Pressed Glass Weights

[Duchess]

I just read the pressed glass tutorial today and I’m really eager to try it. However, I started fusing a few months ago and don’t yet have enough kiln furniture to weight the glass. Can anything other than kiln furniture/bricks be used as weights? How about pieces of high strength steel?

[Anonymous]

Steel may work – but it will likely spall (flake).

You should be able to find high density fire bricks locally – they use them to build fireplaces.

Also, if you can put your hands on a broken kiln shelf pieces of that will work great.

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Paul
FusedGlass.Org
Helios Kiln Glass Studio
PaulTarlow.com

 

[Duchess]

Paul – thank you for your quick reply and the information you supplied. I’m off now to the local brick yard so I can try this new technique.

Best wishes for the holidays!

[glassydame52]

Also if you have acess to a pottery store, I have bought   and used  discarded kiln shelves

Seattle pottery has a discard bin and will cut to size for you

glassydame52

 

[vurbich]

I would like to buy a grinding tool and don’t know which one would  be best.  I don’t want to spend a lot.  I do fused glass jewelry, plates, bowls etc.  I wanted something that would grind down edges so that they are straight or even, or bevel cuts.  I was looking at the gryphon belt sander or the 8″  flat top grinder.  They are both the same price approx.  Which would you suggest?

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