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Post by jamesp on Jul 19, 2018 7:46:32 GMT -5
James, you really scored on that glass! Glad you got most of it home without incident. Nice that they helped load with their forklift. I see you got some lime green and black. Perfect colors for camo! That old trailer was bought out of retirement. It has fine HD axles under it. Guessing I was one to two thousand pounds over. Glad to have it backed into the barn and on site. Only a 10 mile trip from warehouse district so it was a short ride. Unloaded about 50 sheets last night. Darned if the first stack had 39 sheets of green adventurine glass with the sparkles. The Asian folks have it labeled 'sparkling green'. Must have mica in it, some kind of beautiful glass. 10 sheets of US adventurine would have cost as much as I paid for the whole load. Got it scheduled for a mix with bright opaque yellow. |
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Post by fernwood on Jul 19, 2018 7:49:04 GMT -5
I love the green spotted melts. Reminds me of the frogs/toads around here.
Nice score on the glass.
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Post by jamesp on Jul 19, 2018 7:50:03 GMT -5
Sawing across brick the tiger pattern is shifting to "Demonic Shadows". Glass flow changes center brick.  |
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 19, 2018 7:52:43 GMT -5
Sawing across brick the tiger pattern is shifting to "Demonic Shadows". Glass flow changes center brick.
Those are GORGEOUS!
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Post by jamesp on Jul 19, 2018 7:53:53 GMT -5
I love the green spotted melts. Reminds me of the frogs/toads around here. Nice score on the glass. One of the glass blowers is fond of green frog patterns and colors Beth. That guy should have designed all frog skin. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 19, 2018 7:57:37 GMT -5
James, you really scored on that glass! Glad you got most of it home without incident. Nice that they helped load with their forklift. I see you got some lime green and black. Perfect colors for camo! That old trailer was bought out of retirement. It has fine HD axles under it. Guessing I was one to two thousand pounds over. Glad to have it backed into the barn and on site. Only a 10 mile trip from warehouse district so it was a short ride. Unloaded about 50 sheets last night. Darned if the first stack had 39 sheets of green adventurine glass with the sparkles. The Asian folks have it labeled 'sparkling green'. Must have mica in it, some kind of beautiful glass. 10 sheets of US adventurine would have cost as much as I paid for the whole load. Got it scheduled for a mix with bright opaque yellow. Glad your trailer was up to the task. You didn't post the photo the sparkling green and black, but I saw it on your Flickr page. That'll be cool with opaque yellow! |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 19, 2018 8:00:27 GMT -5
Sawing across brick the tiger pattern is shifting to "Demonic Shadows". Glass flow changes center brick. Those are GORGEOUS! Brick melting is sort of an unknown in the fusing world Tela. Extreme patterns do able. Melt pouring out of bowls over a variety of stainless steel baffles is one method. I suppose I should keep my before melt glass arrangements proprietary form the glass community to avoid duplication. This pattern you complimented is brain dead simple but nearly impossible to guess how it was done. My wife stacks the glass in order and hands them to me in handleable doses as I load them into the mold. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 19, 2018 8:02:54 GMT -5
Brick melting is sort of an unknown in the fusing world Tela. Extreme patterns do able. Melt pouring out of bowls over a variety of stainless steel baffles is one method. I suppose I should keep my before melt glass arrangements proprietary form the glass community to avoid duplication. This pattern you complimented is brain dead simple but nearly impossible to guess how it was done. My wife stacks the glass in order and hands them to me in handleable doses as I load them into the mold.
YES! Do keep your secrets- else someone else WILL compete with your own. That pattern in particular is amazing- both of them, though I do like the smoke even more.
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Post by jamesp on Jul 19, 2018 8:03:11 GMT -5
That old trailer was bought out of retirement. It has fine HD axles under it. Guessing I was one to two thousand pounds over. Glad to have it backed into the barn and on site. Only a 10 mile trip from warehouse district so it was a short ride. Unloaded about 50 sheets last night. Darned if the first stack had 39 sheets of green adventurine glass with the sparkles. The Asian folks have it labeled 'sparkling green'. Must have mica in it, some kind of beautiful glass. 10 sheets of US adventurine would have cost as much as I paid for the whole load. Got it scheduled for a mix with bright opaque yellow. Glad your trailer was up to the task. You didn't post the photo the sparkling green and black, but I saw it on your Flickr page. That'll be cool with opaque yellow! Being that about 10 sheets of the adventurine is broken I suppose i will finish breaking it for melt time today. |
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Post by HankRocks on Jul 19, 2018 8:45:51 GMT -5
jamesp Good score on that glass. Now that you are a full fledged "glass-man" all those rocks you have must be getting in the way. I can go ahead and get those out of the way for you. How big a trailer do you think I will need to hold them all?  I know all those Rio's you got are homesick!!
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jul 19, 2018 9:06:37 GMT -5
Oh boy, glass heaven! You are gonna have all kinds of fun with all those colors. Love that pink/black combo.
jamesp - what's your Flickr account? I wanna see aventurine green, too. |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 19, 2018 9:20:34 GMT -5
jamesp Good score on that glass. Now that you are a full fledged "glass-man" all those rocks you have must be getting in the way. I can go ahead and get those out of the way for you. How big a trailer do you think I will need to hold them all? I know all those Rio's you got are homesick!! Your welcome over to the Rio pile. Just pay attention to the monofilament trip wires connected to the funny looking 3/4 water pipe drop arm rigs loaded with 12 ga buck. They work well on deer, figure you could weather the those little pellets quite well. |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 19, 2018 9:30:10 GMT -5
Oh boy, glass heaven! You are gonna have all kinds of fun with all those colors. Love that pink/black combo. jamesp - what's your Flickr account? I wanna see aventurine green, too. Let's see how these photos did. I figured out the numbering system on the label. 1/39 means one of 39 sheets. 39 x 3mm = 117mm or 4.5 inches of green adventurine or 12 pounds x 39 = like 450 pounds ! i put them in the shelf last night and was saying holy smokes how much of this is here. i suppose some recipes need to be developed for dark green adventurine. Hard to photo the sparkle, particles visible   |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 19, 2018 9:31:57 GMT -5
There is way more glass than I thought. could be more like 5 tons instead of 3 tons.
Hard to tell with that trailer because it has old axle tubes that don't sag like the cheaper new ones.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jul 19, 2018 9:40:20 GMT -5
Oh boy, glass heaven! You are gonna have all kinds of fun with all those colors. Love that pink/black combo. jamesp - what's your Flickr account? I wanna see aventurine green, too. Let's see how these photos did. I figured out the numbering system on the label. 1/39 means one of 39 sheets. 39 x 3mm = 117mm or 4.5 inches of green adventurine or 12 pounds x 39 = like 450 pounds ! i put them in the shelf last night and was saying holy smokes how much of this is here. i suppose some recipes need to be developed for dark green adventurine. Hard to photo the sparkle, particles visible Pretty! You'll be able to come up with some really good combos using that. Thanks for posting them up for me. |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 19, 2018 10:30:15 GMT -5
hummingbirdstones If you open most any of my photos it should let you in to my flickr stuff.
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Post by aDave on Jul 19, 2018 10:45:17 GMT -5
jamesp , I think it's pretty awesome that you've found this niche with the knappers. Simply sitting on the outside looking in, it seems as if the return for the time spent producing (and ultimately selliing) bricks slabs is far greater greater than what you might have seen with creating and marketing the pendants. With the bricks slabs, it appears that it is much less labor intensive, and you have a great amount of willing buyers. Seems like a "win" to me. Congratulations.
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Post by HankRocks on Jul 19, 2018 11:00:26 GMT -5
jamesp Good score on that glass. Now that you are a full fledged "glass-man" all those rocks you have must be getting in the way. I can go ahead and get those out of the way for you. How big a trailer do you think I will need to hold them all? I know all those Rio's you got are homesick!! Your welcome over to the Rio pile. Just pay attention to the monofilament trip wires connected to the funny looking 3/4 water pipe drop arm rigs loaded with 12 ga buck. They work well on deer, figure you could weather the those little pellets quite well. Buckshot! Us Texas boys been wrestling with Mesquite, Huiasche, Lechuguilla, and countless other thorned plants all our lives. Buckshot is sort of feels like a Luffa  |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 19, 2018 11:37:51 GMT -5
jamesp, I think it's pretty awesome that you've found this niche with the knappers. Simply sitting on the outside looking in, it seems as if the return for the time spent producing (and ultimately selliing) bricks is far greater greater than what you might have seen with creating and marketing the pendants. With the bricks, it appears that it is much less labor intensive, and you have a great amount of willing buyers. Seems like a "win" to me. Congratulations. Sawing 3 to 4 bricks at a time on the 18 inch rock saw Dave. GOTTA see the guts, funnest part of the whole process. so I can't sell bricks, must mesmerize at their innards. Just listed 3 sets 4 slabs - BOOM - sold at midday. A listing for $50:  |
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Post by aDave on Jul 19, 2018 11:40:03 GMT -5
jamesp, I meant the slabs. Sorry about that.
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