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LATEST (8) POSTS!
Stacee Williams group: registered: GMT - 04/06/2012 You need to be logged in to reply	Go To: Subject: MOON BEAD MAGIC W/ NANCY GANT - June 2-3 @ EGS
	MOON BEAD MAGIC with Nancy Gant June 2-3, 2012 (Sat-Sun) 10am-5pm $150 + $25 non-refundable material fee This class will feature the magic of Moons! Students will make large focal Moonscape beads, covering the techniques to make and control complex stringers. The class will use gold stone and silver leaf for special effects. Students will explore different ways to shape large beads and control heat from flame to kiln. Come join the class and set stars in the night sky of your Moonscape beads! Intermediate level bead making class. Eugene Glass School 575 Wilson Street Eugene OR 97402 Telephone: (541) 342-2959 Fax: (541) 342-2924 email: info@eugeneglassschool.org http://www.facebook.com/eugeneglassschool www.eugeneglassschool.org
	DATE: GMT - 05/20/2012 \| 04:12 PM
Stacee Williams group: registered: GMT - 04/06/2012 You need to be logged in to reply	Go To: Subject: MILLIFIORE WITH DAVE STROBEL @ EGS - May 25-27
	MILLIFIORE WITH DAVE STROBEL May 25-27, Mon-Wed (10am-5pm) $600 + $50 material fee May 25-27, 2012 (Fri-Sun) 10am-5pm $600 + $50 material fee This class focuses on beginning-intermediate murrini, which requires intermediate to advanced glass blowing skills. Students will concentrate on basic image murrine and cluster millifiore through flameworked boro murrine. Demo intensive - Day 1 and 2 include both demos and lecture; and Day 3 will be student lab time under the instructors supervision. Intermediate-Advanced skills required. http://www.glassartists.org/DaveStrobel Eugene Glass School 575 Wilson Street Eugene OR 97402 Telephone: (541) 342-2959 Fax: (541) 342-2924 email: info@eugeneglassschool.org http://www.facebook.com/eugeneglassschool www.eugeneglassschool.org
	DATE: GMT - 05/20/2012 \| 04:11 PM
Steve Beckwith group: registered: GMT - 05/16/2012 You need to be logged in to reply	Go To: Subject: Re: Hot Shop for Sale
	Thanks Donovan! Sorry I posted in the wrong forum. I inventoried my color today. More than 71 kilos of rod and frit, Kugler and Reichenbach, and 10 more kilos of a dense cobalt I made up using Spruce Pine 87 with erbium and cobalt carbonate. I have a couple of Cutting Edge pipes, about twenty 1/2" punties I made up. 1/2" stainless rod with collars and radiator hose grips. One old Steinert 3/4" pipe, a 3" Steinert gathering iron, several older Keith Orr 3/4" pipes. Regarding the color, we pulled old bills going back into the mid 90's and figured what we paid for it. I would like to sell the color as a complete package. Our cost in it runs about $3300. Today it is seriously more. Email me or call. three two one-536-8278 or valkin.a@gmail.com
	DATE: GMT - 05/19/2012 \| 02:51 PM
Donovan Brooke group: registered: GMT - 05/09/2007 You need to be logged in to reply	Go To: Subject: Re: Hot Shop for Sale
	Here you go Steve:
	DATE: GMT - 05/18/2012 \| 04:55 AM
Steve Beckwith group: registered: GMT - 05/16/2012 You need to be logged in to reply	Go To: Subject: Hot Shop for Sale Moved to Category: Classifieds
	I am putting my entire hot shop up for sale. I built a new furnace 4 ½ years ago using the designs posted by Scott Dunahee. It is a wire melter with a rolling lid that exposes the entire top of the crucible. The crucible is brand new EC 75# capacity. The furnace is designed to run on 240 volts drawing about 48 amps. The elements are set up into 3 parallel sets of 3 elements so if you lose an element you still have control of the furnace through the remaining 2 sets of elements. It is controlled by a Fuji controller with a solid state relay and mercury displacement contactor and uses a new type S thermocouple. The frame is welded steel that will last a lifetime. The chamber is IFB backed up by 8” of frax. The furnace was run for a total of about ten days before some family health issues forced me to direct my attention elsewhere and I never fired it up again. I was melting Spruce Pine Gaffer batch and the glass was really nice. I am including approx 2000# of batch with the furnace. The batch alone cost me more than $1400. I am asking $5000. The glory hole is 13” dia. And 27” deep. It is powered by a Gibberson burner and is frax lined. I have it set up to open and close the doors with a pneumatic foot operated switch that uses a small pancake type compressor to operate (not included). Includes the hood. You do not need an assistant to open and close the doors. Asking $1700 I have 2 annealers. One is a Paragon GL22 kiln. Draws 25 amps, powered by a stand alone controller made by Jen Ken. The elements are a little saggy but it still works great. Asking $650. The second annealer is one I built. It is a front loader made up of a heavy steel shell with 3” IFB backed up with 1” frax. It draws 28 amps. Interior dimensions are approx. 29” X 23” X 20” ht. Powered by a stand alone controller made by Paragon. The elements were supplied by Gibberson. This is a very well insulated and clean annealer. Asking $1700. My pick up oven is professional looking home made. Powered by a 240 volt 15 amp oven broiler element using an infinite switch and pyrometer. It is an aluminum frame with 1” 1800 degree frax board. Interior dimensions approx. 17” X 12” X 4 ½” ht. Asking $500. Also available are pipes, punties, a gathering iron, yoke, knock off table, some hand tools, more color rod and frit than I can add up, Walter Evans wood blocks in various sizes and condition. Everything is located in Cocoa Beach, Fl. I am not sure how to add images so if you are interested, contact me and I will email them to you valkin.a@gmail.com
	DATE: GMT - 05/18/2012 \| 01:41 PM
Steve Beckwith group: registered: GMT - 05/16/2012 You need to be logged in to reply	Go To: Subject: Hot Shop for Sale
	I am putting my entire hot shop up for sale. I built a new furnace 4 ½ years ago using the designs posted by Scott Dunahee. It is a wire melter with a rolling lid that exposes the entire top of the crucible. The crucible is brand new EC 75# capacity. The furnace is designed to run on 240 volts drawing about 48 amps. The elements are set up into 3 parallel sets of 3 elements so if you lose an element you still have control of the furnace through the remaining 2 sets of elements. It is controlled by a Fuji controller with a solid state relay and mercury displacement contactor and uses a new type S thermocouple. The frame is welded steel that will last a lifetime. The chamber is IFB backed up by 8” of frax. The furnace was run for a total of about ten days before some family health issues forced me to direct my attention elsewhere and I never fired it up again. I was melting Spruce Pine Gaffer batch and the glass was really nice. I am including approx 2000# of batch with the furnace. The batch alone cost me more than $1400. I am asking $5000. The glory hole is 13” dia. And 27” deep. It is powered by a Gibberson burner and is frax lined. I have it set up to open and close the doors with a pneumatic foot operated switch that uses a small pancake type compressor to operate (not included). Includes the hood. You do not need an assistant to open and close the doors. Asking $1700 I have 2 annealers. One is a Paragon GL22 kiln. Draws 25 amps, powered by a stand alone controller made by Jen Ken. The elements are a little saggy but it still works great. Asking $650. The second annealer is one I built. It is a front loader made up of a heavy steel shell with 3” IFB backed up with 1” frax. It draws 28 amps. Interior dimensions are approx. 29” X 23” X 20” ht. Powered by a stand alone controller made by Paragon. The elements were supplied by Gibberson. This is a very well insulated and clean annealer. Asking $1700. My pick up oven is professional looking home made. Powered by a 240 volt 15 amp oven broiler element using an infinite switch and pyrometer. It is an aluminum frame with 1” 1800 degree frax board. Interior dimensions approx. 17” X 12” X 4 ½” ht. Asking $500. Also available are pipes, punties, a gathering iron, yoke, knock off table, some hand tools, more color rod and frit than I can add up, Walter Evans wood blocks in various sizes and condition. Everything is located in Cocoa Beach, Fl. I am not sure how to add images so if you are interested, contact me and I will email them to you valkin.a@gmail.com
	DATE: GMT - 05/18/2012 \| 01:41 PM
Donovan Brooke group: registered: GMT - 05/09/2007 You need to be logged in to reply	Go To: Subject: Glass Studios - Group effort these days?
	There is a show in Madison, WI this week called Spark and Flame that has to do with the history of glass and Madison, Wisconsin's part in that history. I was inspired to write a blog post about it which can be read HERE. It is tough to run a publicly accessible glass shop in the economy that we are in today. Also, many glass artists don't want to create a shop and spend all their time on the business of running a glass shop. How then do people who want to learn about glass, who want to create a scene (community) based around glass, move forward? The answer likely involves a group effort. Donovan
	DATE: GMT - 04/25/2012 \| 04:01 AM
Donovan Brooke group: registered: GMT - 05/09/2007 You need to be logged in to reply	Go To: Subject: Re: High efficiency 80lb electric melter
	Hi Eric, Thanks for posting. It looks like you are on your way to learning the zen of a wire melter. Yes, do let us know what the running usage numbers are if you get a chance. I was interested in the "microporuous" refractory: What is your experience with that stuff?.. where is a good place to get it? It looks to me that you have a good start.. well enough refractory, fairly deep element grooves (which keeps those squirelly elements at bay), and a good stretch to the element coils. Those are all good qualities, in my experience, that will turn into a good experience. Now: Probably best to keep hand oils off of elements. ;-) I'm not sure it will harm too much, but logic says that anything that may impeded the initial creation of a nice oxidation layer, is bad. Lastly: So are you going to go to a 2" 2600 board then? I suppose those boards keep things light.. but I've always used a light 3000 castable for lids. Let us know what you do there to fix that issue. Thanks for recording the build process... good luck. Donovan
	DATE: GMT - 04/23/2012 \| 09:05 AM

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