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Worden and Odyssey Lamps Michael 08-02-2007
Posted by Michael on September 8, 2007, 9:31 pm
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Javahut wrote:

...don't count pieces, just build it because you like it, and stay at
it until it is done. Little bit every day. Did you say you wanted a
Wisteria? got that too.

****************
What a great piece of advice! I went over to the local glass shop and
sat and went through the sample boxes for Spectrum, Kokomo, Bullseye,
and a couple others looking for the glass I want to use for the Worden
Tulip. I found a few, but not many. All that glass and I couldn't
put my finger on the dramatic dark green that I see in so many lamps
as leaves and grass.

And nope, don't want a Wisteria. For some reason or other, they just
don't strike my fancy. But there must be a dozen or more others that
I would like to have.

I've got a few first impression comments on the Worden mold I got a
couple days back. I've never made a Tiffany-style lamp (only a couple
geometric ones), but I've got to say that I'm not really happy with
the Worden lamp mold I got. I've got to pin the paper design on a
styrofoam mold in little strips. First, I see the paper getting
soaked with flux. Then I see the mold melting from heat. Something
else I don't like is the small variation I'm going to get in
dimensions by having to pin the design on there in little pieces. I'm
thinking the fixed fiberglass Odyssey molds are going to be much more
to my liking.

Michael



Posted by Glassman@work on September 11, 2007, 1:47 pm
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>
>
> I've got a few first impression comments on the Worden mold I got a
> couple days back. I've never made a Tiffany-style lamp (only a couple
> geometric ones), but I've got to say that I'm not really happy with
> the Worden lamp mold I got. I've got to pin the paper design on a
> styrofoam mold in little strips. First, I see the paper getting
> soaked with flux. Then I see the mold melting from heat. Something
> else I don't like is the small variation I'm going to get in
> dimensions by having to pin the design on there in little pieces. I'm
> thinking the fixed fiberglass Odyssey molds are going to be much more
> to my liking.
>
> Michael
>
>
>

Yes the Worden pattern system sucks, but it's cheap, and there are ways
to work around the problems. The old original Worden system had each design
painted on the styrofoam which was easier, but still fit was not exact.
Check out Rainbow, or Studio design in NJ. They had their own 3d plastic
molds that are somewhere between Worden & Odyssey in price and workability.


--
JK Sinrod
www.SinrodStudios.com
www.MyConeyIslandMemories.com



Posted by Michael on September 11, 2007, 6:11 pm
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Glassman wrote:

Check out Rainbow, or Studio design in NJ. They had their own 3d
plastic molds that are somewhere between Worden & Odyssey in price and
workability.

*****************
I might try them after a while, but first I'm going to give the
Odysseys a shot. I've decided on what I want. I want the 22"
Dragonfly and the 28" Peony, please. They are both present designs
viewable on the web page you posted earlier. Email me at
miker_zspder@yahoo.com and I'll either send you a check or maybe you
can take a credit card.

Thanks, Michael


Posted by Michael on September 11, 2007, 6:13 pm
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Whoops! That should have been steered towards Javahut. Sorry for the
confusion.

Michael


Posted by Steve Ackman on September 11, 2007, 6:57 pm
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Sep 2007 15:13:01 -0700, Michael, zspider@gte.net wrote:
> Whoops! That should have been steered towards Javahut. Sorry for the
> confusion.

(Since you are using google gropes) there would be a
lot less confusion if you would simply click the Reply
button (lower lefthand corner) in the article you're
replying to. The text you're quoting then shows up with
> signs before it following the proper attribution like
practically every real newsreader in the world does.

That also preserves threading so those of us with
threaded newsreaders don't have to be told who a post
is directed toward.

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