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Posted by Glasatelier Max on Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:48 PM Post subject: Re: scoring pressure?
hello, You can easily cut glass, sitting on a chair, with your legs crossed, so you can adjust the height of your work,
use a board where you cut your glass on. if you hear the glasscutter scratch the glass, you've applied enough pressure.
cut at the edge of the board and use your other hand to guide the glass, so your cutter will always cut forward. this
way of working will not hurt your back. Glasatelier Max www.glasateliermax.nl "Will Roberts"
<will.roberts@cox.net> schreef in bericht news:yRaRg.5246$rg1.680@dukeread01... [quote:b2ac529251]I'm fairly new
to stained glass, and I am having a problem with scoring glass due to a herniated disc. When I score many pieces of
glass, I can get numbness in my fingers; and that's something I want to avoid. Someone told me I could practice with
scrap glass on a bathroom scale to get consistant pressure, but they didn't know how many pounds of pressure to use. So
I guess my question is in two parts: How many pounds of pressure should I use? -or- Is practicing on a scale a practical
method? TIA [/quote:b2ac529251]
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Posted by Dr. Sooz on Thu Sep 21, 2006 10:38 PM Post subject: Soldered collage pendants....was: $2 Back Issue Sale at Some
SUSAN -- I didn't mean at ALL to imply my collages were BETTER than yours. I just wanted to illustrate that not all
collaged charms are the same. PLEEEEEEEEEZE don't take it as such. I'm not real tactful when I get a pain spike --
hell, I can hardly speak English..... I'd love to show photos, but the only ones I have left need soldering and so
aren't finished. (I tend to give them away as presents to people I love) ---And intricate? HAW HAW! These were rush
jobs! All they are is squares cut out of (GORGEOUS) giftwrap paper (tiny little bumblebees amongst flowers). I loved
those bees so much I HAD to have 'em just as they were. They will someday be earrings for *me*. (Hopefully before I die
of old age) As for glass-cutting skills, I found it terribly intimidating -- til the teacher gave me a really good
glasscutter to use (about $75 retail). It has the oil in it, in a little plastic pod, and feeds the oil onto the glass
through the blade. FABULOUS, and ever so easy. Get one, they're worth every penny. ~ Sooz, who hopes to get the whole
solder/cutting/glass set-up SOON ````````````````````````````````````` Susan in VA wrote: [quote:2e85499d93]"Dr.
Sooz" <penhall98@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:1158786010.066120.252250@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com
Exactly! (Susan's links) Just like that. But I take a lot more time with my collages, so they're more intricate,,,
These were some of my first, so they were seriously "mimimalist". :-) I *love* the more intricate ones that
I've seen! And Sooz, you *MUST* post some pix!! We'd all love to see your work! :-) ...and I don't like the long
microscope-slide format, so I cut the glass into squares... I've been wanting to do that, but my glass-cutting skills
totally suck. Of course that means practice, practice, practice, and I'm always way too impatient!!!!!!!! I wanna do
what's in my brain, and I wanna do it NOW!!! LOL! http://www.beadsbysuzy.com/slide1.jpg
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Posted by Susan in VA on Sun Sep 24, 2006 1:28 PM Post subject: Re: Soldered collage pendants....was: $2 Back Issue Sale at
"Dr. Sooz" <penhall98@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:1158874725.835732.76130@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com [quote:3d074b5c5e]SUSAN -- I didn't mean at ALL to imply my
collages were BETTER than yours. I just wanted to illustrate that not all collaged charms are the same. PLEEEEEEEEEZE
don't take it as such. I'm not real tactful when I get a pain spike -- hell, I can hardly speak English.....
[/quote:3d074b5c5e] OMG, NO! I did *not* take it that way at all! You were just sharing your style vs. someone
else's. :-) I totally got that. :-) [quote:3d074b5c5e]...the teacher gave me a really good glasscutter to use
(about $75 retail). It has the oil in it, in a little plastic pod, and feeds the oil onto the glass through the blade.
FABULOUS, and ever so easy. Get one, they're worth every penny. [/quote:3d074b5c5e] Oooooh, I love tools! :-) And
I love having "the right tool for the job". You're right - - makes all the difference!!! Thanks, Sooz! --
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