Something I always wanted to do...but haven't done
Glass beads....I went to a bead show one time and a lady was making the prettiest little glass beads. They looked like frogs...or mermaids...or just swirls of color. The torch is a little different than a welder's torch and it uses oxygen. The beads were slowly cooled by sticking them down into a crock pot full of some kind of vermiculum (spelling?)
I have always wanted to try that...but the torches are pricey and I don't have a space that I could set aside for that type of work. I am pretty bad to spend money on things I never do...but I thought about sending my daughter and her friend to a class to learn about these things. Maybe they could show me if they tried it out.
I have always wanted to try that...but the torches are pricey and I don't have a space that I could set aside for that type of work. I am pretty bad to spend money on things I never do...but I thought about sending my daughter and her friend to a class to learn about these things. Maybe they could show me if they tried it out.
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Vermiculum? We used to use that stuff as an insulation around the ceramic bowls where the glass pours out of the forehearth and into the machine to make the bottles.
We now use oil dry from NAPA. Works just as well. Basically the same stuff.
At the grain elevator we once used ground up vermiculum as an insecticide in wheat. The dirt cuts into the little bugs and they die. Unfortunately, it takes a lot of dirt to kill a few bugs.0 -
My daddy always said you can dream about it or you can get off your ass and do it....
Of course he did die at 33 but by God he was doing it... no matter what it was....
Kinda wish he was still around ...If for no other reason, to kick me out of this freaking chair....0 -
You are still young..but you better learn to stop and smell the roses.
Better to get to 60 fondly remembering " I did that..see"...then " Gosh...I was always too busy to do that".
TAKE the time. While you already ARE well-rounded in MOST places...being well-rounded mentally is ALWAYS ++++++++++ to the tens.
Gathering knowledge keeps you young...anyway.0 -
quote:have always wanted to try that...but the torches are pricey
My wife has a hair dryer that seems to heat up at about 1000 degrees.0
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