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Author Topic: IOW Michael Harris signed paperweight help with a problem  (Read 4911 times)

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Offline chopin-liszt

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Re: IOW Michael Harris signed paperweight help with a problem
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2012, 10:49:12 AM »
I'm afraid I agree with your last sentence, Kev.
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Re: IOW Michael Harris signed paperweight help with a problem
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2012, 01:55:55 PM »
Could this possibly have been caused during the annealing process?  I realise it is signed, and would most probably be unlikely to have been signed had the fault been noticed,  but this is just a thought.
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Re: IOW Michael Harris signed paperweight help with a problem
« Reply #12 on: July 06, 2012, 03:50:04 PM »
What are so often called "annealing cracks" can occur well after the annealing process. Residual stresses may never be known until years later, when a shock of some form causes the reaction of a crack. And the shock can be sudden temperature change, especially hot to cold.
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Re: IOW Michael Harris signed paperweight help with a problem
« Reply #13 on: July 06, 2012, 04:43:28 PM »
some closer photo,s of the weight
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Re: IOW Michael Harris signed paperweight help with a problem
« Reply #14 on: July 06, 2012, 04:53:23 PM »
That's interesting Kevin, I remember having some glass on the windowsill that during a sunny day burned the wood on the sill....could this sort of situation cause glass to stress in the way that Stew's weight looks?
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