Cool stuff, have you ever tried to blow a bottle, i.e wine bottle the blow a bulb at the bottom, some people say it can and others say it can not be done as it's formed glass or something.
@chefslot , Thanks! I have thought of trying that. But with just the kiln I have when you open it you lose heat to fast. I may be able to do it if I put something in the bottle and have it come outside the kiln and blow in it without opening it. but then you would have to cool it quick to get it to hold shape. If it stays hot to long gravity will take over and slump it. Pretty tricky. What kind of projects are you doing?
@AlwaysBeRich A bit like a glory hole? What about crushed pieces of fire brick, but then it may leave indentations in the glass :O(. At the moment i'm just getting used to glass, and bottles are always around here. I have managed to burn a whole through the side of one, and blown it out slightly until a whole popped out, forgot the proper name for it, the i have the been able to then make a spout from that whole, but i have no kiln so after a minute it cracks, dont think a kitchen oven will do
@chefslot I was thinking inserting a tube in the neck of the bottle before it goes in the kiln and then having a piece i could slip in that and blow it up then remove it without disturbing the kiln to much. I started out trying to melt them by fire which you can do, but even with the oven set at 550 to recieve the piece after, it will crack, the crucial part is 1300 to 500 deg.
@AlwaysBeRich Give it a go. Yeah and i also heard that reducing the temp from 920 to 900 is more important then from 720 down to 700. Glass is a interesting material.
Cool stuff, have you ever tried to blow a bottle, i.e wine bottle the blow a bulb at the bottom, some people say it can and others say it can not be done as it's formed glass or something.
chefslot 4 months ago
@chefslot , Thanks! I have thought of trying that. But with just the kiln I have when you open it you lose heat to fast. I may be able to do it if I put something in the bottle and have it come outside the kiln and blow in it without opening it. but then you would have to cool it quick to get it to hold shape. If it stays hot to long gravity will take over and slump it. Pretty tricky. What kind of projects are you doing?
AlwaysBeRich 4 months ago
@AlwaysBeRich A bit like a glory hole? What about crushed pieces of fire brick, but then it may leave indentations in the glass :O(. At the moment i'm just getting used to glass, and bottles are always around here. I have managed to burn a whole through the side of one, and blown it out slightly until a whole popped out, forgot the proper name for it, the i have the been able to then make a spout from that whole, but i have no kiln so after a minute it cracks, dont think a kitchen oven will do
chefslot 4 months ago
@chefslot I was thinking inserting a tube in the neck of the bottle before it goes in the kiln and then having a piece i could slip in that and blow it up then remove it without disturbing the kiln to much. I started out trying to melt them by fire which you can do, but even with the oven set at 550 to recieve the piece after, it will crack, the crucial part is 1300 to 500 deg.
AlwaysBeRich 3 months ago
@AlwaysBeRich Give it a go. Yeah and i also heard that reducing the temp from 920 to 900 is more important then from 720 down to 700. Glass is a interesting material.
chefslot 3 months ago
@chefslot Blow
sociallooter 3 months ago