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Now I have delurked I would be curious to know if there are other sand
carvers out there. For my part my glass engraving evolved from a wholesale crystal & glass distribution business to specialising in the field of personalised crystal for awards, prizes, presentations etc. My current set up is: Siphon blast cabinet married to a PAB Blaster pressure pot & PAB gun (I think I am the first in the UK / Ireland to import one of these systems) Vacuum bed UV exposure unit Photobrasive UltraPro Blue self adhesive 4mm occasional use of Photobrasive RapidMask home made washout unit which recycles the water 4 shelf stencil drier Artwork prepared in CorelDraw 12 All pretty standard stuff but it has served me well without being too capital demanding. I am seriously looking at a new cabinet (ref 2034) from Rayzist so if anyone has any thoughts on this unit I would certainly welcome your input. Such systems appear to be quite expensive here in Europe. As my father says (jokingly I hope) 'I scratch glass for a living'. What do you do? Later .... David K -- |
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David K wrote: Now I have delurked I would be curious to know if there are other sand carvers out there. For my part my glass engraving evolved from a wholesale crystal & glass distribution business to specialising in the field of personalised crystal for awards, prizes, presentations etc. My current set up is: Siphon blast cabinet married to a PAB Blaster pressure pot & PAB gun (I think I am the first in the UK / Ireland to import one of these systems) Vacuum bed UV exposure unit Photobrasive UltraPro Blue self adhesive 4mm occasional use of Photobrasive RapidMask home made washout unit which recycles the water 4 shelf stencil drier Artwork prepared in CorelDraw 12 All pretty standard stuff but it has served me well without being too capital demanding. I am seriously looking at a new cabinet (ref 2034) from Rayzist so if anyone has any thoughts on this unit I would certainly welcome your input. Such systems appear to be quite expensive here in Europe. As my father says (jokingly I hope) 'I scratch glass for a living'. What do you do? Later .... David K -- For sandcarving, you might get more information at this forum: http://www.cuttingedgesandcarving.com/forums/index.php? |
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For sandcarving, you might get more information at this forum: http://www.cuttingedgesandcarving.com/forums/index.php? I visit there occasionally. There is certainly a fine body of contributors that post a wealth of information that's for sure and a generous willingness to share it. Still, no harm in asking here I imagine .......... Later David K -- |
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"David K" wrote in message
... Now I have delurked I would be curious to know if there are other sand carvers out there. For my part my glass engraving evolved from a wholesale crystal & glass distribution business to specialising in the field of personalised crystal for awards, prizes, presentations etc. My current set up is: Siphon blast cabinet married to a PAB Blaster pressure pot & PAB gun (I think I am the first in the UK / Ireland to import one of these systems) Vacuum bed UV exposure unit Photobrasive UltraPro Blue self adhesive 4mm occasional use of Photobrasive RapidMask home made washout unit which recycles the water 4 shelf stencil drier Artwork prepared in CorelDraw 12 All pretty standard stuff but it has served me well without being too capital demanding. I am seriously looking at a new cabinet (ref 2034) from Rayzist so if anyone has any thoughts on this unit I would certainly welcome your input. Such systems appear to be quite expensive here in Europe. As my father says (jokingly I hope) 'I scratch glass for a living'. What do you do? Later .... David K -- Hello David. I'm Don in Ohio. Amateur basement bandit here. I have a homemade cabinet and a TPtools pressure pot. I use it for stained glass effects and for decorative etching. I don't carve deep very often. www.frogacuda.com |
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"db" wrote in message . .. Hello David. I'm Don in Ohio. Amateur basement bandit here. I have a homemade cabinet and a TPtools pressure pot. I use it for stained glass effects and for decorative etching. I don't carve deep very often. www.frogacuda.com Wowzer! You may call yourself an amateur, but that is some spectacular work. I'm really impressed. That butterfly panel is something else! |
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Hey, bought those books back yet. Hey, found those quotes yet.
You are a lying turd Dennis, and you really lost all credibility on Warm Glass. Do you really think you can stop posting for a few days and everyone will forget . . . Ain't gonna happen, loser. Brock |
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"Moonraker" wrote in message
news "db" wrote in message . .. Hello David. I'm Don in Ohio. Amateur basement bandit here. I have a homemade cabinet and a TPtools pressure pot. I use it for stained glass effects and for decorative etching. I don't carve deep very often. www.frogacuda.com Wowzer! You may call yourself an amateur, but that is some spectacular work. I'm really impressed. That butterfly panel is something else! Thanks for the compliment. I sell my stuff, and not always to mom and auntie, but until I make more money than what I've spent on tools and materials, its probably more realistic to maintain the stance of being an amateur. I've been at it a long time and have the fancy tools. That doesn't have the significance nowadays that it used to....everybody's buying belt sanders and custom kilns. I don't have either of those things, exactly, but I have really good stuff nonetheless. You see the same thing in other crafts and arts with us old farts these days too....55 year old men with $3000 electric guitars, custom car shops in their garage with finishing tools that rival the LA shops, industrial scale woodworking equipment (some of these guys spend thousands on dust collection systems alone). Just boys (and girls) with toys. |
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"db" wrote in message . .. "David K" wrote in message ... Now I hav Hello David. I'm Don in Ohio. Amateur basement bandit here. I have a homemade cabinet and a TPtools pressure pot. I use it for stained glass effects and for decorative etching. I don't carve deep very often. www.frogacuda.com WOW pretty amazing stuff Don. How many hours does it take you to complete something like the Dandelions? -- JK Sinrod www.SinrodStudios.com www.MyConeyIslandMemories.com |
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Hello David. I'm Don in Ohio. Amateur basement bandit here. I have a homemade cabinet and a TPtools pressure pot. I use it for stained glass effects and for decorative etching. I don't carve deep very often. www.frogacuda.com Don, Your work is outstanding. You obviously invest a lot of time and effort into your creations. I certainly enjoyed looking at them - thanks. Methinks 'amateur basement bandit' is a bit of an understatement!! Later, David -- |
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David K wrote: Hello David. I'm Don in Ohio. Amateur basement bandit here. Don, Nice to see someone mixing melting glass tecnic and your basic tecnic. You are think out of the box and with great skills as well. When and were will you have show of your works? Bragi. |
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