put your hand up if you're a fuser! :p

[handmadeheaven.biz]

I am. Full blown! Just wondering if anyone else fuses - is it your main 'speciality' or are you a dabbler? oo, think i should include a poll...

[Seahorse]

Ive no idea what fuser is!!Therfore I re'fuse'(see what I did there?)to answer the question.

[handmadeheaven.biz]

Ive no idea what fuser is!!Therfore I re'fuse'(see what I did there?)to answer the question.

glass fusing. ya know, melting glass in a kiln.

[Seahorse]

Ahh, then no, I have not fused ever, looks like fun tho.

[carolinemhannon]

i'm a dabbler, mainly a lampworker but every so often i get the urge to fuse, normally pendents or coasters as i only have a small kiln

[handmadeheaven.biz]

I'd love an even bigger kiln! At the mo I use one with a 16" internal space

[carolinemhannon]

stop showing off the beast

i've only got an sc2 *sulks*

[handmadeheaven.biz]

stop showing off the beast

i've only got an sc2 *sulks*

aww, shucks C, you remembered his name

[ejralph]

I am a dabbler

I keep meaning to try more fusing - its one of the reasons I went for the Caldera kiln after all. Just never seem to get around to it!

[handmadeheaven.biz]

one thing i really hate about it - having to clean every piece of glass before you fuse. grr @ devit! *sulk*

[ejralph]

The trouble I have had so far with my feeble fusing attempts ( few little dichro cabs - nothing fancy) is stopping the glass from moving about when I get it into the kiln.

I tried using dabs of PVA but obviously my dabs were more on the dollop side, since they didn't burn away properly

So next time I need to try a much more subtle approach I think

[carolinemhannon]

steph, i know what you mean about cleaning the glass, sheet glass is harder to clean without cutting yourself than lampworking rod's, but i hate cleaning the rods too

[carolinemhannon]

The trouble I have had so far with my feeble fusing attempts ( few little dichro cabs - nothing fancy) is stopping the glass from moving about when I get it into the kiln.

I tried using dabs of PVA but obviously my dabs were more on the dollop side, since they didn't burn away properly

So next time I need to try a much more subtle approach I think

Emma, i put my glue in a little dish and use one of them glue spreaders like the ones i used to use at primary school, i pinched it off my little sister but it helps with putting just enough glue on

[handmadeheaven.biz]

steph, i know what you mean about cleaning the glass, sheet glass is harder to clean without cutting yourself than lampworking rod's, but i hate cleaning the rods too

the little pieces are the worst & i always lay my design up but then when i clean it & put it together again it's never quite the same! this is one i did and forgot i'd have to clean each piece....!

[ejralph]

steph, i know what you mean about cleaning the glass, sheet glass is harder to clean without cutting yourself than lampworking rod's, but i hate cleaning the rods too

I must be perverse - I really like cleaning glass rods.

I have a little pump action glass bottle I keep filled with meths and a roll of Jay cloths and I am happy as a pin in...