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Post by fernwood on Feb 13, 2018 8:05:48 GMT -5
Sad to hear that Spectrum is going out of business. Back in my stained glass days, that was a great source for some beautiful glass.
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Post by jamesp on Feb 13, 2018 8:32:44 GMT -5
Sad to hear that Spectrum is going out of business. Back in my stained glass days, that was a great source for some beautiful glass. Yes, Spectrum glass pretty much out classes all the other 4-5 suppliers in that warehouse. By a wide margin. Not going to effect me fernwood. The thrift store vase and the glass blower's trash will keep me occupied longer than I will be around. I actually want to avoid the hobby glass since it has a signature and about all glass jewelry is made of it. I say strike forth into a horizon in a different direction. My tumbles don't look anything like the fusion market jewels. Poor vases reduced to little cubicles. Glass bricks beat to odd shapes lol. Mind you most of these are still being tumbled and are incomplete/ready to tumble/in a tumbler:
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Post by jamesp on Feb 13, 2018 10:10:41 GMT -5
Going with first re-melt today. Reason being is more color mixing and disorientation of color layers that tend to lay parallel to the ground due to gravity at melt down like a parachute opening. And pattern mixing by collapsing them when rotated 90 degrees on edge they should attempt to umbrella out. No idea what I am doing lol. New frontier. 6x6x2 brick of vomit to be sawn in half Sawn and set up on edge 90 degrees. Parachutes visible in layers. Should remove some of the bubbles. Will see outcome in morning. It will have to be washed in hot water if removed at 7AM to avoid cracks due to it being hot 21 hours later. Hoping such a broad range of colors do not mix too much and make dog crap brown. Not likely. If this brick was pot melted it is likely brown would result due to excessive mixing. So this is sort of a partial pot melt. It's final destination is the hammering table for tumbles. Bad life. Meantime, a 600 pound monster fire pit and a fancy table top fire pit needs building. And 2 others. Long day ahead.
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Post by jamesp on Feb 14, 2018 8:58:28 GMT -5
Re-melt did little change to jamesonite vomit. Did make two neat loafs. Sawed one loaf, same ole patterns. Some stretched.
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Post by rockcat11 on Feb 17, 2018 11:27:59 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2018 20:24:55 GMT -5
Those are freakin' tasty
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