Monday, 2 March 2026

A low-cost Strip Cutting Method

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  Cutting strips is repetitive, but requires accuracy. This can be achieved with expensive tools that do the job very well. It can also be d...
Wednesday, 25 February 2026

What is the Annealing and Cooling Relationship?

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  Annealing Includes Cooling Often people recommend a long anneal soak for potentially difficult pieces followed by an arbitrary 55C/100F c...
Wednesday, 18 February 2026

Flat Lap Discs

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Selection Diamond discs for flat laps are expensive and the temptation is to buy as cheaply as possible. There are a number of relatively ...
Wednesday, 11 February 2026

Is it Possible to Make Flat Laps Yourself?

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A flat lap is a horizontal spinning disk to grind and polish flat surfaces onto the fired glass piece. Many desire one of these but are p...
Wednesday, 4 February 2026

Peptides as a Glass

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  Peptides as a glass. Thanks Susan Walpole for the link to a YouTube video. youtube.com A glass that builds and heals itself Researchers h...
Monday, 2 February 2026

Crate for a Travelling Exhibition

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  I was accepted along with others on the basis of a proposal to exhibit with a travelling exhibition organised by the  Scottish Glass Socie...
Wednesday, 28 January 2026

Is Vertical Crescent Attachment Possible?

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“ I want to tack fuse [6mm thick crescents to] stand erect... [on] a base. I need help thinking this through. … Is there a way to fuse the...
Wednesday, 21 January 2026

Stress Testing - How?

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 This is a presentation I gave a while ago on why and how to test for stress without risking the piece, that is, non-destructive testing.