[TheForge] glass doors & glass shaping

[Demon Buddha]

Bruce Freeman wrote:
> Of course, with a glassworker to help out, one could probably do some
> awesome slumped-glass fireplace doors.  Maybe slump into a mold that
> reproduces on the glass a motif in the iron frame...

	Nice idea, but don't you need a glass kiln for that much material?  I 
really like glass as part of iron projects, but it is a very 
energy-intensive activity.  Doing onesy-twosey glass in such sizes would 
probably prove very costly.  Fire kiln, do a piece, shut kiln down. 
Repeat as necessary.  Mucho dinero, I think.  I'm also wondering about 
working the glass.  A fireplace door is a pretty large hunk of hot gooey 
glass, and it would have to be annealed afterward, so there is another 
piece of equipment, the point being that this doesn't sound like a 
casual endeavor, unless you have the billions of Gates.