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Frit Shelf finished
The frit shelf is finished but it seems I need a bigger one as I still have stuff left over - not to mention if I wanted some new items
Came out quite well and very happy now for the frit workstation
Now I cant make any more excuses to start fusing
left overs - duplicate powders (middle) and other frit sizes (med & course) in 96
Came out quite well and very happy now for the frit workstation
Now I cant make any more excuses to start fusing
left overs - duplicate powders (middle) and other frit sizes (med & course) in 96
the other frits you see are for my lampworking
one can never have too much frit
Just building and organizing
I was not feeling well most of the weekend - had my granddaughter for Saturday but putzed around moving things here and there - keeping her busy - one thing I wanted to do was to reorganize my frits for fusing now that I am playing with them again - its hard to see them on a shelf all stacked up so I decided to build another shelf - like the one I did for my enamels
enamel shelving
my enamel station- the4 x 8 sheet of ply on 2x4 shelves - its on wheels so I can move around - and the flat back holds those pull out boxes for storage - I'll have to show another time
this one for frits is going to sit on top of an already built table - and will be adding more shelves tonight - ran out of wood and didnt feel like going for a drive - I should get all my bullseye frits, (powder, #02 and shards ) onto this frame - plus maybe some of system 96 which I have a ton of as well
enamel shelving
my enamel station- the4 x 8 sheet of ply on 2x4 shelves - its on wheels so I can move around - and the flat back holds those pull out boxes for storage - I'll have to show another time 
this one for frits is going to sit on top of an already built table - and will be adding more shelves tonight - ran out of wood and didnt feel like going for a drive - I should get all my bullseye frits, (powder, #02 and shards ) onto this frame - plus maybe some of system 96 which I have a ton of as well electro etching
I bought this kit called Etch-O-Matic - to play with and thought it was interesting -
http://www.martronics-corporation.com/
they advertise:
Permanently Etches Or Marks Metal Tools, Parts Or Equipment With Your Copy, Designs Or Trademarks In Seconds For Less Than A Penny Per Mark!
you get a lamp unit to expose therr phto sensitive Durafilm - pattern that you print out on a transparency - which means you can use original art - then use the durafilm film as the resist and then use the little electric unit and some electrolyte for whatever metal and you get an etched design on metal
I got the Mark 440
Wellllllll as I said way over 10 years and I actually turned the bulb on but I was doing it with the photo sensitive aluminum sheet they have to make serial number labels for work
Martronics sent me a sample of the blue /aluminum - you can get green, red and black as well
and I tested it out and was amazed
I put the company logo on and the address and put up to 8 custom s/n 's on the word template -- this allows me to change the s/n to what I want or make changes to my artwork any time I want - then I printed on the transparency
I cut the aluminum piece with scissors - its thin and has a 3m back - I put the aluminum on the tray, put the transparency reading side up and put the glass cover on and under the bulb - I turned the UV bulb on and set the timer for 3.5 minutes as per instructions
at end of time turned off the light bulb - took off the glass and transparency and put the little sheet into warm water and was amazed as the image came up and used a soft sponge to wash away the unexposed lettering (anything black will wash away )
Now they have a unit that will do 8-1/2 x 11 but the one I have at home I can do a 4x4 area so I did one at a time - will probably get this for work
these above units are what you need to produce the resists - that you can use for etching glass as well - so multi useful - check out the site
Of course I could not find the durafilm I got with the unit so just waiting for that to try this electro etching - t
The electro etch kit is interesting
this pic they are marking tools
and results look interesting - and they say just about on any metal
they have videos on how to make the film resist, and use the tools - love the old guy that does the demos !
and looks pretty easy to use and is pretty clean - so now its just seeing what kind of mark is the result
I got this and the industrial unit that does a deeper etch as well
so just waiting on some film and I can see how this works
http://www.martronics-corporation.com/
they advertise:
Permanently Etches Or Marks Metal Tools, Parts Or Equipment With Your Copy, Designs Or Trademarks In Seconds For Less Than A Penny Per Mark!
you get a lamp unit to expose therr phto sensitive Durafilm - pattern that you print out on a transparency - which means you can use original art - then use the durafilm film as the resist and then use the little electric unit and some electrolyte for whatever metal and you get an etched design on metal
I got the Mark 440Wellllllll as I said way over 10 years and I actually turned the bulb on but I was doing it with the photo sensitive aluminum sheet they have to make serial number labels for work
Martronics sent me a sample of the blue /aluminum - you can get green, red and black as well
and I tested it out and was amazed
I put the company logo on and the address and put up to 8 custom s/n 's on the word template -- this allows me to change the s/n to what I want or make changes to my artwork any time I want - then I printed on the transparency
at end of time turned off the light bulb - took off the glass and transparency and put the little sheet into warm water and was amazed as the image came up and used a soft sponge to wash away the unexposed lettering (anything black will wash away )
Now they have a unit that will do 8-1/2 x 11 but the one I have at home I can do a 4x4 area so I did one at a time - will probably get this for work
these above units are what you need to produce the resists - that you can use for etching glass as well - so multi useful - check out the site
Of course I could not find the durafilm I got with the unit so just waiting for that to try this electro etching - t
The electro etch kit is interesting
this pic they are marking toolsand results look interesting - and they say just about on any metal
they have videos on how to make the film resist, and use the tools - love the old guy that does the demos !
and looks pretty easy to use and is pretty clean - so now its just seeing what kind of mark is the result
I got this and the industrial unit that does a deeper etch as well
so just waiting on some film and I can see how this works
More powder frit on fiber paper - capping
I decided to cap one of the samples last night I sort of forgot about it and over fired the edges but good news is I can grind them down - I'm pretty flexible and it is only a sample - although I may cut pieces from it to make pendants
before
fired with a clear cap - the white is the fiber paper background - smooths out the design
before
fired with a clear cap - the white is the fiber paper background - smooths out the design
I peeled and washed off the fiber paper backing and just sat it on a black background - not sure if that is the color I want - maybe white to show it off more - its funny how it looks more green on the white background and more blue on the black
June 2015 Give-A-Way
June Give-A-|Way is now closed - THE WINNER IS : DARYL ADAMS
I will be in contact shortly
Its that time again - A Give-A-Way for June 2015
As always its free to enter and I ship free to you
Just leave a comment on this thread (sorry no anonymous ) (please be sure you have an email on your blog site so I can contact you after)
On July 1 I will put the names in a container and randomly draw and announce the winner on the blog
So...... this month is a Turtle ! -Its one of my small Turtles about 2" - Sort of a rust red - I think the color is called cherrywood - with purplish head - comes with a sterling silver neck chain so you can wear it right away
I will be in contact shortly
Its that time again - A Give-A-Way for June 2015
As always its free to enter and I ship free to you
Just leave a comment on this thread (sorry no anonymous ) (please be sure you have an email on your blog site so I can contact you after)
On July 1 I will put the names in a container and randomly draw and announce the winner on the blog
So...... this month is a Turtle ! -Its one of my small Turtles about 2" - Sort of a rust red - I think the color is called cherrywood - with purplish head - comes with a sterling silver neck chain so you can wear it right away
