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Post by jamesp on Jan 23, 2020 7:19:30 GMT -5
Most glass colors come with a description of the after fused color hummingbirdstones . No info on the glass I have. Unfortunately many colors are not the same after molten or when hot. It is a slow learning process to know how of say your stock of each of 20 colors is going to behave during and after fused. That goes for flow character, crack potential, fuse polish ability, bubbling and probably a bunch of other properties. This glass is super friendly to cast. But it is actually dull in color when compared to art glass on the market now. It was named Hot Melt but people in this country called it Hot Mass. It was not liked. For jewelry purposes, it is just fine. They may not not it, but it suits your purposes. A person buying a piece of jewelry made of your "Hot Mass" would not know the difference one way or the other. That's right Robin. 'Hot Mess' (corrected for southern pronunciation lol) works for the jewelry thing. So you are married to a southern fellow ? You could never be so fortunate he he ! They make great lovers !!(or claim to) The small jewelry scale brick melting fits well for tumbling, cabs and knapping. Another issue, if new glass had to be purchased to make knapping glass the profit margin would have been small. Any 12 to 15 inch plates casted out of Hot Mess cracks after cooling; not a problem if it is cut down into tumbles. Oddly it casts bricks w/out cracking and bricks are way more vulnerable to cracking. So it was bricks from the start. If pot melting into a brick mold the cracking rate increases with most glass.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 23, 2020 7:25:05 GMT -5
Most glass colors come with a description of the after fused color hummingbirdstones . No info on the glass I have. Unfortunately many colors are not the same after molten or when hot. It is a slow learning process to know how of say your stock of each of 20 colors is going to behave during and after fused. That goes for flow character, crack potential, fuse polish ability, bubbling and probably a bunch of other properties. This glass is super friendly to cast. But it is actually dull in color when compared to art glass on the market now. It was named Hot Melt but people in this country called it Hot Mass. It was not liked. James, are you saying hot "mass" or hot "mess"? Hot mess would make more sense. It's a little hard to understand you sometimes with that suthen' aczent, lol. My spelling has been off recently. Increased anxiety of recent I suppose. Darn southern spell check app has not been working !
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Post by jamesp on Jan 23, 2020 7:46:40 GMT -5
Found the out come of the first multi-hole melt. very nice: Now you just need to make the multi hole mold slowly spin and you’ll have your own glass Spirograph. The master Italian glass masters probably have a Spirograph glass machine RocksInNJ. They mastered spiral cane and named it with cool Italian words: "Unique multicolored latticino, zanfirico, and murrine handmade glass cane. Twisted Cane" I believe they were making twisted cane starting in the 15th century. Experienced glass blower making loooong twisted canes:
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Post by jamesp on Jan 23, 2020 8:19:12 GMT -5
A glass blower's day at work making vases and animal sculptures. Dudes with too much energy.
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Post by HankRocks on Jan 23, 2020 9:11:48 GMT -5
A glass blower's day at work making vases and animal sculptures. Dudes with too much energy. Really enjoy watching craftsmen making something really nice. Heck making anything. I wish we could get back to making more things in this country instead of buying cheap stuff from overseas.
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Post by parfive on Jan 23, 2020 15:51:22 GMT -5
If the super secure Wells Fargo is at fault they could suffer serious embarrassment and security breach. Especially if this went public. You don’t know much about Wells Fargo, do ya? John Stumpf, the former head of Wells Fargo who presided over the bank's cross-selling scandal, has been barred from ever working for a bank, federal officials announced on Thursday.
“The actions announced by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today reinforce the agency’s expectations that management and employees of national banks and federal savings associations provide fair access to financial services, treat customers fairly, and comply with applicable laws and regulations,” Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting said in a statement.
Eight former executives were fined for their role in the sales fraud, including Carrie Tolstedt, head of the community banking division at the center of the scandal. Stumpf has agreed to pay a $17.5 million personal fine, and Tolstedt is facing a penalty that regulators say could top $25 million.
The once-thriving San Francisco-based banking giant has experienced sluggish demand for its services since the scandal first came to light in 2016. It has paid $185 million in fines for unethical sales practices that included opening around 3.5 million fake accounts without customer authorization. It has also settled a $110 million class-action lawsuit and is currently facing a slew of lawsuits that could total $3 billion.
About 5,300 staff members were fired in connection with the fraud.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 23, 2020 16:03:11 GMT -5
HankRocks We are owned by cheap overseas goods. I grew and sold water plants for 25 years because they could not be brought in from overseas. I am surprised heavy gauge fire pit have not been selling in the states for little of nothing. One problem with importing them is that they do not stack well in an oversea container. Glass blowers are the real deal. They are true artisans. Oddly Italy sends a lot of what seems to be hand blown work for cheap prices. Maybe Italy has the process mechanized some how.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 23, 2020 16:14:47 GMT -5
Thanks for the heads up parfive. I'll be doing some research on Wells Fargo. They did a bang up job investigating my stolen check that had been manipulated enough to pass at a Bank of America and take $360 out of my Wells Fargo account. Let's just say that particular investigator seemed highly qualified. He also said that mobile deposits using a cell phone image have become a serious method of fraud. No surprise. Another interesting scam that my thief buddy pulled off was getting my wife's credit and address info perhaps out of the mail box. Opening two Sprint accounts in her name and using her address. Having the 4 Sprint cell phones shipped to her address. Waiting in the woods when the delivery service drops the package and stealing it. So we received a box from Sprint with two iPhone 10's top of line, and two Android top of line phones. Value $4300. Pain in the butt trying to straighten out the mess thru Sprint. Fortunately UPS is delivering to our door due to prior theft at mail box.
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Post by parfive on Jan 23, 2020 16:21:12 GMT -5
Thanks for the heads up parfive . I'll be doing some research on Wells Fargo. The only thing you need to know is that their interest rates suck . . . Bigly, if that makes sense. : )
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Post by jamesp on Jan 23, 2020 16:49:07 GMT -5
parfiveI am not sure if WF Investment Group is the same as WF Bank. Guessing it is. A medium risk WF Investment equity group fund did 19.4% this year. Probably typical 2019 rate for equity funds, don't know. 7.8% ave. return since inception 1998. Me not educated on such investments.
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Post by HankRocks on Jan 23, 2020 18:56:28 GMT -5
HankRocks We are owned by cheap overseas goods. I grew and sold water plants for 25 years because they could not be brought in from overseas. I am surprised heavy gauge fire pit have not been selling in the states for little of nothing. One problem with importing them is that they do not stack well in an oversea container. Glass blowers are the real deal. They are true artisans. Oddly Italy sends a lot of what seems to be hand blown work for cheap prices. Maybe Italy has the process mechanized some how. The key word there is "cheap". One of the reasons I like this forum is that I get to see all of the things folks out here are making. From tumble polished rocks to built for purpose machines. I am preaching to the choir here as far as quality, but folks would be a lot happier if we made and consumed a lot more of our own things here. It may be more expensive but it will last a lot longer. Who needs all of the questionable widgets and gadgets anyway. Instead of 10 cheap things, it would be a lot better if we bought 5 well built things!! My apologies for ranting a bit.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 23, 2020 21:44:31 GMT -5
HankRocks We are owned by cheap overseas goods. I grew and sold water plants for 25 years because they could not be brought in from overseas. I am surprised heavy gauge fire pit have not been selling in the states for little of nothing. One problem with importing them is that they do not stack well in an oversea container. Glass blowers are the real deal. They are true artisans. Oddly Italy sends a lot of what seems to be hand blown work for cheap prices. Maybe Italy has the process mechanized some how. The key word there is "cheap". One of the reasons I like this forum is that I get to see all of the things folks out here are making. From tumble polished rocks to built for purpose machines. I am preaching to the choir here as far as quality, but folks would be a lot happier if we made and consumed a lot more of our own things here. It may be more expensive but it will last a lot longer. Who needs all of the questionable widgets and gadgets anyway. Instead of 10 cheap things, it would be a lot better if we bought 5 well built things!! My apologies for ranting a bit. Tell it Henry. Products are designed to be replaced instead of being repaired. A planned life. Even worse is that we have a precarious dependence on overseas products. And owe serious financial debts overseas. Tytler's ~200 year cycle of a democracy describes our situation to a tee. joshallan.com/2008/11/10/the-tytler-cycle/
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Post by RocksInNJ on Jan 23, 2020 22:53:44 GMT -5
Those were some pretty cool videos. Those canes look like fiber optic cables lol.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 24, 2020 4:37:56 GMT -5
Those were some pretty cool videos. Those canes look like fiber optic cables lol. They must have passion for their art because those are some hard working dudes RocksInNJ.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 25, 2020 8:35:14 GMT -5
Another test melt to attempt blobs. Thicker this time. Reactive glass. This glass simply has too drab of color for doing plate melts. This will look cool tumbled though. Reaffirms it is best suited for psychedelic multi-color themes. The psychedelic stuff is what I live for. Back to that. Not only that this was a lot of work fritting and placing before fuse. Perimeter blob melts are glass blower scraps my neighbor Ted chose from the pile. We were down in the dungeon getting in touch with our feminine sides. Ted has a PHD in education, and a college professor. Add common sense IQ betwixt the two of us = about 50.
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Post by knave on Jan 25, 2020 8:40:05 GMT -5
Love how the surface tension perfectly rounded that blue blob at 1:00!
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Post by jamesp on Jan 25, 2020 10:13:52 GMT -5
Love how the surface tension perfectly rounded that blue blob at 1:00! To get well rounded ovals/rounds/lobed shapes a quick touch on a coarse grinding wheel will help the after melted shape. Start with round/oval, end with round oval. That glass is from Decatur Glass Blowing and is 'soft' instead of 'stiff' meaning it melt blobs to rounded edges instead of leaving sharper edges even when starting with a squarish piece. The Decatur glass also melts and leaves a killer polish meaning they don't need tumble shaping or tumble polishing. Often ready to mount a bail on them as is. He generates about five 5 gallon buckets of scrap every month. But only about a half of a 5 gallon bucket has pendant grade coloring in it. The deal is I have to take all his scrap and dispose of the balance. Date night at Decatur
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Post by jamesp on Jan 25, 2020 10:21:55 GMT -5
Got 8mm thickness slab. Blackish reactive color has decent shadowing effect. Used cherry red and dark red. Dark red had stronger shadowing. Got color blobs on right side of slabs running deep into slab for dome. Slabs cut oversize to allow tumbler to remove chips caused by aggressive saw blade. Slab still a bit thin for heavy tumble shaping. Cuts show depth of color to right of each slab. And heavy chipping on left side as saw blade leaves cut. Chips laid flat. Edge view shows sharp edges. Face of slabs will appear to have less sharp edges after tumble shape or doming
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Post by jamesp on Jan 27, 2020 11:34:01 GMT -5
Let's try a 12 color glass fluorite brick including clear. Can't go wrong with the colors of fluorite ! About 1 pound of each of 12 colors ready to be alternately stacked in kiln. Pattern will be pot melt into a 13 pound brick and then sawn to slabs. First go at a 100% translucent glass pot melt. Hopefully their viscosities will be harmonious. Pour pattern to be revealed after sawing.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 27, 2020 13:52:53 GMT -5
Bombs away. 13 pounds of 12 transparent fluorite colors and 15 pounds of a black/grey/yellow Georgia Institute of Technology school color scheme. Please no power outages for 15 hours. The transparent fluorite colors may experience some boundary color mixing. Several each of purples/blues/greens, and a pink and a clear. The blue/greens and lavender/blues and blue shades have some spectacular shades just like fluorite.
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