Steph Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronmarbles Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 It was amazing when I first turned it on. I could watch it run for hours. It is a beautiful machine. It is killing me that I will not be able to work with it again till next Saturday. A little more cleaning and it will make perfect marbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockinron110 Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 Fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmac Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 Ya,perfect knockoffs,folks get ur millers dusted off and get em ready to list on the bay...Quickly!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted April 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 10 minutes ago, jmac said: Ya,perfect knockoffs,folks get ur millers dusted off and get em ready to list on the bay...Quickly!!! You choose this for your first post? I mean, welcome to the site and all, but this thread is a celebration of the preservation of history. Please don't derail the thread with negativity. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronmarbles Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 A marble machine only makes glass into balls. A gob feeder is what patterns glass. I do not have a feeder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryG Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 10 minutes ago, Steph said: You choose this for your first post? I mean, welcome to the site and all, but this thread is a celebration of the preservation of history. Please don't derail the thread with negativity. Thanks. Obviously doesn't like antiques. Probably collects Vacor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmac Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Reality is not negativity,and Road&tunnel,shamrock,patrick,etc...and even your oxblood transitionals i got burned on with pontils,"before you started signing them"did Not come from a gob feeder!!! I'm not posting to start s@#t, but i'm not rolling over either,I've had in hand mibs made at dave o's in reno way back,where they would have lampworkers with there station's, and offhand workers with their color pots right next to the screws a rollin,with the day tanks not even lit !!! PLEASE !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryG Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Dude.... Take a deep breath. Everybody isn't trying to cheat you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmac Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Obviously Dude,it must be you that collects vacor,because apparently you haven't been in the game long enough to have new collectors super excited that have vacors in their new collection,stepping up to a $50,$100 or higher denomination mib, and showing seasoned collectors,only to find out its a knockoff or repop !!! Is it just me,or is there a open thread in real time discussing fake popeye boxes,you've got to be joking !!! Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted April 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Brian, this thread took a direction I didn't want it to go. If you would like to start a different thread with some informational posts about the project, we can designate it a safe zone and keep the not-so-happy posts in threads like this one. Jmac, do you want news about the project posted or not? If you feel strongly about it, one would think you'd like the information to be available. Dedicating your first posts to dire implications about the project doesn't seem conducive to keeping the lines of communication open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migbar Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 I think this is all about the fun of trying to make marbles on an historic old marble machine...Brian isn't attempting to replicate old marbles.... I fully support this cause with all due enthusiasm and excitement. Best of luck to you Brian, Boyce would be proud and thrilled.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg11 Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 I would love to buy a set of road and tunnel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 On 4/26/2016 at 9:27 PM, migbar said: I think this is all about the fun of trying to make marbles on an historic old marble machine...Brian isn't attempting to replicate old marbles.... I fully support this cause with all due enthusiasm and excitement. Best of luck to you Brian, Boyce would be proud and thrilled.... What he ^^^^^ said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mibcapper Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 what an opporunity and in the most capable hands .... where's my chair .. .... bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IowaMarble Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 I can't wait to see what Brian can do with this machine! Hey Brian... need any Peltier cullet to play with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblebee Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 This could be my chance to see a truly wet mint Peltier marble that isn't a Rainbo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 21 minutes ago, IowaMarble said: . . . Hey Brian... need any Peltier cullet to play with? Now that's what I'm talkin' about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronmarbles Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 Pretty cullet. I have never played with marble company cullet and have no plans to start doing so. For one thing I would rather work with glass that I know the expansion rate of and it is way more interesting to batch my own colors. Attached is a pic of a chalcedony glass marble that I made awhile back. This is only one color of glass. It comes out of my furnace like this. This stuff is magical to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted April 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 oooooooooooh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IowaMarble Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 Just thought I'd make the offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronmarbles Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 I appreciate it. I am looking forward to making a few more marbles this Saturday..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 Can't wait Brian, Save me a few. Galen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdesousa Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 10 hours ago, akronmarbles said: Pretty cullet. I have never played with marble company cullet and have no plans to start doing so. For one thing I would rather work with glass that I know the expansion rate of and it is way more interesting to batch my own colors. Attached is a pic of a chalcedony glass marble that I made awhile back. This is only one color of glass. It comes out of my furnace like this. This stuff is magical to work with. Wow! Wonder why our heroes (Early, Fielder, Leighton) never played with it? Maybe in your spare time you can put together a comprehensive reenactment of glass marbles like the CMOG did with Venetian glass: http://renvenetian.cmog.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronmarbles Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 That looks interesting - kind of what I have already been doing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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