new question for lampworkers

Sep 09, 2003 25 Replies
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Is the annealing temp higher with boro than softer glass? From what I've heard it takes a hotter flame to work with it, so I'm assuming that it takes a hotter temp to anneal as well. Is that correct? >

yes - of course. The basic working and annealing temps for boro are much higher than soft glass. Bandhu Scott Dunham's books have good info on boro annealing schedules.

if you want to drool over fantastic borosilicate Sculpture- try

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is the artist Tink is visiting in January - and I'm green with envy - yesI am!!!)Cheryl of DRAGON BEADS Flameworked beads and glass
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*grin*

Of course, I have to scrape together $$$ to throw at the beach house folks since they like to be paid 60 days in advance, which would be... hmmm.... YIKES!! That's the beginning of November!

I guess I'd better get some beads done, eh?

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and xerox is to copiers... Barbara Dream Master

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"We've got two lives, one we're given, the other one we make." Mary Chapin Carpenter

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A lot of what the pipe makers are calling color changing pipes are transparent colors that appear to change when the background get darker and more opaque. As in when smoke tar buildup occurs in the pipe.

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Yes. Although once they make it through the annealing process, this is only of practical relevance with beads that have long delicate protuberances.

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and Aspirin is to salicylic acid...

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