Wow is all I can say.

Thank you so much. Learning all these techniques about glass without actually seeing a demo can be a pain. This helps a lot.

Mr Dave Smith, I have not been to England in years but I surely would return for one of your work shops.

I was thinking the same thing about the chip pattern, it doesnt look quite as nice. But you never know, a little experimenting and it might come out half nice. I was thinking , like Patrick says, that it might be better for touch ups or if time is of the essence. Erik, Please post a follow-up on the...

Ran across this web page from a company named Tangent Industries that has a UV light curing glass chipping glue. It claims to work in minutes. Wondering if anyone here has tried this stuff. Seems like it would come in handy in a pinch.

http://www.tangentindinc.com/gluechipping/index.html

You do know that Ebay charges the seller like 20%, right? If you want to sell out of Ebay, maybe do it straight through paypal or snail mail money order and avoid the Ebay fees.

This auction is confusing. I would like to buy all of them but how is the shipping done? Is it 10 bucks a pop or each, can shipping be combined?

I think this needs to be reworked and refined just a little.

Great to see these products available, though.

I have this problem sometimes with my brushes. One of my solutions was to shape the brush handle where it goes into the ferrule so it matches it as close as possible but with a slightly larger diameter higher up on the handle. It takes some work but its not too hard. I do it on my lathe with some sa...

I definitely, too, am very interested in this varnish.

Crying shame.

You can sometimes find some pretty nice boxes on Ebay. I search under vintage tool box or vintage tackle box. I have found a few nice sign painter boxes on there that were listed under tackle box. Most people would never know that it is a sign kit box and they just list them as tool or tackle boxes....

Sorry to all those I offended by making my original post into part rant about the incident. I was in no way implying anything bad about handover or Wrights of Lymm, I loved their brushes a lot so I ordered one of each quill that Handover offers and a lot from wrights of Lymm, as well. Just wanted to...

Ok, a friend and myself ordered brushes this last week from Wrights of Lymm and A.S. Handover. I get my first order no prob last Friday and like the brushes a lot so Monday comes and we both place orders for more brushes. Well, he gets a call today from Fedex and was told that is package was seized ...

You guys convinced me. I will be there for sure. It will be good to see you again, as well, Mr. Chapman.

I will be making my travel plans this week, then. Just need to find out where some near by hotels are located.

I was considering attending this but I nervous as I am a total beginner and have very little experience in the matters of signs and sign painting. I am mostly interested int he reverse glass art, myself and just dont want to be totally out of place with all the people there that have been at it for ...

Were you guys able to cover the expenses through the contributions so far?

Love the new format. Thanks for the work.

I spend a lot of time in DC and have been to the National Cathedral numerous times and he was one of the stone carvers that worked on that. I dont know exactly what he did specifically, but what ever it was, it musta been great to be in there. Some great stonework in there.

This is like when I was a kid running home to watch the next episode of a good TV show coming home to see the progress on this panel.

I can just imagine how that all looked back when it was new.

I have some oak dowels laying around. I will throw some on the lathe and turn some handles this week. I will just try to copy some handles from my brushes and see how it works.

I was actually going to use them for water coloring. I am always on the lookout for the old vintage brushes, they just work so much better. I think I will do that and go get some cheapo handles.

I was wondering if anyone had a lead on some where to get some brush handles. I bought these on ebay.

I guess I could get some handles off some old brushes but dont have too many spare brushes laying around.

I cannot wait to return to England. Last time I was there, I took a ton of pics, sadly, not too many were of glass, mostly heraldry type bronze sculptures, reliefs and such. Just so overwhelming and basically the luck of the draw depending on what you happen to drive past. Great picture of that bake...

Well, the the quick rubbing varnish is still available along with other Commonwealth products. Spoke to the people that made them for Rick Glawson and said I could buy them so long as I bought the minimum $2,000 for a batch, wholesale.

Sure would be a treat to see some of the sketches you made for this. Any chnce of that happening if they still exist?

That is exactly what I did. The acetone immediately took the glue off so I dipped it in brush oil right away to keep it from drying. I can see how that stuff will make a brush brittle very fast if you dont condition the hairs right away. I tried all kinds of other stuff to try and take the size off ...

A friend of mine had the same problem with two of his favorite brushes that he used to apply size to a sign and it would not come off. I took them home and used a little acetone on hem and it instantly took all the size off. Good as new. Just be careful not too let it ride too far up the ferule caus...

And all I can say is WOW!

Besides it being a great tool, it also doubles as a nice work of art. The box, the packing, everything is top notch.


Thanks Dave, I cant wait to use it. Beautiful tool.

Something tells me that you need some fairly old and almost impossible to find equipment to pull off those punties.