BBRoundtable

I see, Troy! The "breaking" process must make
for a good deal of difficulty when working w-
ith a heavily detailed image, huh? I'm gu-
essing but know not from actual test-
ing. When I thought grinder, I too
envisioned a medieval device w-
ith a pedal and a turning cylin-
der (laughs). Do you replace
the tips often? I would thi-
nk that depending on h-
ow often it's used an-
d the size of the p-
roject, replacem-
ents would ind-
eed be often,
but with a
diamon-
d tip,
thi-
s wou-
ld not be
a problem o-
r so I'm thinki-
ng. I don't think
that the models th-
e we have posted us-
e such tips or could ev-
en, but once more, I'm g-
uessing. I guess the erect v-
ersion of pen provides a grea-
ter sense of precision, might I b-
e correct in this? I have not had th-
e chance to check the local Home De-
pot or Lowes, but there are a few place-
s in my area which may sell such material-
s. I'll check it out when I visit that area one
day when time is on my side. Is the glass pur-
chased in various colors? Also, what is used to f-
asten the separate portions of glass to each other?
You will grow weary of these questions soon enough!!

HAHAHAHAH nah I dont mind answering questions as long as they are not the same questions over and over.
The diamond bit needs replaced very seldom. Depends on how much you use it. For hobby sake maybe 1 time a year and that seems alot from what they told me. The cutter can not be purchased at lowes or HD. You can find online venders they sell them for a very reasonable price. I paid $14 for mine. The glass blade they say will not need replaced for years with LOTS AND LOTS OF USE.
the long and skinny of the process is... design your project. use your glass cutter and cut pieces out with the pattern you made. Grind them to take off sharp edges/ledges ect. Grind them down if they were cut a bit to big as well. place glass pieces in the frame that will hold them all in place. Fit each piece in to get the best fit with out having large gaps between glass. once that is done you copper foil each piece of glass. Its the copper tape that has an adheaseave on the back that will stick to the glass and you use a pen or chopstick to rub over to make sure it is adheared to the glass then put them back in the pattern.. heat up your soldiering iron and tack it together... remove from frame and soldier the front side... when done flip over and do the otherside.. heheheh not to complicated

feel free to BRING ON MORE QUESTIONS

Troy

Bring on the
question?
Well, o-
k the-
n!!



-paper or plastic?
-how much wood can a woodchuck chuck... etc.?
-the chicken or the egg?
-how would you help to change the economy?
-do you know about the negative world in Super Mario Bros?


J-
ust k-
idding, b-
ut I now und-
erstand how it a-
ll works. The adhes-
ive being the copper b-
acking paints a better pic-
ture for me in terms of the u-
nderstanding the process. Knowi-
ng that a soldering iron is used help-
ed as well. I'm interested in how much
detail can be used before the task takes a
form of it's own. I'm thinking that depending
on the detail, the glass may not hold the form w-
ell and could even break with the slightest of inacc-
urate cuts. I guess those two retail outlets are out of
the picture then. I'm sure there are store in my area tha-
t would sell such pens. Depending on the art store, they ma-
y sell them also, especially if the have clay crafting utensils an-
d and sell custom made mobiles of glass and metal. I hope to che-
ck at this store before pursuing the glass cutting pens online though.

R U in the states or across the pond?
I am in BFE here in Indiana.

Troy

NJ here. New York is not far from
me, so I'm able to frequent M-
anhattan rather simply. I
hope to return tomor-
row here if all wor-
ks well. In need
of sleep for w-
ork tomorr-
ow, so h-
ave a g-
reat e-
veni-
ng:

(all...)

There should be tons of places in NY to buy your supplies!
you asked me about future project... well I was up till 2:30am this morning designing my next 2.
First on the option block is this

2nd option to same picture more less

colors are superficial right now. They are just there to show the possiblities of what it can look like.

This is the one I really want to start next.

Have to make a trip to the glass shop and pick up like 5 colors to start this one.. gonna be a $$ trip

Troy

Nice designs, Troy! In my opinion,
the second version of the fish
illustration is better than t-
he first since the blue gi-
ves the impression of
water with the whi-
te providing an a-
bstract touch t-
o it. The Afr-
ican Grey l-
ooks goo-
d as w-
ell, t-
ho-
gh so-
me othe-
r color insi-
de would look
nice (as an ima-
ge), but given tha-
t these designs are m-
eant to be glass, the cle-
ar background might work.

on the african grey piece the sky will be blue and the underside of the branche will be a 3rd color of green I think. I went out yesturday and got the glass for that project. WOW I about fell over when they gave me my total!!! But look what you have when you are done!

Troy

Ok so my next project got change. My kids broke there ngiht light in the bathroom. No idea how so.....
Anyways I decided why not do a stained glass one. I have alot of extra little pieces. Anywhoo this is what I came up with.


It is a very dark green and a purple color. There walls in the bathroom are a light green. Actually looks really good in there with the light on.


Troy

Nice project, Troy... especially
considering the spontaneo-
us nature of its origin
(laughs). Hopefull-
y the kids pres-
erve this on-
e better t-
han the
last o-
ne!



I
take
it that t-
his project
was not one w-
hich consumed a g-
reat deal of time for y-
ou... might this be correct?

Nah took me about 2 hours maybe. But that was duplicating through the finished project.

Troy

So without the duplication as a reference
of such, it would have taken longer.
Understood. I'm certain that th-
e location of purchasing for
the materials must hav-
e thought that you w-
ere attempting to
construct an e-
conomically
viable g-
lass st-
ruct-
ur-
e.

Really impressive work, Troy!