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Post by jamesp on Jul 23, 2018 4:08:50 GMT -5
hummingbirdstones fernwood MsAliI have received quite a few spear heads from the knappers at this point. I am entering a few of them into a loose contractural offer. This would be with 3 knappers that really liked working my glass and were timely responsible and talented. Friendly and fair, exuberant about working with my glass. I will trade 4 - 6 inch slabs for 3 - 2 inch notched arrowheads from one of the slabs. I will provide a library of glass for them to pick their 3 slabs from. The 2 inch arrowheads primarily for resale here in the Atlanta jewelry market. Notched for easy wire wrap. I really like the team effort concept. Marriage of skills. Here is a point from each of the 3 invited, points sitting on "The Contract": 
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Post by jamesp on Jul 23, 2018 4:12:15 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Jul 23, 2018 4:19:18 GMT -5
Tribal patterns melt bricks   |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 23, 2018 4:35:49 GMT -5
Melted all opaque red-orange-yellow(in that repetitive order) shards last night. This time the shards were laid in at a 5 degree angle to the saw cut so the shards would be sawn across the intersections of the layers. Hoping to hit all three intersections with the saw blade across the face of the slab. That would spread out the 'mix' layers across the width of the 6 inch slab were the color mixes from red to orange, orange to yellow as those transitions can reveal wicked color mixing via feathering. Make sense ? May have to do opaque red-translucent red-opaque orange-translucent orange-opaque yellow-translucent yellow to increase color mixing at transitions. It would be like the red/orange/yellow end of the spectrum. Like the right half of this photo but the colors should not be so regimented:  |
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Post by fernwood on Jul 23, 2018 5:43:56 GMT -5
Love the opal points.
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Post by MsAli on Jul 23, 2018 8:02:45 GMT -5
Those opals are incredible
You've got a good thing going with them
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jul 23, 2018 8:48:26 GMT -5
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jul 23, 2018 8:50:07 GMT -5
Now that you have "The Contract", does that make you the Godfather of Glass?  |
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Post by 1dave on Jul 23, 2018 9:08:44 GMT -5
So we can expect Rainbow points in the future?
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Post by jamesp on Jul 23, 2018 15:01:55 GMT -5
Now that you have "The Contract", does that make you the Godfather of Glass? or at least the Daddy of Variety  |
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Post by MsAli on Jul 23, 2018 16:45:13 GMT -5
Now that you have "The Contract", does that make you the Godfather of Glass?  or at least the Daddy of Variety That is sweeeetttt |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jul 23, 2018 19:26:51 GMT -5
or at least the Daddy of Variety That is sweeeetttt Double sweet! |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 24, 2018 19:00:49 GMT -5
The tiger stripe pattern was cast with several different glasses to test strength of bond since the bonds ran across the point where it is most likely to break. Two of the glasses caused fractures in the bricks, got them isolated. 20 color melts will tell that story. Trading glass for points with 3 guys. Chose them because they were game. Willie and the yellow/lavender  Clint with one from each   Steve adds a hafting provision at bottom  I cast a brighter tiger pattern. Got 4 bricks in the kiln with mostly clear glass mixes.  |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jul 24, 2018 20:07:34 GMT -5
Very nice! The tiger patterns look good. Can't wait to see what the clear melts look like.
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Post by MsAli on Jul 24, 2018 21:14:18 GMT -5
The little arrowheads are cute and remind me of a coral reef fish for some reason
Love the patterns.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jul 24, 2018 21:19:22 GMT -5
The little arrowheads are cute and remind me of a coral reef fish for some reason Love the patterns. They do, don't they? Like those little clown fish. |
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Post by MsAli on Jul 24, 2018 22:32:24 GMT -5
The little arrowheads are cute and remind me of a coral reef fish for some reason Love the patterns. They do, don't they? Like those little clown fish. I think jamesp needs to send some to kk to carve some fish😁 |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 25, 2018 4:04:34 GMT -5
kk, will you do glass ? I see clown fish in your future  I can do that melt MsAli
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Post by jamesp on Jul 25, 2018 4:37:42 GMT -5
So I have figured out how to expedite the 30"x32"x1/8" thick glass for 6x6 and 6x9 inch brick molds.
First and foremost it is dirty and must be cleaned.
Next task is cutting to optimum size pieces for brick molds.
Yesterday I laid a beach towel down on a big table and used windex to clean both sides of big sheet.
Then slashed the plate across every 2 to 3 inches using glass cutter and tapped on it w/rubber mallet to break it into 30 inch long strips.
Then nipped the strips into 2"x2" and 2"x3" pieces. The perfect size for the brick molds to create arrowhead and jewelry slabs at 1.5+ inches wide.
In 2 hours I had chopped up 10 colors, 12 pounds(the weight of a sheet) each color. Total 120 pounds.
The 6x6 takes 7 pounds glass, the 6x9 takes 10 pounds.
Fast and easy reduction of the glass this way. Easy enough to train a helper in minutes.
For more intricate patterns the 2x2 and 2x3 pieces can be reduced further with hand nippers.
The 2x2 and 2x3 pieces are stored in 5 gallon plant pots.
The finished bricks can be stored in a shelf with sawn face showing like a heavy book shelf.
One problem is a lack of crucial colors like white opaque and clear.
Clear can be substituted with light amber, light green, light blue, etc.
Opaque white is a problem. Need to have white. Bullseye white should be compatible for melting.
Bullseye brand glass should be compatible since it is also COE 90. In case other colors are needed or run low.
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Post by fernwood on Jul 25, 2018 4:48:37 GMT -5
Pretty soon you will have an "assembly line" style production crew cutting glass.
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I can do that melt 
