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"Michael" wrote in message oups.com... I got a big (for me) glass order yesterday. I was really excited. Like a child on Christmas morning. My 16" Worden tulip lamp mold came, too. I about passed out from shock when I saw it uses over 500 parts. Darn! I never imagined so many pieces. None of the cuts are difficult. Just small pieces so accuracy will count. I didn't see any recommendation on copper tape size. Maybe I didn't look close enough. I figure 3/16". Does that sound right? Thanks, Michael Use 3/16, but really depends on your glass, if you use alot of Youghiogheny Stipple, you may want to re-think that, unless you like real tiny lead lines. remember, the lead line is the support and skeleton of the shade, don't under estimate the importance of those lines. another bit of advice, don't count pieces, just build it because you like it, and stay at it until it is done. Little bit every day. Did you say you wanted a Wisteria? got that too. |
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Javahut wrote:
....don't count pieces, just build it because you like it, and stay at it until it is done. Little bit every day. Did you say you wanted a Wisteria? got that too. **************** What a great piece of advice! I went over to the local glass shop and sat and went through the sample boxes for Spectrum, Kokomo, Bullseye, and a couple others looking for the glass I want to use for the Worden Tulip. I found a few, but not many. All that glass and I couldn't put my finger on the dramatic dark green that I see in so many lamps as leaves and grass. And nope, don't want a Wisteria. For some reason or other, they just don't strike my fancy. But there must be a dozen or more others that I would like to have. I've got a few first impression comments on the Worden mold I got a couple days back. I've never made a Tiffany-style lamp (only a couple geometric ones), but I've got to say that I'm not really happy with the Worden lamp mold I got. I've got to pin the paper design on a styrofoam mold in little strips. First, I see the paper getting soaked with flux. Then I see the mold melting from heat. Something else I don't like is the small variation I'm going to get in dimensions by having to pin the design on there in little pieces. I'm thinking the fixed fiberglass Odyssey molds are going to be much more to my liking. Michael |
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"Michael" wrote in message oups.com... I've got a few first impression comments on the Worden mold I got a couple days back. I've never made a Tiffany-style lamp (only a couple geometric ones), but I've got to say that I'm not really happy with the Worden lamp mold I got. I've got to pin the paper design on a styrofoam mold in little strips. First, I see the paper getting soaked with flux. Then I see the mold melting from heat. Something else I don't like is the small variation I'm going to get in dimensions by having to pin the design on there in little pieces. I'm thinking the fixed fiberglass Odyssey molds are going to be much more to my liking. Michael Yes the Worden pattern system sucks, but it's cheap, and there are ways to work around the problems. The old original Worden system had each design painted on the styrofoam which was easier, but still fit was not exact. Check out Rainbow, or Studio design in NJ. They had their own 3d plastic molds that are somewhere between Worden & Odyssey in price and workability. -- JK Sinrod www.SinrodStudios.com www.MyConeyIslandMemories.com |
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Glassman wrote:
Check out Rainbow, or Studio design in NJ. They had their own 3d plastic molds that are somewhere between Worden & Odyssey in price and workability. ***************** I might try them after a while, but first I'm going to give the Odysseys a shot. I've decided on what I want. I want the 22" Dragonfly and the 28" Peony, please. They are both present designs viewable on the web page you posted earlier. Email me at and I'll either send you a check or maybe you can take a credit card. Thanks, Michael |
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Whoops! That should have been steered towards Javahut. Sorry for the
confusion. Michael |
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"Michael" wrote in message oups.com... Whoops! That should have been steered towards Javahut. Sorry for the confusion. Michael sent you an email earlier, reply to it, that peony I have also |
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I bought the Worden tulip lamp and I just started cutting glass for it
tonight. After cutting some, out of curiousity I matched up one of the pattern pieces to its spot on the form and discovered that there is a significant discrepancy. I'm going to have to check the entire pattern against the form and alter the pattern piece if need be. Michael |
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Finally got all the pieces cut on the Worden tulip lamp I'm working
on. Here's a view of one-third of the pattern laid out on a table: http://s197.photobucket.com/albums/a...lip_lamp_2.jpg Yesterday I cut all the form patterns out and pinned them onto the mold with a base layer of silicone caulking. This morning I pulled the pins holding them in place and smeared another layer of silicone over the top. The form is styrofoam and I'm hoping this will help prevent the solder tacks from leaking through and burning it. We'll see. When the top silicone layer dried, I started fitting and tacking on the pieces. I got the first row done. Kinda slow going. Fit, grind, tape, tack. This is my first Tiffany-style lamp. I'm having a lot of fun with it. I've made some minor mistakes, but nothing major so far. Michael |
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I put the rim on my Worden tulip lamp. I think it's now thirty days
from when I started cutting on it, seven of those gone on travel. Here's a picture of my first Tiffany, lit by 100 watts: http://s197.photobucket.com/albums/a...ulip_small.jpg Still gotta do the finish soldering and give it a bath. My wife picked out a base for it, a #9806 19" Nouveau from GlassCrafters. Gotta gigantic 28" Odyssey peony to start some time this weekend. Michael |
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"Michael" wrote in message ups.com... I put the rim on my Worden tulip lamp. I think it's now thirty days from when I started cutting on it, seven of those gone on travel. Here's a picture of my first Tiffany, lit by 100 watts: http://s197.photobucket.com/albums/a...ulip_small.jpg Still gotta do the finish soldering and give it a bath. My wife picked out a base for it, a #9806 19" Nouveau from GlassCrafters. Gotta gigantic 28" Odyssey peony to start some time this weekend. Michael Very nice job for a 1st lamp! -- JK Sinrod www.SinrodStudios.com www.MyConeyIslandMemories.com |
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