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Bubble Sandwich
Because I’ve already shown how the 2mm stringer is tack fused and then cut to form the two sides of the this bubble sandwich, I thought I’d just jump right to the final fusing. These smaller bubble projects are intended as coasters and measure 4×4″.
Close-up One
I’ve put clear rubber bumpers on the underside of each corner so they won’t slide around on a table. The coasters are less work than the plates, but just as pleasing to look at.
TACK FUSING SCHEDULE (RUN TIME 8:48, 14.4 KWh)*
SEGMENT | RATE (deg F / hour) | TEMPERATURE (F) | HOLD (hours:minutes) |
1 | 300 | 1000 | :00 |
2 | 225 | 1225 | :30 |
3 | AFAP | 1400 | :00 |
4 | AFAP | 950 | 1:00 |
5 | 100 | 725 | OFF |
FULL FUSING SCHEDULE (RUN TIME 13:29), 19.7 KWh*
SEGMENT | RATE (deg F / hour) | TEMPERATURE (F) | HOLD (hours:minutes) |
1 | 150 | 1000 | :15 |
2 | 225 | 1225 | :30 |
3 | AFAP | 1475 | :20 |
4 | AFAP | 950 | 1:30 |
5 | 100 | 725 | OFF |
* The firing schedules may be designed for other projects that were fired with this one. Everything was fired in a Paragon GL-22AD.