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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jul 8, 2018 9:11:53 GMT -5
Holy crap, jamesp! Those spears our incredible!
I am so very happy that the knappers are loving your glass. What a great affirmation of your hunch about them. It's so cool that they're already asking for specific colors. Can't wait to see what man-color custom bricks look like. It will be interesting to see the color combos they like for my own education, too.
It's so awesome that you'll be able to play with glass and make some money doing it, too. Truly a perfect scenario for you, since you're a mad scientist and like concocting and experimenting. Kudos x10!
That is a whole lotta glass you have to pick up. If you have to, make a few trips. Be safe. I'm gonna be watching all this with a big smile on my face.
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Post by fernwood on Jul 8, 2018 9:11:54 GMT -5
I bet there is a knapper out there willing to give it a try. Someone about 60 miles from me does fluted points with flint.
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Post by HankRocks on Jul 8, 2018 9:48:39 GMT -5
Anytime and I am so incredibly happy for you I hope you sell em like crazy I owe you. I went to the warehouse and measured the crates and counted out the glass. I found much more than I first imagined, but must wait to see if I have it figured correctly. Found several unopened crates too. I am having to weld up brackets on an old 7000 pound trailer to get the heavy crates on it. I counted 6300 pounds of large 3mm plate in over 30 colors. The trailer will be maxed out with 700 and 1400 pound crates. 3000 pounds of smaller 2mm plate. That can be picked up in a bunch of small trips with a dolly. 600 pounds of bottled frit and rods. Basically a 10,000 pound lot with wide scale color in frit and plate. That works out to 625 - 16 pound melt bricks which can be stored in one of the barns like books on a shelf with a sawn face for easy reference. There are no nicer a bunch than the knapper bunch, I hope they are my predominate clients.(lots of studly men folk Allison, hint-hint) You're gonna need a bigger boat!!!! |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 8, 2018 9:50:30 GMT -5
I went to the warehouse and measured the crates and counted out the glass. I found much more than I first imagined, but must wait to see if I have it figured correctly. Found several unopened crates too. I am having to weld up brackets on an old 7000 pound trailer to get the heavy crates on it. I counted 6300 pounds of large 3mm plate in over 30 colors. The trailer will be maxed out with 700 and 1400 pound crates. 3000 pounds of smaller 2mm plate. That can be picked up in a bunch of small trips with a dolly. 600 pounds of bottled frit and rods. Basically a 10,000 pound lot with wide scale color in frit and plate. That works out to 625 - 16 pound melt bricks which can be stored in one of the barns like books on a shelf with a sawn face for easy reference. There are no nicer a bunch than the knapper bunch, I hope they are my predominate clients. Busy, busy, busy! How do you ever find the time to grace us with your presence, James? So you're beefing up the old trailer, again, how are the tires? How big of a mess can 6300 lbs of pretty glass make? Can't never be too safe. Good luck with that, James! Ha, I got the(old) trailer laid out so the big crates fit on it and get parked under the shed Jean. The entire front section of that trailer broke off hauling steel to Florida, never mind. So it can be unloaded bit at a time in my leisure. Got to patch a hole in one tire, found the leak. Might be able to plug it myself for the day anyway. |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 8, 2018 10:04:23 GMT -5
Holy crap, jamesp! Those spears our incredible! I am so very happy that the knappers are loving your glass. What a great affirmation of your hunch about them. It's so cool that they're already asking for specific colors. Can't wait to see what man-color custom bricks look like. It will be interesting to see the color combos they like for my own education, too. It's so awesome that you'll be able to play with glass and make some money doing it, too. Truly a perfect scenario for you, since you're a mad scientist and like concocting and experimenting. Kudos x10!
That is a whole lotta glass you have to pick up. If you have to, make a few trips. Be safe. I'm gonna be watching all this with a big smile on my face.
You have been a motivator magnifico Robin. It seems to all be falling into place. This load of glass sets me free to do tests on larger projects, the bricks. Those bricks have 100's of combinations. The cheap cost of the glass is a big hindrance, going wild on large bricks cheaply is totally liberating. I remelted some pendants out of this glass first time. Re-melt is important for composition. I had a hard time breaking them slamming them down on concrete, high strength for wicked thin/high detail spearheads. So the situation is way better. The edge trim off the bricks is perfect fodder for tumbled pendants. The glass art community not very familiar with brick melts, These outcomes could be quite revolutionary. Owning the rock saw a huge help. But the most important aspect of this whole project is melt able strong opaque color and the color not bleeding. These 2 points I learned on the first test melt. If you can simulate Fordite with glass melts you have a special situation for many compositions. Next test is will it tumble polish, don't see why not. |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 8, 2018 10:09:04 GMT -5
I owe you. I went to the warehouse and measured the crates and counted out the glass. I found much more than I first imagined, but must wait to see if I have it figured correctly. Found several unopened crates too. I am having to weld up brackets on an old 7000 pound trailer to get the heavy crates on it. I counted 6300 pounds of large 3mm plate in over 30 colors. The trailer will be maxed out with 700 and 1400 pound crates. 3000 pounds of smaller 2mm plate. That can be picked up in a bunch of small trips with a dolly. 600 pounds of bottled frit and rods. Basically a 10,000 pound lot with wide scale color in frit and plate. That works out to 625 - 16 pound melt bricks which can be stored in one of the barns like books on a shelf with a sawn face for easy reference. There are no nicer a bunch than the knapper bunch, I hope they are my predominate clients.(lots of studly men folk Allison, hint-hint) You're gonna need a bigger boat!!!! May reward myself with another trip to the Rio Henry. The glass has been a 6 month long road learning. I even lost 10 pounds that was not there to loose as it kept me hopping. |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 8, 2018 10:15:16 GMT -5
I bet there is a knapper out there willing to give it a try. Someone about 60 miles from me does fluted points with flint. What blows peoples minds is how those guys did it without metal tooling. They no one knows whether that flute is a blood let or a concavity to mount the stick to. It is a risky proposition to risk a spearhead for, and the result was not so necessary lest their be a reason us modern folks are unawares of. Maybe taking out a big mammoth required a blood groove. Lots of theories on that flute. Archaic/Woodland and Mississippi era has no fluted spears and what is with that. The flute one of the biggest mysteries of pre-man lithic. |
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Post by fernwood on Jul 8, 2018 10:39:08 GMT -5
When I was at camp long ago, we used fluted points to make arrows. Then had to make bows to shoot them at a target.
There was a large collection of points at the camp. Remember that we notched the tree branches first and then tied the points on them using animal hair and vines. The fluted area went into the branch. Used some pine pitch as glue. Fun times.
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Post by HankRocks on Jul 8, 2018 10:56:37 GMT -5
You're gonna need a bigger boat!!!! May reward myself with another trip to the Rio Henry. The glass has been a 6 month long road learning. I even lost 10 pounds that was not there to loose as it kept me hopping. Let me know if head this way, I need some of those Rio's myself. |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 8, 2018 11:25:42 GMT -5
May reward myself with another trip to the Rio Henry. The glass has been a 6 month long road learning. I even lost 10 pounds that was not there to loose as it kept me hopping. Let me know if head this way, I need some of those Rio's myself. Next time it will probably be after deer season when cool like February. August was warm out there. |
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Post by 1dave on Jul 8, 2018 13:20:08 GMT -5
I remember when dumping copper filings into molten glass was all the rage.
I'd like to see copper, silver, gold, Blood Red spear points!
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Post by jamesp on Jul 8, 2018 14:25:44 GMT -5
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Post by fernwood on Jul 8, 2018 14:49:53 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Jul 8, 2018 19:38:08 GMT -5
Looks like Willie finished 3, says he is saving the 4th slab for another time. He signed mine. #168,169 and 170 Beauties out of "Damascus" Still got 2 more Damascus coming back to me.   Next group of 4 out of "Neon Tiger"   |
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Post by toiv0 on Jul 8, 2018 21:16:12 GMT -5
May reward myself with another trip to the Rio Henry. The glass has been a 6 month long road learning. I even lost 10 pounds that was not there to loose as it kept me hopping. Let me know if head this way, I need some of those Rio's myself. I second HankRocks remark, lets go. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jul 8, 2018 21:17:54 GMT -5
So cool, a signed original out of your original Damascus mix. Looking forward to the other ones.
Neon Tiger looks really awesome. Bet that will make some knappers very happy!
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Post by jamesp on Jul 8, 2018 22:56:35 GMT -5
So cool, a signed original out of your original Damascus mix. Looking forward to the other ones. Neon Tiger looks really awesome. Bet that will make some knappers very happy!
Spent hours today taking names and introducing myself. Explaining what I can melt for them. Must have taken 50 connects from knapping group just today. Looks like can sell all I want. Posted 12 slabs Neon Tiger an hour ago, boom, gone. Doing them in groups of 3 slabs and they send me back a spearhead. Going to do 15 - 20 trades to get 15 - 20 spears, I love them. Plus the more they make and post the more others see them. 32 slab brick in kiln is gone. I can melt a big brick every 2 days in the big oven. 2 small ones every day in the small kiln. |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 9, 2018 18:41:06 GMT -5
Making stainless steel molds to increase space for glass. Fire brick eats all the space, the stainless will allow more space for recipes.  |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 11, 2018 3:45:21 GMT -5
Cut the above brick in half from 12"x9" to 6"X9". These are the first 6 inches of the half brick as sawn in progression. Right side being the heel. Brick casts are not so popular in glass fusion, they usually do slabs. So the brick method can make it's own type of crazy flow patterns. Don't judge a book by it's cover and had a bunch of offers to buy all 40 slabs @$14 each. Not selling till those guys continue to knapp spears with bubbles in the glass, so far so good. Waiting till 20 to 30 of them are content working with the bubbles. Then release to market.     |
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Post by MsAli on Jul 11, 2018 7:45:45 GMT -5
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