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From: david@talgras.UUCP (David Hoopes)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.misc
Subject: Re: forges (was Induction Furnaces)
Date: 17 Aug 92 20:52:44 GMT
Reply-To: david@talgras.UUCP (David Hoopes)
Organization: Tallgrass Technologies Inc.

In article <1992Aug11.215324.23095@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca> akarpowicz@mta.ca writes:
>In article <226@talgras.UUCP>, david@talgras.UUCP (David Hoopes) writes:
>
>>Centaur forge has several sizes listed.  The smallest I have seen is about
>>1.5 ft. long, and maybe a foot wide and tall.  Some of the big ones are
>>6 ft long.
>
>Could you post their adress/phone?  


Sorry to take so long to reply.  I kept forgetting to bring the address into
work.

	Centaur Forge Ltd
	P.O. Box 340
	117 N. Spring St.
	Burlington, Wis.
               53105

    Phone:  414-763-9175


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From: Holly.Doyne@f172.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Holly Doyne)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.misc
Subject: Supply for findings?
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 16:14:22 -0500

 FP> From: fran@Cadence.COM (Fran Peterson)
 FP> Newsgroups: rec.crafts.misc
 FP> Organization: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

 FP> In article <1992Aug12.173917.782@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> 
 FP> aan3q@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Arlyn Newcomb) writes:
>>Hello all!
>>
>>
>>I am looking for a supply of what a friend tells me are called
>>"findings" -- the pieces you make earrings from, like the
>>french hooks, pins, etc.  I am a novice earring maker who would
>>like to begin doing a bit nicer work.  Specifically, I am
>>looking for a nicer grade of findings than the local craft
>>store supplies.  Real silver and or gold would be nice. Does
>>anyone know of a supplier on the East coast, esp. Virginia,
>>from whom I could order the supplies I need?

 FP> I am also interested in the above.  A supplier on the West coast 
 FP> would be nice.  But I don't mind using a supplier anywhere in 
 FP> the U.S.

 FP> Also, glue or securing agent is a concern of mine.  What is used 
 FP> that will not allow the stones, etc. to come off earrings?

Get a copy of ORNAMENT - comes out at least quarterly.  Had 30+ major suppliers
in the last issue, also beads, wires etc.

You could also try the back of some of the books on jewerly making (check
Waldens, B Daltons etc)  Most  have a catalog for a small amount.  I am not sure
that the addresses I have are current anymore - since haven't done any ordering
for about five years.
         - Holly

From: Holly.Doyne@f172.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Holly Doyne)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.misc
Subject: computer programs for drafting weaving patterns
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 06:47:41 -0500

In a msg on <Aug 17 14:46>, SUZANNE FISHER of 1:109/401 writes:

 SF> From: sf08@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (SUZANNE FISHER)
 SF> Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
 SF> Organization: Lehigh University

 SF> While we are on the subject of computer patterns. Has anyone out 
 SF> there ever used a computer program to do a draw down? I know 
 SF> there are many programs out there. I'd like to get some 
 SF> recommondations before I buy. I have an IBM computer with a 
 SF> hard drive, if that helps. Thanks.
 SF> -- 
 SF> Suzanne Fisher      sf08@Lehigh.edu

There are a bunch of them.  If there is a local spinning/weaving guild in your
area = check with them, as theymay have one of the following for you to  look at
- Lois Larsen (Canada) has a book out ($26) in which she does an extensive
review of all the programs, including ease of use - sample draw downs, loom
control, value for money etc.
Weavers Mag (Golden Fleece Publ- South Dakota) reviews all the new programs on a
regular basis
Handwoven (Interweave Press - Golden CO) also runs reviews on a reg basis

In the Ads section of both are ususally names, addresses etc.  Most of the
companies currently sell demo disks for $10-15 which is applied to purchase.

None of these are cheap, with the exception of one very simple shareware program
written in basic.  

But any of them are great compared to hand drawdowns.

If you want - I can post a list of the current programs addresses and prices =
and could mail you a copy of the shareware set if you want,

             - Holly 
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.misc
From: mstern@lindsay.Princeton.EDU (Marlene Stern)
Subject: craft boutique to benefit foundation
Originator: news@nimaster
Keywords: crafts
Organization: Princeton University
Distribution: nj
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 20:29:35 GMT

We will be holding a Craft Boutique, Saturday and Sunday, August 15 and 16,
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at our home at 50 Wesleyan Drive, Hamilton Sq., NJ.  
Beautiful handmade items from over 40 crafters will be available for purchase.  
20% of all sales will be donated to the Lazar Foundation for Juvenile Laryngeal  
Papillomatosis.  Our 2 1/2 year old daughter Lindsay suffers from JLP, and
requires surgery every 3-4 weeks to remove growths from her larynx and vocal  
cords so she can breathe.  Lindsay has had 10 surgical procedures since her  
diagnosis in November 1991.  Please join us for a fun weekend and help us to  
help the children breathe.  For info call, Marlene and Bill Stern,
609-890-0502 or email mstern@lindsay.princeton.edu.

Thank you.
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.misc
From: Dale@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Dale Gee)
Subject: Re: forges (was Induction Furnaces)
Organization: Western Michigan Univ. Comp. Sci. Dept.
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 14:15:28 GMT

In article <1992Aug12.154203.13500@microsoft.com> stevenj@microsoft.com (Steven Johnson) writes:
>I'm looking for sources of wrought iron grate/grill/bars to put
>over our basement windows.  (It isn't that we live in a high crime
>area, but these windows are at ground level and I'd like protection
>from children crashing through them. Security would be a secondary
>consideration.)  Does anyone know someone who would be able to
>make these look fairly good?  This person could be local (to Seattle)
>or deal through mail-order.
>
>Thanks for the info.
>
>
Contact the Artist Blacksmith's Association of North America.

Ph 812-988-6919 hours 7:30-11:30 AM & 1:30-4:30
They can put you in touch with a smithy in your area. For what you have in mind
a smith should come out and measure your windows and get some feedback from you
in what you have in mind.  I sell mail order but I wouldn't stick my neck to do
a custom job like sight unseen.  

Dale



Newsgroups: rec.crafts.misc
From: fran@Cadence.COM (Fran Peterson)
Subject: Re: Supply for findings?
Organization: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 17:18:51 GMT

In article <1992Aug12.173917.782@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> aan3q@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Arlyn Newcomb) writes:
>Hello all!
>
>
>I am looking for a supply of what a friend tells me are called
>"findings" -- the pieces you make earrings from, like the
>french hooks, pins, etc.  I am a novice earring maker who would
>like to begin doing a bit nicer work.  Specifically, I am
>looking for a nicer grade of findings than the local craft
>store supplies.  Real silver and or gold would be nice. Does
>anyone know of a supplier on the East coast, esp. Virginia,
>from whom I could order the supplies I need?

I am also interested in the above.  A supplier on the West coast would
be nice.  But I don't mind using a supplier anywhere in the U.S.

Also, glue or securing agent is a concern of mine.  What is used that
will not allow the stones, etc. to come off earrings?
>

Pls. post or email fran@Cadence.com or 408-944-7749 days
408-248-7087 nights

Thanks,



Newsgroups: rec.crafts.misc
From: akarpowicz@mta.ca (Adam Karpowicz)
Subject: Re: help with beeswax
Reply-To: akarpowicz@mta.ca
Organization: Mount Allison U, Sackville, N.B. Canada 
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 00:29:16 GMT

In article <1992Aug18.062706.25981@cco.caltech.edu>, direwolf@seismo.gps.caltech.edu (Kathy Watts) writes:
>A friend gave me a box full of honeycomb.  How do I get the wax out of it??  I
>tried melting it in an electric frying pan.  It sublimated.  I tried hours and
>hours in a makeshift double boiler.  Well, it did get softer and smaller, but
>still no wax.  Then I tried the microwave.  Tiny amounts of wax, after much
>squeezing (a non-safe procedure).  Plus the house smells like burnt honey.  The
>husband is no longer amused.
>
>Anyone ever do this?  Do I need special equipment?  A pressure cooker?
>
>Advice, please!  Thanks, everyone.
>
>
>direwolf

Try to put it in boiling water and stir until melted. Wax will float to surface 
- when water cools down you should get solid, floating chunks.  I never tried
it, I think I read it somewhere.

Adam

> 
>
>
From: david@talgras.UUCP (David Hoopes)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.misc
Subject: Anybody doing any leather working
Date: 21 Aug 92 13:21:27 GMT
Reply-To: david@talgras.UUCP (David Hoopes)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Tallgrass Technologies Inc.


Hello,
  I have been reading this group for awhile and I have not seen any
discussions on leather working.  Is there a group that discusses
leather working?  I am a beginner.  I started doing some leather work
to make sheaths for the knives that I had made.  Now I have been trying
some other things.

Just wondering if any other leater workers where out there?



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David Hoopes                              Tallgrass Technologies Inc. 
david@tallgrass.COM                       11100 W 82nd St.          
Voice: (913) 492-6002 x323                Lenexa, Ks  66214
From: aan3q@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Arlyn Newcomb)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.misc
Subject: Supply for findings?
Date: 12 Aug 92 17:39:17 GMT
Organization: University of Virginia

Hello all!

I am new to this newsgroup, but am joining specifically for
jewelry, which I gather is the subject of some
discussion/debate.

I am looking for a supply of what a friend tells me are called
"findings" -- the pieces you make earrings from, like the
french hooks, pins, etc.  I am a novice earring maker who would
like to begin doing a bit nicer work.  Specifically, I am
looking for a nicer grade of findings than the local craft
store supplies.  Real silver and or gold would be nice. Does
anyone know of a supplier on the East coast, esp. Virginia,
from whom I could order the supplies I need?

Also, does anyone have suggestions of some good, basic guides
for making jewelry such as earrings and pendants?  I am getting
a bit past the stringing-beads-on-a-pin-or-a-chain stage, and
would like to acquire some new skills in this area.

E-mail would be most welcome.
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From: Holly.Doyne@f172.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Holly Doyne)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.misc
Subject: Man's Tails pattern
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 22:42:57 -0500

In a msg on <Aug 12 18:29>, 

 d> From: dancer@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
 d> Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
 d> Organization: Carnegie Mellon Computer Club

 d> Hello,

 d>    Ok, maybe I'm looking for the impossible, but I hope someone 
 d> out there can help me find a pattern for a man's tails. Ie. 
 d> the tux w/ tails. I have the  burda pattern for tux, it is ok 
 d> if a bit generous in the arms and legs width wise (not 
 d> lengthwise).

If you haven't used Burda patterns before - they run to European 
sized people.  so you have to buy the pattern for adults by the "diameters" and
lengthen/shorten as you go (kids patterns by height)

If you have addapted patterns - you might want to look at Costuming for the
Theater - or combine the burda with one of the historical mens patterns to get
the tails.  Either one of the formal "1776 era or around the 1880-90's might
work (I'll check my collection and post the patterns and dates as soon as I am
where I can get at them.

Other option is to go and buy a several year old set and alter. (another thought
- Burda had a costume pattern for a magician a couple of years ago - which was
tails.

 d>    Please post for any others who may want this information.

                  - Holly
From: dhtucker@digi.lonestar.org (Doug Tucker)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.misc
Subject: Origami supplies
Keywords: origami, paper
Date: 18 Aug 92 14:24:00 GMT
Distribution: dfw
Organization: DSC Communications Corp, Plano, TX

I'm looking for a good *local* source for origami supplies, particularly
pre-cut paper in large sizes (12 inch +).  Please reply by mail to the
address below and I'll summarize for the net.

--
Douglas Tucker                    UUCP:   ...!uunet!digi!dhtucker
DSC Communications Corp.      Internet:   dhtucker@digi.lonestar.org
From: vusl@athena.cas.vanderbilt.edu (VU Science Library)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.misc
Subject: Re: Cubic Zirconia
Date: 13 Aug 92 18:09:44 GMT
Article-I.D.: athena.1992Aug13.180944.7621
Organization: Vanderbilt University

>I've been happy with Griegers, though it is a bit more
>expensive than Rio Grande.
>They're in the 800 directory--don't have the address or ph #
>on me.

(800) 423-4181
I just called and their current catalog is expired so they will mail you
their current sale flier and keep your address for when they get the
new catalog.
		Carlin
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Newsgroups: rec.crafts.misc
From: direwolf@seismo.gps.caltech.edu (Kathy Watts)
Subject: help with beeswax
Keywords: beeswax, batik
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 06:27:06 GMT

A friend gave me a box full of honeycomb.  How do I get the wax out of it??  I
tried melting it in an electric frying pan.  It sublimated.  I tried hours and
hours in a makeshift double boiler.  Well, it did get softer and smaller, but
still no wax.  Then I tried the microwave.  Tiny amounts of wax, after much
squeezing (a non-safe procedure).  Plus the house smells like burnt honey.  The
husband is no longer amused.

Anyone ever do this?  Do I need special equipment?  A pressure cooker?

Advice, please!  Thanks, everyone.


direwolf
 


Newsgroups: rec.crafts.misc
From: isr@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Michael S. Schechter - ISR group account)
Subject: Re: forges (was Induction Furnaces)
Organization: Institute for Sensory Research
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 12:38:08 EDT



How about a phone number or an area code for Centaur Forge?

my phone books didn't have that town listed..

Boolington or Burlington or whatever..

hey, if you think coal is a pain, try  using a homemade charcoal-fired
one... hmm, I'll have to try finding some coal....

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From: 8schutting_r@spcvxb.spc.edu
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.misc
Subject: Re: stained glass suppliers.
Date: 18 Aug 92 21:17:28 GMT
Organization: St. Peter's College, US

anything stained glass, located in cape may county, new jersey.
they have some really good deals. i think they have a 800 number.
also vic's crafts. they do have a 800 number
bob
From: ben@bailey.UUCP (Ben Bailey)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.misc
Subject: stained glass group?
Date: 21 Aug 92 01:07:53 GMT
Organization: Ben Bailey's Home..Tampa Fl.

Is there a newsgroup devoted to stained glass?  

Thanks

Ben
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Newsgroups: rec.crafts.misc
From: pnovak@cbnewse.cb.att.com (paul.d.novak)
Subject: stained glass suppliers
Organization: AT&T
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 14:34:10 GMT
Keywords: stained glass leaded glass beveled glass


Is anyone aware of any mail-order sources for 
stained/leaded glass supplies (eg, tools)?

Paul Novak ihlpr!pnovak
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.misc
From: stevenj@microsoft.com (Steven Johnson)
Subject: Re: forges (was Induction Furnaces)
Date: 12 Aug 92 15:42:03 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corp.
Summary: Sources for wrought iron bars

In article <226@talgras.UUCP>, david@talgras.UUCP (David Hoopes) writes:
> Centaur forge has several sizes listed.  The smallest I have seen is about
> 1.5 ft. long, and maybe a foot wide and tall.  Some of the big ones are
> 6 ft long.
> 
> Yes they can be used to harden tools.  About a year ago I went to a knife
> making workshop.  One of the knifemakers brought along his home made 
> propane forge.  He used it for all the phases of the knife making (except
> tempering).  He forge welded several damascus steel billets.  I was
> amazed.  I am going to have one of those forges someday!!!
> 

Slightly along this thread....

I'm looking for sources of wrought iron grate/grill/bars to put
over our basement windows.  (It isn't that we live in a high crime
area, but these windows are at ground level and I'd like protection
from children crashing through them. Security would be a secondary
consideration.)  Does anyone know someone who would be able to
make these look fairly good?  This person could be local (to Seattle)
or deal through mail-order.

Thanks for the info.


Newsgroups: rec.crafts.brewing
From: cush@uh.msc.edu (R. Cushing Hamlen)
Subject: Re: WYeast - neat stuff
Reply-To: cush@msc.edu
Organization: Minnesota Supercomputer Center
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 13:48:48 GMT

In article <1992Aug13.223820.3685@progress.com>, rich@progress.COM (Rich Lenihan) writes:
....jim@thor.albany.edu (SCHLEMMER JAMES A) writes:
....
....
....>I thought it curious that he showed me this little experiment of his and
....>it's implied conclusion - that Wyeast is more resilient than one might think
....>- but then went on to say that he wouldn't be getting anymore in until 
....>the fall because "in the summer this stuff could end up sitting on a runway 
....>in 100F heat while in transit across the country, which makes for duds."  
....
....Gee.  I've been told at two different homebrew shops that Wyeast ships
....their product (to the East coast, at least) packed in dry ice.  Maybe,
....this guy doesn't want to carry the inventory during hoembrewing's "slow"
....season.

I was speaking with Jim Page at the James Page Brewery last night...and as it turned out
some of the discussion was about Wyeast shipping practices.  Jim says that they DO ship
cold  (but I presume they could not use dry ice...since that would freeze the beasties, and
Wyeast's own packages say: DO NOT FREEZE).  HOWEVER, Jim also says that the yeast
often has warmed when it arrives....even this summer when it has been quite cool!  During
a warm summer, concern over the yeast sitting on a 100F runway is a reasonable 
concern (IMHO).  An article in the Zymurgy yeast special issue examined death rates of
yeast in various storage media, and listed liquid cultures as the most perishable.  I
do not recall the time scale given....but it was very short (i.e. hours or days) at
non-refridgerated temperatures.  I believe the yeast in the Wyeast packet IS a liquid
culture...so even a few hours on a hot runway would be pretty deadly.

One caveat: all you need is one cell to make the packet puff....it will just take quite
a bit longer.  So 'expired' packets likely will work, though they may take an unpredictable
and unreasonable amount of time for them to puff fully.

--usual disclaimers

cush
cush@msc.edu
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.brewing
From: jacke@meaddata.com (Jack Eddington)
Subject: Re: r.c.b Classified Section
Organization: Mead Data Central, Dayton OH
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 16:21:05 GMT
Distribution: na

arf@ddsw1.mcs.com (Jack Schmidling) writes:
[stuff deleted...]

>Second I would like to suggest even demand that any commercial offer include
>a special deal to netfolk.  A discount, free gift, waiver of shipping charges orssome such offer to justify the "free" ad.   Furhtermore, they must be from
>people with direct access to the net and not from third parties.
>
Jack, you had a good idea (IMHO) originally with a very few set of restrictions
that were reasonable. Now you start to change your own rules as to who can 
advertise and under what conditions certain groups can advertise. If this is
a Classified post, anyone should be allowed to put in an ad without any
restrictions on giving discounts, race or religion of advertiser, etc. (I know
you didn't mention the last two, but if we start restrictions on who can
put in an ad, those could be the next group of restrictions.) 

Just my $0.02 worth.

-- 
Jack Eddington -- jacke@meaddata.com  -- uunet!meaddata!jacke
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.brewing
From: gus@clinicom.com (Chris Gustafson)
Subject: RE: low O.G. reading
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 23:05:51 GMT
Organization: CliniCom Incorporated, Boulder, CO

>OK, I'll admit it.   Whenever I brew, I follow the recipe to the letter.
>But when I take my S.G. for the original gravity, I usually get a VERY
>low reading.
...
>To give you an indication, my brew's recipe called for an SG of 1.042, and
>I am reading 1.020...

I have found that you can get a very low O.G. reading if you top your wort
off with water and then measure it without mixing it up well.

Chris Gustafson
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.brewing
From: C.V.Copas@lut.ac.uk
Subject: Re: Yeast Culturing - No Dregs Here!
Reply-To: C.V.Copas@lut.ac.uk (Conn Copas)
Organization: Loughborough University, UK.
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 19:46:04 GMT

In article <1992Aug17.143527.4419@uc.msc.edu> cush@msc.edu writes:
>
>As I understand it, yeast
>REALLY does not like to share a medium with other critters, and creats an environment
>which is quite hostile to many bacteria.
>
The Gervin company here markets a dried wine yeast known as the 'K' (for
killer) strain. It is reputed to knock out both competing yeasts and bacteria,
and is starting to find favour commercially. It is especially useful for
winemakers who prefer not to sterilise their musts prior to fermentation.
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