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Post by Bejewelme on Apr 6, 2010 8:51:00 GMT -5
Ken sold me a kiln for doing the PMC Silver at a very good price and then the little sweetie sent me some beautiful slabs along with the kiln! Thank you Ken I can't wait to cab some of this material, that was so generous and thoughtful! Tell Donna I am going to make her a silver pendant when I get a little practice first! Lazulite, onyx, and unikite golden tiger eye, rhodonite, crazy lace serpentine and beautiful flourite-love this petosky stone, mutton jade, crazy lace amozonite, mookite, Biggs or RSJ? Chinese writing stone, alaskan jade, flame agate?, dryhead or teepee??? Really cool colored glass Thanks again Ken! Amber
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Post by Roller on Apr 6, 2010 9:45:48 GMT -5
I have some glass or slag glass I believe it is that has some really nice colors as well .Anyone have any tips with working on this material ... I cut it already and everything seemed okay ..
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Post by frane on Apr 6, 2010 12:42:03 GMT -5
Amber, you have some great slabs there!!! I know you are going to make beautiful cabs with those! crossfirebusiness: If you tumble the glass, tumble it alone. A lot of the time (most) glass will give off gasses that can pop the lid right off the barrels. Burp them every couple days. Adding a little baking soda has helped when I do them. I can wait for 4-5 days between burping after the initial week. Can be the same with tears. Lots of gas! Even in the rough grit, use some pellets so the impact will wear the stone down instead of shattering them. I cut preforms as well as strait chunks out of the glass and they did well. Lots of cushion as you move them forward though and if too much material wears away, pull it and do another load before the whole group moves on. Fran
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Post by Roller on Apr 6, 2010 23:58:36 GMT -5
Thanks Fran sorry I should have been more specific ... I wanted to cut a cab out of it ... I dont have a cabber machine yet but i do make cabs ,,,,lol Ill have one soon enough ,,,just looking for future advice ... on cabbing them ... and also Thanks if anyone ever asks me in the future or I decide to tumble them or tears which I have a lb of now I know to burp them which I did not know before ...
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Post by frane on Apr 8, 2010 5:20:33 GMT -5
Amber, sorry about hijacking this thread. I just love those slabs that Ken sent! Greg, Yes, you can slab and cab the slag glass or any glass for that matter. Cut farther out from your pattern line because glass will chip when you are cutting your preform out. Once you cut it, gently use the edge of your saw blade to put a bevel edge around it. Slows down the chipping. Even when working the glass, continue to make sure you keep that bevel through the first stages to help prevent the chipping. I just cut out the rough, bevel edged them and barely made the cab shape and put them in the tumbler to finish with other glass that had ran a few days (to remove the rough edges). Fran
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Post by rockmanken on Apr 8, 2010 7:24:23 GMT -5
Amber, you do so much for everyone on here that I thought I would give a little back. The petosky stone is Indonesia coral. Hope you get a lot of use out of the kiln, as I didn't like PMC. Ken
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Post by drocknut on Apr 9, 2010 23:47:35 GMT -5
WTG Ken, you hooked Amber up. I'm sure we'll see some pictures of great stuff soon from you Amber.
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Post by stonesthatrock on Apr 13, 2010 11:00:03 GMT -5
nice material for you to work with. I love the lace. Ken did send you some beautiful slabs.
mary ann
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Post by Toad on Apr 13, 2010 14:10:59 GMT -5
Those stones are great, Amber - but where is a pic of the kiln?
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