Permafacture wrote:
> I was thinking about how to slump a large diameter tube from a flat
> plane of glass.  I have little experience with glass working and dont
> know to what degree this is workable...

> You'd take a piece of float glass, from like a window and slump it
> over a ceramic tube you made/found as a form.  Put it in the kiln and
> let it soften and after its really gooy pull it out for a second and
> use poles to roll the hanging edges together.  The maybe flip it so
> the seam is on top and put it back in the kiln.

> ?

> Is this at all how you would form a large diameter tube from found
> resources?
> What size kiln do glass workers usually have; what is the widest sheet
> i might be able to work?
> can it be anealed in the same kiln it was slumped in?

> thanks!