i just bought 100 dollars worth of glass

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fdd2blk

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[QUOTE="SICC";3619744]Have you spoke to the doctor at all yet?

i hope you can get those screws out, i cant even imagine the pain[/QUOTE]

i saw my regular DR last week, he referred me to the ortho Dr who i will see next week. i took 2 days off and laid down. it felt a lot better. i spent 5 hours on the torch tonight and it's swollen and i can barely walk again. i gotta get this crap outta me.


i will post up some new pics in my other thread tomorrow. :bigjoint:
 
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Keenly

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fdd2blk said:
i saw my regular DR last week, he referred me to the ortho Dr who i will see next week. i took 2 days off and laid down. it felt a lot better. i spent 5 hours on the torch tonight and it's swollen and i can barely walk again. i gotta get this crap outta me.


i will post up some new pics in my other thread tomorrow. :bigjoint:
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im not familiar with the necessities of blowing glass but im guess a sweet chair with wheels wont work will it
 
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fdd2blk

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Keenly said:
im not familiar with the necessities of blowing glass but im guess a sweet chair with wheels wont work will it
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i have one. some things i need to stand for though. most things actually. i prefer to stand unless i'm doing detailed stuff.
 
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Keenly

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i do have one question for you fdd, when i was 13 or 14 i overheard my cousin talk about this guy who got injured really bad because you was blowing glass and inhaled by accident


exactly how bad would this be, please elaborate
 
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fdd2blk

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Keenly said:
i do have one question for you fdd, when i was 13 or 14 i overheard my cousin talk about this guy who got injured really bad because you was blowing glass and inhaled by accident


exactly how bad would this be, please elaborate
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well, if you inhaled molten glass you would burn your mouth and throat. i assume. :-(
 
IAm5toned

IAm5toned

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i hate orthos.
when i was 18 i tore my acl, lcl and, rcl, in one fall (nice huh)
this was however, a common injury for my family, we all have bad knees...
but where i was going was at the time, they wanted to surgically rebuild my knee, and after talking to some of my cousins that have had the same procedure, i opted to wait it out and see how things healed up. im glad that i did, though the healing process was long and brutally painful, (12 months before i could walk unassisted) today im glad i never had it done.
i feel your pain man, nothing sucks like a bum knee.... stairs are the enemy
 
macdadyabc

macdadyabc

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Keenly said:
i do have one question for you fdd, when i was 13 or 14 i overheard my cousin talk about this guy who got injured really bad because you was blowing glass and inhaled by accident


exactly how bad would this be, please elaborate
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i think thats more in traditional glass blowing like vases and big pieces were you gather glass on a big metal pipe. if you inhale all the burnt glass fumes it can kill you, and thats no fun
 
IAm5toned

IAm5toned

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i think maybe there talking about inhaling the 2000 degree exhaust, it would scorch your lungs, and you would drown pretty quick in your own pus. nasty way to go
 
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fdd2blk

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SoloSurfer said:
Give him a break, not everyone can be as up-to-date on their glassblowing lingo as you fdd. I understand what you mean macdady:bigjoint:
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it was an honest question. does clear glass burn? i know when i over heat it in the torch it boils, but i haven't seen it burn. he was speaking of "fumes". it would have to "burn", literally, to give of any fumes. UNLESS it was colored glass. that's a whole different story.

i have only been doing this a year and really don't "know" a whole lot about it. i have been hearing about "the health issues of glass blowing" a lot lately and would really like to find out how all these rumors started. there are 1000's of people blowing "art" glass. it's not just for pipe makers. i want to know where all the dead glass blowers are and how exactly did glass kill them. if it really did.

seems like a rumor to keep people away. there are A LOT of guarded secrets in this industry.



so please, if you have actual sources i would love to read them. honestly. it concerns my health. :)

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Dr. Greenhorn

Dr. Greenhorn

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Speaking about blowing art pieces, in lahaina on front st. In Maui, there's a art glass shop and you can watch the dudes blow glass through a glass:) pretty amazing stuff.
 
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SoloSurfer

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All glass no matter clear or color, puts off heat or "fumes" when torched. Ever held a hot piece in the sun and watched the heat fumes coming off the shadow? Or put your hand next to a hot piece and felt the heat coming off it? Thats what hes talking about, call it what you like. If you are blowing out a pipe, then inhale, hot air or 'fumes' will be breathed into your lungs. I believe when he used the term 'burnt', he simply meant glass that is being heated, not literally burned as in ruining colors that have been overheated.
 
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fdd2blk

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SoloSurfer said:
All glass no matter clear or color, puts off heat or "fumes" when torched. Ever held a hot piece in the sun and watched the heat fumes coming off the shadow? Or put your hand next to a hot piece and felt the heat coming off it? Thats what hes talking about, call it what you like. If you are blowing out a pipe, then inhale, hot air or 'fumes' will be breathed into your lungs.
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there is a HUGE difference between hot air and "fumes". HUGE.
 
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rreign

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fdd2blk said:
thank you.

i can't really do "custom stuff" right now. when i try to make something i screw it up. i like to let the glass tell me what it wants to be. :cool:

i'm pretty much fully stocked on supplies right now. i just need to get my knee fixed so i can stand behind the torch longer. :)
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Well just letting the glass tell you what to do and well, just making it... sounds custom enough for me. I think I more or less meant a specific type (ie: spoon, hammer, side-car, etc.) as well as picking my own colors. If you got everything you need then that's cool. I'm willing to pay :) I just figured I would try to help out before just purchasing a few. I noticed at some point, you had said $35 shipped. That's a pretty good deal.

I don't know if you do this already, but I'll pay up front for "custom"

My wife really wants something similar to this


And I want a hammer that has the colors of the one in the middle here...

Thanks for checkin it out and considering it bro.
 
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