Vitaly,
Yes. The room temperature in my shop usually ranges around 66° in the winter to 78° in the summer.
Jeff

Terry, I built a box like Rick's a few years back & it worked with pretty good success. I was talking with Dave Smith about it & he shared his process which uses an old lighted sign box that gently warms the glass & seems to dry the glue from the surface of the glass out. When I used Ric...

Well done, Dave! Fun to see you & your family enjoying a bit of time off & see the final product up close. I've enjoyed following the posts youve made with the progress & success of the Jameson project. I especially liked the ribbons on the label that read, "Embrace Your Irish Spiri...

Padma, I like the water base brushes by Mack for lettering acrylic paints thinned to lettering consistency. The 2179 series is what I use & I believe they are a synthetic/natural blend of bristles and are a very nice brush. Try them, & try to omit the scolding next time. ;) Good luck, & ...

I saw this on ebay Last night & thought you guys might like to have a look. I know Robare has a copy of one of these, but I would live to see an original, myself. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&rt=nc&nma=true&item=350559238250&si=mMQiEFHUo4D...

I followed a link Dave Smith shared & found this indepth resource for carved lettering.

http://www.memorialsbyartists.co.uk/art ... m-perkins/

Have a good look around.
Jeff

Fantastic Dave!!! So much to see & atudy, brilliant.
I'm grateful you share these jobs here, keep up the wonderful work.
Jeff

Doug,
Your sharings never cease to amaze!
Thanks for the shots, I'll study them some more...
Jeff

Rod, Shipping for me (to Pittsburgh, PA) has been the same every time, whether I ordered 1 pack or 3, at $50 via FedEx insured. And, packaging is the plain wrappings without an envelope, so you probably won't like that part, but you get a complimentary tin when you order more than a book. http://www...

Rod, I think your math is off a little. If the exchange is .6076 for Stirling to Dollar then 1 GBP = 1.65 USD then the book would cost $22.52 each or $450.40 per pack. Using an online currency converter... http://www.xe.com/ucc/ you can see the exchange fo exact amounts. If I use my credit card to m...

I've had this happen on my HP also. I've since switched to a dell color laser & havent had the issue.
Jeff

Vance, I have had the same problem & the thing that works best for me is putting glass floral beads (about the size of a lima bean) glass floral beads.jpg in the pint can to replace any size I used. The idea was to displace as much of the air in the can as possible to prevent the size from gelli...

Bruce, Thanks for sharing photos of these gems, I think this is invaluable information to be documented. I found more old photos of similar jars I had seen while on a trip to Ireland, actually right around the corner from the pub I had mentioned in another post. https://handletteringforum.com/forum/...

Bruce, I finally dug up this photo from 2003. I was visiting Peter McCullen in Dublin & he took me down to Kilkenny to have a look at some of the work he had done with Eoin Quigly. This is from a pub called Langtons & the owner ordered hand gilded mirrors & they did the entire bar back i...

Pat, Great story at the begining of this post, I really enjoyed the history & you sharing your thoughts. I had to take a close look at the one Hensley Co. sign I have after reading this & found it very interesting. The transparent red glaze on the border of the Budweiser sign allowed the sta...

Ingrid, Yep, run those tests, I know I'd like to hear how you got along. I want to mention about my experience with the heat coming from the lamps or bulbs. There feels like there is no heat when I first turn them on, but after they stay on for a while & are in an inclosed area, they do put off ...

Ingrid, I used fluorescent bulbs for the box I made & they do let off a small amount of heat. What I noticed when I put the glue on the warm glass, the glue would flow out nicely, compared to putting it on cold glass. The temp at my shop is kept around 64 degrees & having the glass warmed ve...

Larry, The notched spreader worked great for spreading the glue evenly over the glass, & the warmth of the light box helped keep the glue from quickly gelling up. To simply answer your question, yes. I poured the glue onto the glass, using the 3/16 edge of the spreader, spread the glue all over ...

Larry, I made what I thought was more than enough glue. If you can see in the top photo, there is a piece of mask release liner leftover from the job. Whatever glue I have left, I'll pour out on the liner & spread into a thin layer & it will dry the same way as the glue on the glass, just wo...

Well, with the advice of Dave Smith I went & built a light box over one of my work tables at the studio. I had a glass transom to chip for a customer & the old box I built from Ricks plans I usually used to gluechip glass worked well, but I wanted to give this a try, plus I'd have a good lig...

Mike,
I do have some back issues from the Magazine about letterheads.
There are a handful of issues that are all gone, but many still in my possession.
Anyone is free to contact me by email,
oldelangsigns@msn.com
or by phone at work,
412-732-9999
.
Jeff

Bob,
Great piece of glass, thanks for showing.
Rob has a good idea with the Gauger catalog, I'll have a look tomorrow.
Who ever made this piece did a remarkable job.
Jeff

Lars,
On the cover, it reads, "32 tafeln originel-entwürfe".
I don't know what that translates to in english, but there are 32 color plates in the collection located in the flicker collection.
Jeff

Doug, In a recent search of this book on Google, I stumbled upon some Flicker images by a man from San Francisco who has acquired that same book. Great images & would love to see one of those up close & personal some day. http://www.flickr.com/photos/66586176@N00/sets/72157625225351668/ Seem...

Erik, I haven't tried to glue chip the flash glass, yet, sounds like something to try. As for mixing the acids, I will leave that to the experienced folks. To find the flash glass on rainbow, just type in "ruby flash" or simply "flash glass" in the search box & the results wi...

In another post by Erik, the subject of ruby flash glass was mentioned & I thought it should be started into a new post. I was asked to do a repair a while back of a side lite for a entryway that was clear embossed ruby flash glass. The customer had a couple pieces of the orginal, so I was able ...

Jerry, I bet this is too far away, but I have purchased ruby flash glass a few years back from http://www.rainbowartglass.com/ in New Jersey & they had a great selection. The informed me there was only one place left manufacturing it for disrtibution, and they were located in France I think. I w...

Lorne, When we lettered basketballs for the local school, many times the oneshot would not dry at all. Our solution was coating with a clear water based sealer, specifically ti-coat by Chromatic. The material that some of the basketballs were made of would continually off gas, not allowing the solve...

Dave,
Thanks for sharing! I'll enjoy having a site to visit often to be inspired. It looks like there is so much there I won't have a repeat for a long time.
Well done, & congratulations!
Jeff

Dave,
That was fantastic! Nice work by Danny Cooke & yourself, thanks for sharing.
Jeff