What do people store their glass rods in..? I'm working in the kitchen so have limited space and currently have the rods stored in a cupboard and a single rod of each colour on the shelf under the trolley work area I'm set up on. The only problem is, the rods are all pretty much stacked one on top of the other and when I need to get a new rod of colour from the cupboard I inevitably end up having to unpack the entire contents. The glass needs to be shut away due to little hands but I need a better system, maybe trying to custom make a rack of sorts to fit inside the cupboard that I can also label but don't want it to cost too much money :-\
Just wondered what other people used...
I've just bought 7 2m lengths of plastic pipe from B&Q, costing less than £15 for the lot. I'm going to cut it into 25cm lengths and then arrange it into a pyramid - 10 at the bottom, 9 next row, 8 next row and so on, binding it round with gaffer tape. I saw a picture somewhere but I'm not sure where - either here or maybe on wetcanvas.
I use an obsolete (if there is such a thing!) wine rack. We attached some guttering, cut to lengths to accommodate 33cm rods. I'm not quite sure how I'll store anything longer yet. Probably in a heap on the floor :D
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I saw somewhere on the forum that someone using a wire veg rack, which seemed to work wonderfully! (Can't find the link just now). ::)
I did the same thing as Shirely and used plumbers pipe (in the plumbing section rather than the BIG guttering). As i have them on a shelf i dont have to do a pyramid. I dont have a labling system, but i make sure that i keep the labeled rod (i got my glass from Q) is showing and i store in type of glass and then colour.
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That loks good! I have mine in a dvd wrack that I've stood sideways on, but I've outgrown it somewhat so am now scratching my head as to what to do with it all! I have no floor space to stand a trolley like that sadly. will be watching this with interest!
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Quote from: BumpyBeadAddict on April 05, 2007, 09:23:55 AM
I saw somewhere on the forum that someone using a wire veg rack, which seemed to work wonderfully! (Can't find the link just now). ::)
i use a veg rack that cost £5 from Asda and i've seen a bigger wire rack with draws at costco that i'm going to get next time we go ;D
This is brilliant. Thank you! The plastic/plumbers pipe might be a good idea to use inside the cupboard as it won't need permanent fixing stacked like that and I prefer the glass to be shut away as obviously Daisy and Ruby are in the kitchen at meal times - supervised, but you only need to turn your back for a minute to get a cup of milk and chaos ensues and things get covered in weetabix or ketchup ;D ;D
Mine are on glass coffee jars!!
I keep my stringer in colour groups in cheap IKEA glasses - gotta love IKEA ;D
Mine are in large jars at the moment but I like the plumbers pipe idea!
How do you use the vegetable rack, I have an old one, do you have a picture?
For odd rods, I keep them all in pint glasses in my bay window in colour groups and type :-)
(http://www.moonstone-dreams.co.uk/rowanberryglassart/images/glarse.jpg)
Though for the colours I have bought in bulk they sit in cut pipes on the shelves above me. I need to work out a whole new system though now as i do have a lot more glass than in the picture now - and more than this system can deal with....
I use square plastic piping cut to length. i stuck them together with PVA glue but packing tape would do the lot. Got square cos it stacks! i cut the rods in half to store them.
i use toilet rolls!!! LOL empty ones of course, i joined 2 of them together, and made the pyramid, although this is ok for me cuz i cut the rods in half ;D otherwise they are to long for me to use :-\
I definitely need a system for my stringers :-\
Quote from: Sandra on April 05, 2007, 02:25:45 PM
Mine are in large jars at the moment but I like the plumbers pipe idea!
How do you use the vegetable rack, I have an old one, do you have a picture?
i'll take a picture later :)
I use CD Racks, they seem to work really well.
Blimey Sooz, thats a piece of contemperary art!!!
I've just cut 8 pieces for my pyramid, only 48 to go :D :-\
ROTFL..! That'll be me once I've had a trip to B&Q ;D ;D Thinking of you!!!! Ha, ha, ha!
I'm on my third saw! Little junior hacksaw just wasn't up to it, so found another one in the garage but had to stop using it when the rivets that held the blade to the handle fell out! Am now using another big saw and it works fine :D
Shirley - can you get anywhere near a chop saw - like a circular disk that you pull down to chop stuff in half ?
I borrowed my dads and all the cutting was done in 15 mins (50 like you) mind you, it looks like its been snowing after youve finished !
I've got a friend who could probably do it but it might be a bit cheeky to ask - seen him once in the last 6 months! :D Won't hurt me to do it now I've found a saw that works!
Ask on Freecycle if anyone has a saw you can use. Hubby used a chop saw to cut some of mine - I think you can get a cheapy one for about £15 for basic jobs.
Freecycle is a good idea, just joined the local group. Never mind a saw, I might be able to get rid of lots of other old junk! :D
I've just bought a VERY cheap shelving unit thingy from Ikea, & use chopped up 40mm drainage pipes stacked inside. (There were some plumbers working at my Dad's recently & they left a big piece of pipe behind - guess where it is now.... ;))
Quote from: strawackie on April 07, 2007, 03:41:42 PM
I've just bought a VERY cheap shelving unit thingy from Ikea, & use chopped up 40mm drainage pipes stacked inside. (There were some plumbers working at my Dad's recently & they left a big piece of pipe behind - guess where it is now.... ;))
Have you got a pic carol?
Quote from: Shirley on April 07, 2007, 10:26:33 AM
Freecycle is a good idea, just joined the local group. Never mind a saw, I might be able to get rid of lots of other old junk! :D
Yeah! Another member has joined our global community! Sorry, I am the Wrexham Freecycle mod and I get a bit excited sometimes... :-[
lol Sam. afraid Wrexham is a little far for me :D I'm hoping there are plenty of people a bit closer to home who might like to take a few select items off my hands :)
I doubt you'll have any problems - I even have people taking 3 binbags of chicken poo from me on a weekly basis! ::)
:o ;D ;D
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Quote from: strawackie on April 07, 2007, 03:41:42 PM
I've just bought a VERY cheap shelving unit thingy from Ikea, & use chopped up 40mm drainage pipes stacked inside. (There were some plumbers working at my Dad's recently & they left a big piece of pipe behind - guess where it is now.... ;))
Have you got a pic carol?
Sorry I didn't post a pic Angie - been on holiday & mislaid my camera (I'm sure it's not far away...)
Anyway it's an "Ivar" shelving unit - 2 sides @ £4 each; 3 shelves @ £3 each & you'll need a cross member for the back (£2) to steady it too. The shelves just sit on metal pegs & can be moved very easily to the required height. If you go to the Ikea site & put Ivar in the search box you'll see all the options. I just pile the drainage pipes up in the shelves.(I still need loads more pipe though...) Cheap 'n' cheerful!
Ok Carol, ive never been ikea LOL but i will see if i can see pics online ;D
I just got my friend with the saw to cut up my plastic pipe. It took less than 10 minutes! Guess what I'll be building tomorrow. I'll take a pic when it's all done. :D
what diameter is the pipe that everyone uses?
does 2" sound right?
I got 40mm. By the way, I made a pyramid and then dismantled it because I could get it to hold firmly enough. I've now stood the pipes inside a plastic storage crate to hold them still. Works really well as the crate can then be put on its side or bottom down if necessary. :)
so 2" sounds about right, i have some plastic tubes but there only about an 1" so they only hold a few rods and its full lol.
I'm going to ask a really silly question now........how long have you guys cut your 2" pipe?
I can't decide as I buy glass from all over and have 0.5metre lengths and 33cm lengths.
I rearranged my workshop last October to fit in 2 workspaces and include under bench storage and haven't got around to cut my lengths of tubing yet (of course).
Most of my glass is about 13 inches so the tubes are cut at about 10 inches - 2m pipe cut into 8 bits. Some of my glass is longer - too long to use comfortably so I've melted it in the middle, made a stringer and then stored the two smaller lengths.
I am the fix it up & bodge it of glass storage :) I had my hoover pipes...I got some glass today (thank you Q :)) I cut my hoover pipes in half (well I didn't need a pipe the full length of the glass)...then for the ask I made a thing out of 3 of the triangles that Q uses to send the glass in...ok its temp, but it doesn't matter does it :D
I am the self proclaimed thrift queen of glass storage...at the weekend we decided our little man is over needing a fire guard...guess what I did with it ;)
(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/delica-girl/glass.jpg)
How cheap am I ;D ;D ;D
two thumbs up!!!!
;D
Its on probation at the moment, if the glass is short it may fall through to the floor, like kerplunk....so I'm seeing if that'll happen in use :D
That is such a good idea, why dont you put a folded towel in the bottom of it, on the floor,that way if any glass drops it will have happy landings
I like it! I was wondering if some old poster tubes would do as James won't let me buy anything for a while... but I don't have enough :)
The 2m pipes from B+Q cost me less than £2 each. Pretty good value.
Quote from: tanok on May 09, 2007, 05:40:44 PM
That is such a good idea, why dont you put a folded towel in the bottom of it, on the floor,that way if any glass drops it will have happy landings
Good thinking batman...I will have to have a rumage in the darkest depths of my airing cupboard ;D
Quote from: Shirley on May 09, 2007, 06:34:33 PM
The 2m pipes from B+Q cost me less than £2 each. Pretty good value.
That's what I'm wanting to get. Maybe I can get James down there over the weekend so he can see how cheap it is 8)
Quote from: LittleBee on May 09, 2007, 06:46:49 PM
Quote from: Shirley on May 09, 2007, 06:34:33 PM
The 2m pipes from B+Q cost me less than £2 each. Pretty good value.
That's what I'm wanting to get. Maybe I can get James down there over the weekend so he can see how cheap it is 8)
Just show him the web page Billie...... :D
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=9272050&fh_start_index=6&fh_location=%2f%2fcatalog01%2fen_GB&fh_search=2m+pipe&fh_eds=%c3%9f&fh_refview=search&ts=1178732674569&isSearch=true
I did a search on their site and could only get the copper stuff come up. Right, as soon as James gets home from work and has had two minutes to sit down I'll flash the page at him. Thank you!! ;D ;D
;D ;D ;D
I went for the 2m pipe idea too ;D You can just see it in my bookcase in the corner....all I need now is MORE glass ;)
(http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/5016/image001ex3.th.jpg)
oops dunno what happened there!! :o
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Cor!!! How tidy are you?? ;D ;D
;D That was when I set it up ;D I hadn't even had the torch on then...it doesn't look so tidy now!! LOL there's bits of pinged off glass all over the place!!
Comfy looking chair!
suspiciously tidy!!!!!....
;D ;D
Love the fire guard Vicki! I have one knocking about in the garage but I would miss & all my glass would go tumbling!
Do Q's tubes fit in? I'd prefer the security of plastic!
I want to see a pic of your place now Kim - all my pinged off glass adheres itself to something it can melt - like my jumper!
and skin!!!
it seems to be working ok so far...I might , when I have some time put a support so if it doesn't reach it'll be ok....there is scope to put alot of colours in though, but I'll see how I get on :)
We just need to eat more Pringles.... ;)
So now you have the perfect excuse. ;)
but all the glass would have to be so short - I sometimes don't even cut the thinner rods!
ooh pringles...i like your thinking on that one Sam! ;)
My workspace is still quite tidy...am I anal? After every second or third session I sweep off my work surface....
i do have a very attractive burn on my arm though ;D I think effetre white hates me...it's the only one that shocks all over the place!
I was going to say the same Kim - my desk is littered with centimetre chunks of white glass
Kim
Is it standard white? I've never had a problem with it being shocky at all. Anise white on the other hand is VERY shocky - its yellowish when melted and often has a hole running through the rod. Standard white is clear when melted and tends to be much more runny and harder to manage.
oooo i had a whole rod of white that shocked everytime it went near the flame
mine is soft white & has a yellowish tinge when melted.
the first stuff I had, had a reddish tinge, but I prefer the other, even if it comes off in chunks!
The yellow is anise white - I like it better too. I'm not sure what the red one was though...anyone know...? ???
I use tons of white.
Anise is very shocky, but normal white can be too, I find though that it normally just spits, rather than chunks falling off like your normal shocky glasses.
'I love it when it comes off in big chunks'........Nighty Night. ;D ;D ;D ;D
ooh I don't know...I assumed it was standard white...although I guess it could be Anise as it is yellowish when melted..haven't noticed a hole down the middle though...will have a look this afternoon :)
My hubby's been outside sawing up pipes tonight - but I STILL don't have enough.. :D
(No it wasn't me that emptied the box of Carlsberg..... ::) )
Hom many did you get? Got mine finally. Sawing starts tomorrow :-\
I already had some from various sources Billie, as my hubby had some bits & pieces lying around the farm, but I bought 10 x2m lengths from B & Q last week. Then my Dad was in Focus on Monday, & bought me another 2m length for a wee pressie! (I didn't have the heart to tell him they're cheaper in B & Q :-\)
I've probably used about 25m worth in total so far, more than likely I'm gonna need more soon (you know how it is with glass;) ) :D
Aren't dads the greatest when they do that!!! ;D
Quote from: strawackie on May 19, 2007, 09:23:33 AM
I already had some from various sources Billie, as my hubby had some bits & pieces lying around the farm, but I bought 10 x2m lengths from B & Q last week. Then my Dad was in Focus on Monday, & bought me another 2m length for a wee pressie! (I didn't have the heart to tell him they're cheaper in B & Q :-\)
I've probably used about 25m worth in total so far, more than likely I'm gonna need more soon (you know how it is with glass;) ) :D
James has just told me he thinks he broke the hacksaw a while back >:(
Quote from: LittleBee on May 19, 2007, 07:46:49 PM
James has just told me he thinks he broke the hacksaw a while back >:(
Oops - that's a bummer. Tam cut mine with the grinder I think. What he doesn't know is that while he's been away at a stag do today, I've been to B & Q to get some more..... :D :D :D
I gave up sawing - tried two hacksaws which were useless, then a normal long saw and the rivets fell out, then a short wood saw, which worked fine but took ages. I then went and asked a friend who cuts wood for a living and he sawed 50 bits in about 10 minutes on his fancy electric saw. Find a friend with a fanct saw would be my recommendation :)
Quote from: Shirley on May 19, 2007, 09:03:55 PM
I gave up sawing - tried two hacksaws which were useless, then a normal long saw and the rivets fell out, then a short wood saw, which worked fine but took ages. I then went and asked a friend who cuts wood for a living and he sawed 50 bits in about 10 minutes on his fancy electric saw. Find a friend with a fanct saw would be my recommendation :)
Or a rugged lumberjack... ;D ;D ;D
yeah, that way you don't care how long it takes :D
I'm still at the setting up stage (just received my starter kit from Tuffnells yesterday - goody!) but I've known for a while exactly what I'm going to use for my glass rods...
My husband has a liking for "posh" whisky (you know, the stuff that smells like antiseptic.. oops, sorry, it's apparently "peaty" ;) ) and most of them come in handy tubes :)
We're both people who can't stand waste (we're both Freecycle Mods too - <waves to beadysam> - I'm the Chorley mod and we're both co-mods of the Southport group) so over the past 4 or 5 years we've built up quite a collection of these things... and they're now all in my workshop :)
Mind, I expect my collection of glass to grow more quickly than Gavin can drink the whisky ;D So it's probably A Good Thing that the previous owners of our house left a whole load of plastic piping in the garage when they moved ;)
Cheers,
Janie
Fantastic Janie ;)
James cut the lengths of pipe yesterday and they stack neatly inside a book cupboard I've been using so I can shut the glass away from the girls too (I work in the kitchen). We cut the pipe at a friends house as he has a work bench and guillotine type thingy he said would be perfect, but it kept tripping the electrics so James and Paul ended up doing it with a hack saw any way. Took about half an hour to cut 20 pipes but I now have enough cubby holes for 120 different colours/types of glass should I ever need it.. mwah, ha, ha!
Piccies, please! Wanna see!
I've taken a couple but they're 2MB each... Just need to work out how to make the file smaller... :-\
Have you got Paint Shop or similar photo editing? It should come with the camera if it's not on your computer already. Just resize image, 350 or 400 pixels is reasonable for uploading. Remember to save it as a copy in case you want the original again. Does that make sense? I sound like I know what I'm talking about!
I've got Photoshop... Back in 5 minutes ;D
(thanks Q and Mary)
They soon fill up don't they? Looks fab!
Very smart and tidy!
Hey littleun that looks fab!!
The glass is much more accessible now. I'm well chuffed! Just need to work on a frit stand... ;D ;D
ooo something voice activated....RAKU!!! and the stand drops down from the ceiling, revolves and stops with the raku just in hands reach.
Right....so when are you going to get that sorted then?
Ooooohh.. would ya look at that stash! :o
Yummy!!!
Quote from: BumpyBeadAddict on June 04, 2007, 12:09:26 PM
Ooooohh.. would ya look at that stash! :o
Yummy!!!
Q always makes the glass sound too delectable to ignore!!
Quote from: tanok on June 04, 2007, 12:02:56 PM
ooo something voice activated....RAKU!!! and the stand drops down from the ceiling, revolves and stops with the raku just in hands reach.
Right....so when are you going to get that sorted then?
As soon as you send me the blue prints LOL ;D ;D
Oooh your glass looks fab ;D
That stash looks bootifull. So come on, how long did you cut yours?
The tubes? James them 33cm long so we could get 6 segments from each length of pipe. I think that's also the length of Q's rods... ;)
yep, roughly 1m long cut into thirds... although ASK somehow came up with TWO really odd lengths than balls everything up for us!!! and double helix is shorter!!
we have ikea bookcases modified and regularly slash ourselves on ASK sticking out!!!
;D ;D ;)
:o 8) :o
And I thought I had a lot of glass.........
Hey my .02 - I like using wine racks to store glass. There's cool wrought iron ones, or wooden - they handle the weight well !
Hi, I don't think this idea has been mentioned before but if it has I'm sorry. I'm brand new to all of this but have been trying to think about how to store all of the beautiful glass from my starter kit which I am itching to use! I went to my local cinema and they gave me lots and lots of empty cardboard poster tubes for free! They seemed really pleased to get rid of them in fact. Anyway think I'm going to put them in a box to hold them all together (haven't worked that bit out yet!). Really pleased as it's saved me a good few quid ;D.
Hope this helps someone.
Sal
Nice one ;D
I think it can only save the nation from salt overload from scoffing all those pringles ;D
Quote from: Sal on September 15, 2007, 09:42:30 PM
Hi, I don't think this idea has been mentioned before but if it has I'm sorry. I'm brand new to all of this but have been trying to think about how to store all of the beautiful glass from my starter kit which I am itching to use! I went to my local cinema and they gave me lots and lots of empty cardboard poster tubes for free! They seemed really pleased to get rid of them in fact. Anyway think I'm going to put them in a box to hold them all together (haven't worked that bit out yet!). Really pleased as it's saved me a good few quid ;D.
Hope this helps someone.
Sal
Wow what a fab idea! My mate is a projectionist at a cinema so i'll ask him to have a scour around for some! :D
I have a small cabinet where I have most of my glass in.
First I had it in tubes also bud I prefer to see my glass from above.
I'll post some pics;the first drawer contains vetrofont pastel glass,the second vetrofont transparant,the third CIM,ASK,Lauscha and odd lots and the fourth some of my frit mixes from glass diversions (the other two dwawers left are closed,including more frit and bigger bundles of white,black and clear...).
(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g108/Angelations/Img_0282.jpg)
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Top drawer with the pastel colors
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Drawers closed,my kiln on top :)
Blimey - That's so neat and pretty.
Oooh I recognise those drawers.
I've liked them for while and maybe now have an excuse - sorry,reason....to get them. ;D
How neat!
Quote from: silverlemon on September 25, 2007, 11:31:57 AM
Oooh I recognise those drawers.
I've liked them for while and maybe now have an excuse - sorry,reason....to get them. ;D
Where are they from? I can think of a couple of places round the house where they'd be useful, apart from glass (*is* there anything else apart from glass? ;) ).
Cheers,
Janie
Quote from: TheJanie on September 28, 2007, 04:26:14 PM
Quote from: silverlemon on September 25, 2007, 11:31:57 AM
Oooh I recognise those drawers.
I've liked them for while and maybe now have an excuse - sorry,reason....to get them. ;D
Where are they from? I can think of a couple of places round the house where they'd be useful, apart from glass (*is* there anything else apart from glass? ;) ).
Cheers,
Janie
I spotted something very similar in IKEA last week. IKEA is fab!!
Quote from: Billie on September 28, 2007, 04:27:18 PM
I spotted something very similar in IKEA last week. IKEA is fab!!
Oh goodness... IKEA... yes, it's fab, but always crowded (at least the nearest one to us always is) and I can never stop at buying "just a couple of things" ;)
We have piping here that's supposed to be used in fences. Someone here (in the US) buys a ton and her husband cleans and cuts it. It's very handy. If I could find it at my local DIY store I would get mine there but I can't so I have ordered it from her. Here's what it looks like:
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t200/LittleElvesLampwork/Glass%20Storage/Glass1SMALL.jpg)
Here is a photo of my frit towers. I ordered it from a lampworker here (her husband makes them):
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t200/LittleElvesLampwork/Glass%20Storage/TwoTowersSMALL.jpg)
OMG Allie, I'm jealous! Of your set-up and your stock! How do you ever get round to picking colours to work with? I'd just sit there and drool over them ;D ;D
That glass storage is similar to what I use, just more of it!
i do like those frit towers though ;D
That's my main glass organizer. I have my 104 glass in there. The 'good stuff' (silver glass) takes 3 rows and the rest is Vetrofond, Moretti, Lauscha, CIM, ASK and fillgranas etc.
What I find a little overwhelming (since I started on soft glass) is trying to keep all my stuff apart. My work table has three ice trays (the ones that make ice for bottles) filled with stringer. When I work Boro I make some stringer up and then have to keep it away from my hand pulled 104 stuff. I have 96 COE glass that I have yet to use because I am concerned that I will mix THAT up with the 104 and the 33. I need to organize it all (the 33 and 96 glass) and then find a way of working with all the glas types without ever getting anything mixed up. Or, perhaps, I should just stick to one type!!!!
Allie,
I really really love your frittowers.
Quote from: Failariel on January 12, 2008, 12:36:10 PM
That glass storage is similar to what I use, just more of it!
i do like those frit towers though ;D
I was going to say that Colette has square tubes, I think it looks fab...had a chuckle at the slightly bowed shelves ;) & those frit towers look fab too
My stringers are all mixed up.
My memory isn't good enough for remembering what is what unless its immediately identifiable!
Quote from: strawackie on May 09, 2007, 06:58:41 PM
Quote from: LittleBee on May 09, 2007, 06:46:49 PM
Quote from: Shirley on May 09, 2007, 06:34:33 PM
The 2m pipes from B+Q cost me less than £2 each. Pretty good value.
That's what I'm wanting to get. Maybe I can get James down there over the weekend so he can see how cheap it is 8)
Just show him the web page Billie...... :D
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=9272050&fh_start_index=6&fh_location=%2f%2fcatalog01%2fen_GB&fh_search=2m+pipe&fh_eds=%c3%9f&fh_refview=search&ts=1178732674569&isSearch=true
What do you use to cut the pipes with? :D
Quote from: amber0307 on March 31, 2008, 01:59:09 PM
What do you use to cut the pipes with? :D
Sorry for slow response Amber - been away!
A hubby with a hacksaw usually does the trick ;) :D
If you cut the plastic pipe (round or square) at an angle you can put the longer end at the bottom and have easier access to the top. And keep the ends a bit safer maybe.
Beadanna
Quote from: Beadanna on April 14, 2008, 10:52:22 AM
If you cut the plastic pipe (round or square) at an angle you can put the longer end at the bottom and have easier access to the top. And keep the ends a bit safer maybe.
Beadanna
I so wish I'd thought of that before cutting up all my piping and finding it hard to get at the shorter rods :'(