Microwave Oven (pros and cons)

Microwave for 96 and dichroic glass melting system.

I bought one of these for about eight months. I was curious about the claims that could fuse glass within twelve minutes.

It occurred to me that the speed of this oven in operation would of benefit to the change in production and hopefully a reduction in my electric bill.

Pros: if this oven in fact, only have eleven or twelve minutes to melt the glass. It is especially good if you want to test a design quickly to see what kind of effect will be achieved.

Bad Points: It is very irratic at the time, sometimes twelve minutes just does not and can not honestly explain why. I've also discovered that what you put in isn't always what you get out, basically, is not reliable. Has little control and tend to fuse more exceptional if not watched closely. Parts have a habit of moving in the oven and joining other items. It takes away the control over fine time pieces which means that quite often work irregular leaves. Larger items are used to mark out a hole in the middle, you can not explain why this happens.

In short, yes it was a good buy, but only as a oven pilot. I personally prefer the control and the time I get with my standard oven.

When I'm doing my dichroic glass jewelry using a minimum two layers of glass in all my designs. The colors are selected then the glass is cut to size. The final model is carefully laid on the glass with a tweezers. Each piece is cut and edited by myself.

Once a design is complete, then carefully set into the kiln and fired. The fire lasts about an hour and a half, depending on the effect I want to achieve, if I want to achieve something similar to what I put in the oven I use the normal oven, but if I do something completely random then the microwave is definitely better to use thr. If I lack the design is the texture I will give a short shot, if I am looking for a more free or at random to complete, will enable the launch of overtime.

After firing, the glass is allowed two hours to cool before removing the oven. If the hot glass is withdrawn too soon the sudden rush of cold air will cause the fracture lines or broken glass.

I am a graduate of Glasgow School of Art jewelry design. In 1984, I established my business, which designed and manufactured titanium jewelry. In 1994 I discontinued my business to deal with raising my family, young.

I followed the design of jewelry once in the interim, but I changed the means and glass. I have refined the techniques of combining Dichroic glass and glass fusion to produce the results seen in the accompanying photographs. No two pieces are ever identical, even if the same materials are increasingly used. Even small changes in cooking time or temperature will result in very different colors, textures and finishes. I am currently producing earrings, pendants, brooches and cufflinks.

Alison MacVicar

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