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Post by MsAli on Aug 17, 2018 14:20:33 GMT -5
He is too busy on FB showing off his creations
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 17, 2018 14:27:21 GMT -5
Undoubtedly. He is quite proud, and rightfully so, of the fruits of his new passion.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 19, 2018 4:14:55 GMT -5
Y'all can thank my crazy neighbor/nursery worker Mona for the stuffed catfish. That thing has freaked out dozens. No telling what that Kentucky child may come up with. Looks like abuse at this moment. Her and her baby sister were great employees in the plant biz.  |
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Post by jamesp on Aug 19, 2018 4:17:21 GMT -5
Undoubtedly. He is quite proud, and rightfully so, of the fruits of his new passion. I can't keep up with demands Jean. Not to mention the points that need compliments. these guys are having too much fun working the glass. Monster created, but fun. |
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Post by jamesp on Aug 19, 2018 4:24:59 GMT -5
He is too busy on FB showing off his creations Trying to keep up with their creations Alison. I send them 5-10 slabs and they post bunches of points I feel I owe compliment too. That site is complicated, easy to neglect if you don't pay attention. they keep me hopping. They bought me a larger kiln though. Getting ready to put it on em. Surmounting a substantial amount of fine jewelry points in trade organized by artist. This collection far more valuable than any financial gain. |
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Post by jamesp on Aug 19, 2018 4:27:30 GMT -5
Not that the glass inventory isn't impressive..... but what is that hanging up in the upper left side of this picture?  Have had people jump out of skin when they see that thing Tela. Especially if walked in thru the side door. It looks too real. |
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Post by jamesp on Aug 19, 2018 4:48:00 GMT -5
Ditto! I was wondering, too. All that glass in their cubbies is eye candy for me! Great job on that, jamesp. It's a lot of work to organize something like that. Did you make the organizing units? It looks great. Those units were Bullseye glass crates Robin. All that was needed was a divider installed. Oh me, I have enough glass variety to really go crazy now. Just outside that barn is a high flow water pump and a 'plant kitchen' where we used to prep 1000's of seedlings and break down pot bound plants. It has the perfect layout for reducing glass in bulk. Easier to screen and grade broken and crushed glass to various sizes. Bigger kiln being placed next to glass stock, have a couple of welding receptacles already wired up in there. Technically a 200 amp monster kiln could be built in that room since that 200 service has nothing to do anymore. A large kiln built on a cement slab using fireplace brick is a relatively simple project since it does not have to be moved. Can be made with super thick walls and high efficiency. Local brick store has some giant solid fire brick. A brick kiln is not much different than building with Lego's. It would be cheaper to melt a dozen bricks at a time. There is another glass supply house shutting the door in Atlanta, hmmmm |
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Post by jamesp on Aug 19, 2018 4:50:44 GMT -5
A stuffed (plush) catfish. jamesp has had that hanging up there for a coons age. A staple in all photos from that barn/shed. Get's one to thinking.... Interesting...I was leaning toward sturgeon.  Some form of catfish rendition Dave lol. It is actually a bed pillow. May have to think about sleeping w/that thing a moment... |
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Post by jamesp on Aug 19, 2018 4:52:13 GMT -5
I was leaning towards a combo taxy project of a fish and a bird. Look at the beak on that thing. Kind of like the popular WI taxy of a Jackalope. Standard in most drinking establishments. A Taxy project of a rabbit with some small deer horns attached. Lots of deer butts in bars down this way. Might be some lonely boys after hours  ? |
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Post by jamesp on Aug 19, 2018 5:08:45 GMT -5
This fellow does laser accurate work. Must have microscope eyes. This color/pattern definitely the most sought after. Easy easy to make. I don't have a lot of black glass, tried dark purple in a test since there is tons of it and you can not tell it from black. Also, the black glass is the absolute hardest, this dark purple flakes/knaps/flows much easier. Note that I tumble samples of all of this glass and thru the tumbling process a great deal is learned about the hardness and toughness of the glass. Also well annealed glass does not chip much when sawing, poorly annealed glass throws much bigger chips. Such mechanical processes/tests are really helping understand cooking fine knapping glass. Sort of a new frontier. Also having an army of knappers out there too gives feedback on mechanical qualities. By Adam Lageveen in Oklahoma   |
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Post by 1dave on Aug 19, 2018 8:42:00 GMT -5
Undoubtedly. He is quite proud, and rightfully so, of the fruits of his new passion. I can't keep up with demands Jean. Not to mention the points that need compliments. these guys are having too much fun working the glass. Monster created, but fun. Make sure it doesn't become WORK. |
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Post by Rockoonz on Aug 19, 2018 9:48:31 GMT -5
The tough black glass makes sense, it's probably carbon black (lamp black).
Reason most rubber items are black, carbon adds strength.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Aug 19, 2018 10:32:18 GMT -5
I can't keep up with demands Jean. Not to mention the points that need compliments. these guys are having too much fun working the glass. Monster created, but fun. Make sure it doesn't become WORK. Excellent advice! Are you listening, jamesp? |
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Post by HankRocks on Aug 19, 2018 10:52:26 GMT -5
Make sure it doesn't become WORK. Excellent advice! Are you listening, jamesp ? You were warned that something like this might happen if you didn't get a hobby!!  |
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Post by jamesp on Aug 20, 2018 3:02:29 GMT -5
Excellent advice! Are you listening, jamesp ? You were warned that something like this might happen if you didn't get a hobby!! Well now I love melting this stuff. Even more so watching the points the knapper's make. Especially the brick glass since it is a bit of a new frontier. There are no books or tuts on making decorative brick. Since you can pour into a mold thru orifice or baffle it allows liberal pattern mixes. Not a single book and not a book with much info in any given chapter so far. In another 6 months and 100 bricks later I'll write an extensive volume. he he Problem is that you need a rock saw to reduce the bricks to slabs, then you can remelt the slabs into other projects. A 3 brick melt a week keeps the bills paid and some. That still leaves a couple of more melts in the week running a single kiln. Here is an example of one of the money maker knapping request melt consisting of 3 bricks. Less than 2 hours labor for $500. Not counting cook time, sawing, selling and shipping. Four sheets of glass, 30"x32', chopped up freehand with a glass cutter into roughly 2"x4" squares to fit in 6"x9" mold. Time - 30 minutes.  Line molds with kiln paper and stack glass in mold. The small mold is an 'avalanche' melt, stacked high and to one side making psychedelic swirl. Time - 20 minutes.  Cook Remove forms and clean, clean up kiln. Start over. Time - 10 minutes |
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Post by jamesp on Aug 20, 2018 3:40:00 GMT -5
The tough black glass makes sense, it's probably carbon black (lamp black). Reason most rubber items are black, carbon adds strength. Most of the black glass I work with is dark purple or dark brown. This load of glass came with only 15 sheets of glass labeled 'black'. But it came with 40 sheets of dark purple, so dark in fact that it is useless for anything but a black substitute. I use lots of black so the 400 pounds of dark purple is valuable to me. Another 400 pounds of super dark green came with this batch. Also useless, but it too passes for black glass. Here is the most likely ingredient, good ole rust: "glassmakers produced black glass bottles on this continent and in Europe from the mid 1600s up through the latter part of the 1900s. The term Black glass refers to glass usually in shades of dark green and amber. Often the glass is so dense that the color appears black. The dark color results from impurities in the glass batch, or as a result of the proportions of the ingredients used. The primary agent producing the color is iron oxide, although other substances can produce the effect as well. Not only do this oxide turn the glass dark green or amber, but it strengthens the glass as well." Ha, orange and dark purple, who would ever know ? Just don't tell the artist please. Bear's orange and (purple) knife  Bear  |
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Post by jamesp on Aug 20, 2018 3:53:30 GMT -5
Willie Jester using avalanche brick swirl with higher percentage transparent. First attempt at high percent transparent swirl brick. Willie a young fellow, these are like #240 to #247. Has been knapping 3 years, a natural. I'd say he is addicted to this transparent swirl. Can't send him too much or he won't get any sleep.   This one just posted by Willie "Candy Corn"  |
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Post by jamesp on Aug 20, 2018 4:13:15 GMT -5
Sent 2 of these narrow slabs out to 8 random knappers to 'do as they will' with them. A higher temp high density glass I want them to test. 1st photo back, point by Casey Mustion   Thin strips at top are test slivers. They stayed together during tile sawing, signifies strength/stability.  |
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Post by fernwood on Aug 20, 2018 5:11:43 GMT -5
Great points. You have the system down to a science.
Always great to be able to earn some money doing something you love.
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Post by 1dave on Aug 20, 2018 8:41:29 GMT -5
jamesp You were warned that something like this might happen if you didn't get a hobby!! Well now I love melting this stuff. Even more so watching the points the knapper's make. Especially the brick glass since it is a bit of a new frontier. There are no books or tuts on making decorative brick. Since you can pour into a mold thru orifice or baffle it allows liberal pattern mixes. Not a single book and not a book with much info in any given chapter so far. In another 6 months and 100 bricks later I'll write an extensive volume. he he Problem is that you need a rock saw to reduce the bricks to slabs, then you can remelt the slabs into other projects. A 3 brick melt a week keeps the bills paid and some. That still leaves a couple of more melts in the week running a single kiln. Here is an example of one of the money maker knapping request melt consisting of 3 bricks. Less than 2 hours labor for $500. Not counting cook time, sawing, selling and shipping. Four sheets of glass, 30"x32', chopped up freehand with a glass cutter into roughly 2"x4" squares to fit in 6"x9" mold. Time - 30 minutes. Line molds with kiln paper and stack glass in mold. The small mold is an 'avalanche' melt, stacked high and to one side making psychedelic swirl. Time - 20 minutes. Cook Remove forms and clean, clean up kiln. Start over. Time - 10 minutes You wrote the book with the above! |
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