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Post by rockpickerforever on Feb 27, 2020 20:00:16 GMT -5
Very cool. I like angry brick. It was funny. As soon as me and wife looked at that brick face and both looked up at the same time and said "angry". Maybe it was the pepper sauce ? The pepper sauce? When you consumed it, or several hours afterwards? I like angry brick, too. Great description. Don't tell Denise, but she does great work. I like her melt blobs, look like candy.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 27, 2020 20:06:00 GMT -5
Awesome sauce! I like angry brick, too.
That 5-color turned out super cool. Looks like peacock feather colors. If those bubble holes in the bottom right slab were filled in, they'd be the eyes on the feathers.
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Post by jamesp on Feb 28, 2020 19:47:10 GMT -5
It was funny. As soon as me and wife looked at that brick face and both looked up at the same time and said "angry". Maybe it was the pepper sauce ? The pepper sauce? When you consumed it, or several hours afterwards? I like angry brick, too. Great description. Don't tell Denise, but she does great work. I like her melt blobs, look like candy. Ha, after consumption Jean. Denise will soon be running me over with her skills. She has a vendetta to pay back too lol.
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Post by jamesp on Feb 28, 2020 19:58:59 GMT -5
Awesome sauce! I like angry brick, too. That 5-color turned out super cool. Looks like peacock feather colors. If those bubble holes in the bottom right slab were filled in, they'd be the eyes on the feathers. The 5 color led me to do another 4 to 5 color melt. Except this time 2 plates per color were stacked in. So the lines and banding aren't so fine but in thicker layers. Check it out, 2 with double the layer thickness. 2 visiting Ridgebacks. This is they, 3 old sista wives and our younger (sterile) one in back. "The Girls" being lazy after a romp thru the woods.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 28, 2020 21:01:38 GMT -5
How cute! Love the puppie picture.
It'll be interesting to see that new melt. I kind of like of the thin lines. It'll be interesting to see which one appeals to me more.
Didn't get to the vibe with the glass today, unfortunately. Got busy and totally forgot. This weekend for sure I'll get her done.
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Post by jamesp on Feb 29, 2020 8:18:33 GMT -5
How cute! Love the puppie picture. It'll be interesting to see that new melt. I kind of like of the thin lines. It'll be interesting to see which one appeals to me more. Didn't get to the vibe with the glass today, unfortunately. Got busy and totally forgot. This weekend for sure I'll get her done.
No rush on my end Robin. I am rotary tumbling some bigger 'chunk' glass. Call it hammer broken. And they are pre-drilled. Well, the rotary has made no damage at all on the drilled holes in step 1 and step 2 even though these are heavier chunks of glass banging into each other. This pretty much enforces the theory that the vibe is responsible for the chips at bubbles and drilled holes. Which leads me to attempt rotary tumbling the glass thru all steps including pre-polish and polish which could be a challenge and add 15 to 20 day to each tumble batch. The double plate melt should be out this afternoon after cooling. There will be a difference. Anxious for feedback on them. The right pot is a basic stack of paired colors. The melt pot on the left has added small shards filling the sides of the paired glass stack. Another new unknown outcome. It may render the sides of the brick a whole different pattern. Lest they get drawn down the hole as the plates are drawn down the hole together. The bricks are so big that it is not an issue if the brick was divided into say 4 different patterns and separated by the saw. Sawing a given pattern at different angles creates plenty of pattern variability.
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Post by jamesp on Mar 1, 2020 12:24:26 GMT -5
Yesterday's bricks. Each melted in pairs of each color. So thicker banding. Also increased thickness from 2 1/8" to 2 1/2" and 2 7/8" which was a bad idea. These thicker bricks have substantial cracks through out. 1 3/4" to 2 1/8" bricks are crack free. Any thicker causes cracking problems. These cross sections are close to center brick, not the best location for the best patterns.
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Post by 1dave on Mar 1, 2020 14:19:44 GMT -5
Yesterday's bricks. Each melted in pairs of each color. So thicker banding. Also increased thickness from 2 1/8" to 2 1/2" and 2 7/8" which was a bad idea. These thicker bricks have substantial cracks through out. 1 3/4" to 2 1/8" bricks are crack free. Any thicker causes cracking problems. These cross sections are close to center brick, not the best location for the best patterns. Smaller amount should also get a thinner brick. REMELT!
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Post by jamesp on Mar 1, 2020 16:11:46 GMT -5
Yesterday's bricks. Each melted in pairs of each color. So thicker banding. Also increased thickness from 2 1/8" to 2 1/2" and 2 7/8" which was a bad idea. These thicker bricks have substantial cracks through out. 1 3/4" to 2 1/8" bricks are crack free. Any thicker causes cracking problems. These cross sections are close to center brick, not the best location for the best patterns. Smaller amount should also get a thinner brick. REMELT! Many types of glass can be remelted 1dave. This one is not a good remelt glass. If the temperature is raised over the required 1490 it gets brittle on remelt. Friendly on 1st melt. Well above average. One chance melt is all ya get.
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Post by Benathema on Mar 1, 2020 20:13:37 GMT -5
Arrived late to the party. This thread, these pieces, patterns... mesmerizing
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Post by jamesp on Mar 2, 2020 15:03:34 GMT -5
Late but not too drunk is quite acceptable Benathema. Thanks for the words. The last brick and 1/3 of the other sawn from a plethora of angles. These last 2 bricks totaled 28 pounds. These 2 recent bricks were sawn at many angles revealing the variety of patterns throughout the bricks. Quite a game changer. Raining. ( hummingbirdstones, these are the ones the colors were doubled up on. Still plenty of stretch to thin the layers.) So when making cuts it is best to study the edge view to predict the patterns after the cut. This is one view to help the analysis. Best to look at all edges of a sawn block before making determination: Garage Rocker These should make a splash on CCD's.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Mar 2, 2020 15:19:18 GMT -5
Wow, some really colorful stuff in those last few pictures. These are my favorites. I assume these were cut at an angle? Chuck
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Post by jamesp on Mar 2, 2020 17:39:35 GMT -5
Wow, some really colorful stuff in those last few pictures. These are my favorites. I assume these were cut at an angle? Chuck Well the brick is like 20 different colored thick balloons inside of each other and then packed in an 11"x6"x2" mold. So all layers are in a flattened rectangular globe shape each inside the other. It is complicated because it was poured from a bowl with a 1.5 inch bottom hole with stacked glass plates of glass in it from above. I guess the word is tangent and radially. You can saw from the center out to the outer diameter of the brick shaped globe (radially) to get perfect 'across layers' cuts. Or you can saw with the layers to get a tangential cut with the layers. Or a component of each direction. It gets complicated. Best if you have a 2"x2"x4" block to perplex your own mind sawing it for target patterns. I have sawed enough similar bricks to know what to expect from various sections of such a brick pour. The corners act quite a bit different because of the 90 degree turn. The center 4" circle of the brick is much more mixed randomly. In the center of the brick is like a reverse volcanic shaft, the glass is pouring out of a hole in a bowl above and filling the brick mold. The ones you chose as favorites are sawn ACROSS the reverse volcanic shaft. So the(close to) center 4"x4" section of the 11x6 inch brick is sawn out, then turned on it's side and then sawn for 4x4 inch slabs. Just like sawing a slab across the width of a volcanic shaft. You could actually cut the out pour of glass thru the 1.5 inch hole every 3/8" to create extrusions or extruded cabs. Like a cookie maker. OMG 10 wraps are mega mind blaster's Chuck !! Them thangs are hot as Georgia asphalt. Couldn't pry them away from wife.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Mar 2, 2020 21:07:47 GMT -5
Quite a game changer. Raining. ( hummingbirdstones , these are the ones the colors were doubled up on. Still plenty of stretch to thin the layers.) It's a color explosion!
In addition to Chuck's favorites, I also really like the top right slab in the peacock colors. Of course, there are so many cool slabs in these pictures, it's actually quite difficult to pick out just a couple.
jamesp I thought I'd be able to pick a favorite between the single and doubles, but nope. I like them both!
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Post by jamesp on Mar 2, 2020 21:58:20 GMT -5
I probably ought to change it up and do something other than this style pot melt hummingbirdstones. There are plenty of other very different projects but these crazy manipulations are not common. Searches for other melts that are so intensely manipulated yield no success. Looks like a good time to do a similar melt with the other available brands of fusible glass to see if this behavior is related to the import glass or the actual geometrical pot melt set up. If it is the discontinued glass allowing the crazy patterns it might be a good idea to continue making it.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Mar 2, 2020 22:06:57 GMT -5
Agreed. Get a few 12" squares and see what happens with them. If it doesn't behave the same way as the import glass, you have your answer.
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Post by jamesp on Mar 3, 2020 9:00:05 GMT -5
Agreed. Get a few 12" squares and see what happens with them. If it doesn't behave the same way as the import glass, you have your answer. I don't want others to be able to mimic the psychedelic jagged bands using the Spectrum, Wissmach or Bulls Eye brand glass sold here in the US Robin. That would give me a trademark pattern because I have about the only stock of the import brand left in the world.
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Post by RocksInNJ on Mar 3, 2020 11:40:49 GMT -5
How do you not suffer from headaches and dizziness from staring at that all day?
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Post by jamesp on Mar 3, 2020 22:20:26 GMT -5
How do you not suffer from headaches and dizziness from staring at that all day? Limit viewing time RocksInNJ .
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Post by fernwood on Mar 3, 2020 23:35:42 GMT -5
Really like the flames in the 3rd photo, bottom row.
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