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• New Green Glass Movement!!		Garrett Wheeler	Garrett Wheeler	0

• Hot Shop for Sale Moved to Category: Classifieds		Steve B	Steve B	0

• High efficiency 80lb electric melter		sawsrocks	Donovan	1

• duraboard vs insboard		sawsrocks	sawsrocks	0

• Looking for glass blowers		Judie Raiford	Judie Raiford	0

• Wes Hunting at UW Glass Lab		Donovan	Donovan	0

• "Ice Embers" Sculpture		Donovan	Donovan	0

• wire gauge		myglass	Donovan	1

• gathering out of a wire melter		ztheis04	Donovan	1

• wire lenght		myglass	Donovan	8

• elements for an electric furnace...		glassgirl	Donovan	3

• Measuring magnification		hellogreen	hellogreen	0

• BioDeisel Powered Glass Equipment?		Donovan	Donovan	0

• Annealing misinformation		David Williams	Donovan	1

• C ball work if you want it		David Williams	Donovan	8

• Donovan, your Warmglass post		David Williams	Donovan	2

• Store Bought vs. Small Shop Bought		Donovan	Donovan	0

• G-032 Emerald Green (gaffer)		Donovan	PoncaCreek Glass	3
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LATEST (8) POSTS within the "Off-Hand Glass" Category!
wheeler group: registered: GMT - 10/11/2012 You need to be logged in to reply	Go To: Subject: New Green Glass Movement!!
	We are looking for individuals interested in pushing for new alternative energy to create our art work. Just say no to the gas man. www.bioglass.org
	DATE: GMT - 10/11/2012 \| 04:28 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
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
Eric group: registered: GMT - 01/01/2012 You need to be logged in to reply	Go To: Subject: High efficiency 80lb electric melter
	After much engineering, design and some bugs we finally went live and it is better than expected. Even though we don't have much data yet it looks as if the 80lb melter is better than the design forecast. On the first melt, when idled the power consumption was around 1200 watts. During our first blowing session we had the power at 2100 watts. I am logging all the consumption and will post a more detailed analysis in a month or so. I kept a photo blog of the build details at: http://glengarry-glass-blowing.com/Melter More after we get more experience. Eric
	DATE: GMT - 04/23/2012 \| 03:01 AM
Eric group: registered: GMT - 01/01/2012 You need to be logged in to reply	Go To: Subject: duraboard vs insboard
	I am building a 80 lb wire melter.Does anyone have any opinion in using one product vs the other (same max temp ratings for both)
	DATE: GMT - 01/01/2012 \| 02:46 PM
Judie Raiford group: registered: GMT - 01/05/2011 You need to be logged in to reply	Go To: Subject: Looking for glass blowers
	We have lost a number of our favorite glass blowers here at Raiford Gallery due to closing of shared studio spaces. We are searching for new artists to represent. Our success has been with medium to large pieces with strong vibrant colors. Please contact Dale Cleveland at raifordgallery@mindspring.com.Sincerely,Dale ClevelandRaifordGallery.comRaiford Gallery1169 Canton StreetRoswell, Ga 30075770-645-2050 - phone770-992-6197- faxraifordgallery@mindspring.com
	DATE: GMT - 01/05/2011 \| 10:34 AM
Donovan Brooke group: registered: GMT - 05/09/2007 You need to be logged in to reply	Go To: Subject: Wes Hunting at UW Glass Lab
	So, I had the occasion to film Wes Hunting and his son Wes (Wes Squared) while demoing some nice off-hand glass skills at a class I was in at the University of Wisconsin Glass Lab...Fun stuff, enjoy...Donovan** PART 1 is below, for PART 2 Click Here
	DATE: GMT - 10/22/2010 \| 04:17 PM
Donovan Brooke group: registered: GMT - 05/09/2007 You need to be logged in to reply	Go To: Subject: "Ice Embers" Sculpture
	This is a pic of a sculpture that was I was commissioned to do a while back. The flame comes from an ethanol burning fireplace. My task was to create "ice embers".Thanks for looking.Donovan
	DATE: GMT - 01/18/2010 \| 05:40 AM

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