Kilauea - anyone for a gather?

[Paul Thompson]

I'd love to take a doubledip out of this (http://www.kitv.com/news/16816020/detail.html) (note: 50 secs of commercials & talkingheads), but then where to marver it? And I don't think anyone, maybe except Pete, makes color that's compatible.

What is the COE of lava anyway??

[David Patchen]

I forgot to bring a blowpipe to Guatemala.

[Rob White]

Hawaiian lava is low silica and high in iron.

Plus - no annealer needed, no charge cycles
Minus - Hot working environment, flow can change and destroy your hot shop at any time.

The fast moving stuff is about 2000 degrees.

Rob White

[Jim Wiltschko]

My geologist brother offers this info:

Hawaiian basalts (lava when molten)) contain about 50% silica, 10% each of iron, magnesium, calcium, about 15% aluminum, 2% titanium and 2% sodium.

[Kenny Pieper]

Bill Worcester and Hugh Jenkins have experience in working with this stuff. If I remember correctly they used Iron pipes to gather it up blow it play with it and then cut the pipe off short and went in for another gather.

[Steve Stadelman]

Bill had to sneak the pipe in. Playing with lava is discouraged.

[Scott Novota]

Today Grasshopper you will pull a pony with a single gather of lava. Only then will you be given the keys to the hotshop.

Work quick.



Scott.
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