Just keep in mind that CA glue is much more rigid than epoxy. If the wood
moves to much the CA will crack whereas the epoxy would be able to move with
the wood. I was just at an all day seminar with Graham Priddle and he said
he wont use CA for any of his pieces. He feels there isn't a long enough
track record with CA. He recommends epoxy since it has been used in many
industries for nearly 100 years.
Tony Manella
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Lehigh Valley Woodturners
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Hi Michael

I find using CA gives me the best clear filling results, mind you this
was not on glass fill, but metal powder and flakes, where the epoxy
really dulled the bright metal color/cheen.
Seems logical also, as first you can fill with 100% material, glass in
your case, and only fill the openings left in the fill, while with
epoxy you are never able to use that much material in the mixture and
still have the epoxy work.
Also the hardened CA itself is clearer than Epoxy.

Have fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo

On Jul 10, 2:39 pm, "Michael Faurot"
wrote:
william kossack wrote:
I use crushed stone such as Turquoise and Malachite on some of my
turnings. The cost for already crushed stone ranges from $10 and ounce
to $20 an ounce.

I've been experimenting with doing something similar, although instead
of stone, I'm going to use stained glass scraps. My wife does stained
glass, and there's always plenty of those scraps around that can be
had for nothing.

I've purchased some nuggets and I was wondering how to best crush it
myself. Anyone have a simple solution?

While my use of stained glass isn't necessarily going to be a
substitute for something like Turquoise, stained glass does crush
pretty easy. I've just used the freezer style resealable bags, as
the plastic is a little thicker, and then just tap them with a
hammer or sledge. It doesn't take a lot of force to break the glass
so just tapping helps keep the bag from completely disintegrating
during the grinding process.

As mentioned, I've been experimenting with this. So far, I've yet to
find the right glue to use. I've been using "clear" epoxy, but when
it dries, it has been cloudy, and thus obscuring the glass granules
underneath. Can anyone recommend a good glue to use that dries clear,
hard and is also (hopefully) relatively inexpensive?

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