often when casting bricks out of it. Next test to see if it can be cast full cross section thru a brick without causing the brick to split along it. Top glass is multicolored bits fused into various cathedral glass. Clear glass almost too stiff. Middle bottom was sawn rectangles from brick. Again too stiff. And has various stiffness with different colors. Yellow shows cracks. Not good re-melt glass at all. The snowflake obsidian to right was light brown, 1500F changed it to black go figure. And the banded fluorite glass color mixed and lost it's banding. Probably due to cobalt, it travels thru glass like sound. Test melts split to see internals. Re-melted psychedelic brick looks over cooked and darker. Looks brittle. US brand Wissbach clear glass encapsulated psychedelic flakes very well. This will come in handy for future projects. Confetti glass is an expensive form of thin glass for doing accent work. It is tricky, to make and is usually hand blown very thin, then broken into thin shards. Muli-color confetti is about unheard of. Well, when hammering the glass out of the pots it chips away in very thin flakes perfect for confetti. Each different brick supplies about 1 to 2 pounds of 'fancy' confetti. It gets cleaned and put in separate jars for future use.
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Post by fernwood on Mar 4, 2020 9:41:27 GMT -5
Really like the flames in the 3rd photo, bottom row. Ha ! Does not count, totally accidental flames. Might be the best ever Beth. They are awesome.
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Post by fernwood on Mar 4, 2020 9:43:08 GMT -5
Some of those glass chips might be great for inlay work.
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Post by jamesp on Mar 4, 2020 9:54:01 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Mar 4, 2020 9:59:55 GMT -5
Some of those glass chips might be great for inlay work. They can be spread out on to a kiln shelf and melted into tiny balls too. Not cheap at $11/ounce. I am getting 1 to 2 pounds per pot melt !
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Post by 1dave on Mar 4, 2020 10:48:51 GMT -5
Prepared to break glass!
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Post by jamesp on Mar 4, 2020 14:29:35 GMT -5
Prepared to break glass! Must glass breaking is done under water Dave. A steel 2" pipe rod ram, glass in a shallow steel tub filled about 2 to 3 inches deep of water. The water reduced the shattered glass hitting you. Then it is sorted thru various screens using water to assist screening.
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Post by jamesp on Mar 4, 2020 20:11:44 GMT -5
Tile saw cuts for tumbler. Did 4 pounds total.
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Post by Benathema on Mar 4, 2020 21:35:37 GMT -5
Got any Coral snakes?
I could never remember which way the "red touches yellow" and "red touches black" saying went... Then one day someone said "red and yellow makes fire" and now I can't forget.
Found a Scarlet King snake dead on the sidewalk in FL, almost had a heart attack. Florida has some interesting critters... bugs, snakes, turtles, etc, etc, etc.
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Post by jamesp on Mar 5, 2020 7:06:25 GMT -5
Got any Coral snakes? I could never remember which way the "red touches yellow" and "red touches black" saying went... Then one day someone said "red and yellow makes fire" and now I can't forget. Found a Scarlet King snake dead on the sidewalk in FL, almost had a heart attack. Florida has some interesting critters... bugs, snakes, turtles, etc, etc, etc. A black nose = coral snake Benathema. Quickest and easiest way to be sure. That saying is just to open to error ! Florida is prehistoric. Especially when it comes to their reptiles and insects. Apparently was well populated with critters during prehistoric times too having a huge variety of ice age animals alone. And conditions were great for fossilization be it land or aquatic or marine creatures. The rivers there flow thru the fossil zone. Makes for some fine collecting trips.
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Post by 1dave on Mar 6, 2020 10:47:01 GMT -5
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Post by NRG on Mar 6, 2020 16:11:34 GMT -5
Your method errs on the side of safety. No biggie. However, this snake I place here is not a coral snake. Perfectly safe. If you want to be accurate in the USA, then "red touches yellow, kill a fellow, red touches black, venom lack" works across all of the USA. South of the border all the way to Argentina there are corals that red touches black, and some have yellow noses. So, only use these methods in the USA.
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Post by knave on Mar 6, 2020 16:12:18 GMT -5
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Post by wpotterw on Mar 6, 2020 17:18:53 GMT -5
Your method errs on the side of safety. No biggie. However, this snake I place here is not a coral snake. Perfectly safe. If you want to be accurate in the USA, then "red touches yellow, kill a fellow, red touches black, venom lack" works across all of the USA. South of the border all the way to Argentina there are corals that red touches black, and some have yellow noses. So, only use these methods in the USA. Sonora Mountain King Snake
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Post by Benathema on Mar 6, 2020 19:27:51 GMT -5
The middle left and bottom left made me think of the coral snake colors.
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Post by 1dave on Mar 6, 2020 20:57:09 GMT -5
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Post by NRG on Mar 7, 2020 0:29:03 GMT -5
Sonora Mountain King Snake Micrurus diastema means you are dead. Google it. No, this is not a pyromelana. This is a coral snake. And the first one is a California Mtn King.
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Post by wpotterw on Mar 7, 2020 15:00:11 GMT -5
I was talking about the king snake, not the coral snake. I think sonora Mtn and CA Mtn are closely related species/sub-species. Sonora Mountain King Snake Micrurus diastema means you are dead. Google it. No, this is not a pyromelana. This is a coral snake. And the first one is a California Mtn King.
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Post by jamesp on Mar 8, 2020 5:55:04 GMT -5
Lake George was loaded with big coral snakes NRG. I believe I found one that was 42 inches long. They average 26 to 32 there. I got bit by one about 28 inches long. It got a single fang hooked in my pinky and I could barely shake it off, bled a lot. Bull crap they can't pierce skin. I never got sick, but did drive an hour away to Palatka Hospital and sat in the emergency room for a few hours waiting for symptoms. Last time handling banded snakes of any colors lol. 'Extinct' Rainbow snake found close to my place in Florida recently: www.cnn.com/2020/02/22/us/rainbow-snake-trnd/index.html
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