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Post by jamesp on Jun 8, 2019 7:08:30 GMT -5
SmugMug is an excellent photo hosting site. Similar to flickr in many ways. The glass photos were taken over the past 18 months. Mostly home melted glass that was tumbled. A lapper, home made tumbling equipment, a fire pit business and other subjects speckled throughout going back to when I joined RTH. Most of the tumbling expenditures were recaptured in a most peculiar way by selling slabs of glass to arrowhead knappers go figure. It has been an interesting ride. jim-price.smugmug.com/Jim-Price/The glass tumbles are stock piled and never marketed. Glass slabs were sold throughout 2018 to arrowhead making artisans and resulting income financed most of the tumbling and sawing equipment. A sample of their handy work:
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Post by fernwood on Jun 8, 2019 7:25:22 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing. The knappers work is amazing. Your tumbled glass is also very special. Thanks for sharing some with me.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 8, 2019 7:34:43 GMT -5
Don't forget puppies... lots of puppies.
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Post by Rockindad on Jun 8, 2019 7:48:08 GMT -5
Never thought I would be interested in glass for tumbling as my interest was in showcasing the beauty of nature. Well after seeing so many of your posts I bought a quantity of colored glass pieces to tumble. Watching them evolve has been a lot of fun, thanks for the inspiration. Beautiful work, yours and the knappers.
Al
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Post by jamesp on Jun 8, 2019 8:56:34 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing. The knappers work is amazing. Your tumbled glass is also very special. Thanks for sharing some with me. You are most welcome fernwood. Thanks for the words.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 8, 2019 9:32:21 GMT -5
Don't forget puppies... lots of puppies. We breed a 3 years young dog a month ago Tela. She has been lazy as if pregnant for the past week. Denise took her for a sonogram yesterday and found she was not pregnant. She milked us for the pampering. Looks like the hot weather was the reason for the laziness. The stud dog was brought on from out of state and apparently was here for a cheap fling. He too was pampered.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 8, 2019 9:34:09 GMT -5
Don't forget puppies... lots of puppies. We breed a 3 years young dog a month ago Tela. She has been lazy as if pregnant for the past week. Denise took her for a sonogram yesterday and found she was not pregnant. She milked us for the pampering. Looks like the hot weather was the reason for the laziness. The stud dog was brought on from out of state and apparently was here for a cheap fling. He too was pampered. Milking it for all it's worth. Funny.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 8, 2019 9:34:21 GMT -5
Never thought I would be interested in glass for tumbling as my interest was in showcasing the beauty of nature. Well after seeing so many of your posts I bought a quantity of colored glass pieces to tumble. Watching them evolve has been a lot of fun, thanks for the inspiration. Beautiful work, yours and the knappers. Al Good luck with the glass Rockindad. And thanks for the words.
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Post by Toad on Jun 8, 2019 9:42:00 GMT -5
Ditto - Amazing glass and arrowheads.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Jun 8, 2019 9:51:40 GMT -5
You've been up to your ass in glass. Always been a prolific photographer too, fed many an interesting thread, James. Those are some nice pendants you turned out. There are so many interesting patterns in that glass, many opportunities for abstract photography. Thanks for documenting your work and sharing! ETA, those points are sweet!
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Post by jamesp on Jun 9, 2019 9:47:28 GMT -5
Lol Garage Rocker. The glass does invite macro photos. I have no smoking good camera but do OK with what is here. Hey, if you can melt your own 'banded agates' it makes for interesting results when tumbled. That black eye was a strange finding. A bubble hole was in the patterned white glass, it was laid on a piece of black sheet. When cooked like a sandwich the black glass rose and filled the hole. Poppy patterns are rare in glass but using this trick quite doable. Looking forward to getting back to melting more. Been in bed for a few days waiting for the back to heal, stay healthy my man.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 9, 2019 9:49:48 GMT -5
Ditto - Amazing glass and arrowheads. Thanks Toad, lots of fun with the glass. Shaving patterned material away via tumbler is always a rush.
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Post by TheRock on Jun 10, 2019 9:58:26 GMT -5
Looking Good Jim!
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Post by victor1941 on Jun 10, 2019 16:21:09 GMT -5
James, I love the glass photo's and hope your back heals quickly. Your glass work is absolutely stunning.
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Post by NRG on Jun 12, 2019 7:41:01 GMT -5
As always, spectacular eye candy.
¡Felicidades desde España!
What is driving the flat lap? How many rippums does it have?
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Post by jamesp on Jun 16, 2019 7:32:43 GMT -5
As always, spectacular eye candy. ¡Felicidades desde España! What is driving the flat lap? How many rippums does it have? 1/4 HP 1725 motor Scott. Geared down to spin about 800 rippums. 2:1 v-belt. Enough torque to grind big glass bricks but they do slow it down. The glass does wear out the lapper disc diamonds, much less than agates though. It was a slap together from scraps. Build a jig and a welder could crank them out quickly.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 16, 2019 7:36:11 GMT -5
James, I love the glass photo's and hope your back heals quickly. Your glass work is absolutely stunning. And that is because of the massive pile of art glass I found as a salvage purchase victor1941. Piling/arranging 40 colors of glass plates in a mold and hitting the heat button does not take much skill.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 16, 2019 7:44:23 GMT -5
Looking Good Jim! If I had your shop things would work better TheRock. The glass shop is a grade A mess which may assist abstract compositions ?@#$
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Post by HankRocks on Jun 16, 2019 7:52:33 GMT -5
James, I love the glass photo's and hope your back heals quickly. Your glass work is absolutely stunning. And that is because of the massive pile of art glass I found as a salvage purchase victor1941 . Piling/arranging 40 colors of glass plates in a mold and hitting the heat button does not take much skill. You're understating your skill here. It did take you some time and effort to figure out how to do the glass in the first place, not all glass was created equal as I remember. That and you have the persistence and gumption to find the deals on the glass in the first place. I think just tagging along with you on one of your buying exploration trips would be worth college credit!! probably at the Masters or Doctorate level at that. Keep up the good work. Henry
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Post by jamesp on Jun 16, 2019 19:55:10 GMT -5
And that is because of the massive pile of art glass I found as a salvage purchase victor1941 . Piling/arranging 40 colors of glass plates in a mold and hitting the heat button does not take much skill. You're understating your skill here. It did take you some time and effort to figure out how to do the glass in the first place, not all glass was created equal as I remember. That and you have the persistence and gumption to find the deals on the glass in the first place. I think just tagging along with you on one of your buying exploration trips would be worth college credit!! probably at the Masters or Doctorate level at that. Keep up the good work. Henry Repurposing scrap metal has strongly effected my life Henry. Scrap materials in general for that matter. Design backwards, obtain material first and design or reuse next. Steel is easy to make most anything if you weld. Doing scrap deals is easier than business deals. In most cases people are anxious for you to take their scrap away for them. It is not complicated. I actually insisted I pay quite a bit more for the glass than they initially charged me for it. There is a lot of waste in this country. Lots of it. Industrial grade scrap was expensive when initially purchased.
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