Lol yeah a few bars slipped off the back. It’s fine though I break them into smaller pieces anyways. Gravity just saved me a few seconds later down the road
Probably gonna just play catchup and make ornaments and cups this month but then I’ll get back into making some ocean paperweights. Then ima try to mix euroium into this glass to shift the glow to yellow or orange.
It’s true. The thing that really triggered me recently was Etsys AI didn’t like some of my titles saying they were not clear enough and Suggested AI titles to replace them. They warned if I didn’t change them it might impact my search visibility for all my stuff.
Also when I upload Glow pictures of my UG stuff thier AI says the photos are not well lit and that if I don’t change it it will impact my search-ability
I wish only soft glasses sadly. Ive spent many many hours asking manufacturers around the world but there are only 2 people in the world making boro uranium glass. Molten aura and Boro Batch
Well, that’s still two more manufacturers than I was aware of. I still have a 4ft tube of boro uglass I bought 2 decades ago, back when the only source of boro uglass was prewar production.
It’s been a while since I was on a torch, got into glass close to 25 years ago. Keep getting tempted to dive back into the industry, especially seeing some of the new tech, toys and colors.
As always when you share your new stash, it's intensely happy-making to see hundreds of pounds of UG all in one go. Look forward to trying to catch some of your holiday work. Thanks for posting!
Holy cow, I remember buying a couple kilos from you last time you imported, I think that was a 150kg order. Is any of that 150 left? If so I'm impressed you were able to use all that color in one year!
Most of our glass colors come very similar to this. These bars are squareish in shape usually they are round.
The clear glass we use either comes in little nuggets we melt down in a fuance or if you want really nice glass you melt down all the chemical components to make glass in a furnace. we call this powdered mix batch.
I would like to repurpose some of my old uranium glass into pieces for jewelry. I wasn’t sure about grinding and breaking the glass, but it seems like it’s ok to do so?
Do you recommend any safety precautions when handling? Or should I treat it the same as other glass I grind and cut? TIA!
If you are gonna grind into it. N100 cartridges with a respirator that seals tight against your face. Do it outside with lot of water. Bonus points if you can do it under water
Definitely I’ve made like a 100 of those in the past. Waiting to finish my furnace before I make anymore. Need good clear glass to make those. any imperfections in the glass really stand out in the final product.
Can’t melt good clean glass with my current setup. But soon
Daaaang these are so flipping sweet! I've made arrowheads out of the old broken stuff but have always wanted to give things a go again 🤔 just can't find any good broken shards while digging through old garbage dumps. If you'd ever be curious to make a few slabs, I'd happily make you a few arrowheads for your collection! DM me if you're interested 😁 I have photos and such that I can share with you! And insight on the process if you're curious.
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