In May we are going to travel to america, we will start in phoenix than to las vegas than to san francisco than to los angeles and back to phoenix. We want to look for books about glasfusing and painting or any books about glass. Can someone recommant me were i can look for it. thanks greetings...

I just ran across mention of a website in rec.crafts.metalworking and thought someone here might enjoy looking at it. Here's a guy making his own telescope, grinding the mirrors with a homemade machine made of an old boat winch. The website is http://lerch.no-ip.com/atm/ Pretty amazing. The...

I wish to find out the composition of release material for the mandrel used in class bead making .

There is another message board, Craftweb, where I had a recent dispute with the moderator. The moderator posted some accusations and then didn't allow me to respond. If anyone has been in that position, you know how frustrating that is. In fact, he reffered to this as, "a foul mouthed rant". I...

Hi, weird question, can plate glass be bent slighly without a furnace? I'm wondering about putting a slight (0.1=B0 or so) bend into the=20 centers of two pieces of 1/4" thick, 12" square plate glass. This is=20 so that the two could be pressed bowed-sides together and have a=20 slight pressure...

I need to make a heated (150 degrees F.) glass platen to use for blending encaustic wax medium. The size if 20" X 24" and the glass could be from 1/4" - 1/2" thick and is supported fully from the underneath side. I've tried to do this with hot air guns and heating lamps and busted the glass (3/8"...

I'm having some white areas developing at the edges of a float slump. The white only shows at certain angles to a light source. Single thickness, 1200deg, at 400/hr, hold 20min. Slumping into a plaster mold Is this tin bloom? Any sujestions? Liam picture...

Hi there! I am just hoping to start working with borosilicate glass using a propane/oxygen torch. I am just wondering if anybody knows of a supplier of oxygen cylinders for this or similar purposes in the UK. Preferably one that is reasonably priced, however I'm not sure what the going rate for O2...

anyone care to share their methods for making bubbles while fusing?? thks bg -- "Poor people have access to the courts in the same sense that Christians had access to the lions." - Judge Earl Johnson Jr.

I just got done fusing my first piece. Its ok But I have some areas where it looks as if it did not fuse all the way. It’s together but there is a line between the colors where the clear bottom glass can bee seen. I would assume the solution would be to soak at fuse temp longer? Here is my fire...

A discontinued color by Spectrum Very light wispy amber. I need about two stock sheets for an important commission. If anyone has any or knows of any old stock inventory, Please post contact info here. Barry / Luminosity Studios- Vermont

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Does anyone know what mica look-alike material is that is used in the low cost "mica craftsman lamps" (under $50) as opposed to the high priced ($200 plus) mica craftsman style lamps?

Hi. I would like to learn how to make stained glass at home. How much realistically will I need to spend $$$, and what exactly will I really need to get started? Are any of those kits worth looking at, or are those scams? Please also suggest a good book or 2. Thanks. -- Lewis Lang

I've been working for some time now trying to find a source in the UK for oxycons. If there are any UK lampworkers out there who would be interested in one, post-medical machines, please email me over the weekend, so I can have some sort of headcount of the number of interested parties to...

Does anyone know of a supplier for stained glass, either online or in the general Los Angeles area?

Hello all My name is Gregg and I am wanting to get into stained glass and looking for some stained glass suppliers/stores in the DFW area of Texas. -- Thanks, Gregg

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Hello Engravers, I wrote a new site. Everything about selfmade CNC Engraving Machines with free drawings and software and a lot of links. even on my site : Robotics and scale modeling like steam engines , modelships , wooden cars,

Hello everyone - My desire is to open an art glass stuido which will offer supplies and class instruction in the areas of stained glass, fused glass and mosiac work. I'm in the process of writing my business plan and cannot find any information on the art glass industry. I need information on...