Facilities

Our purpose built Grinding & Polishing  Workshop offers artists access to professional glass equipment.  

Studio  users must complete a Safety Induction for each piece of machinery and a copy of a current certificate of Public Liability Insurance must be  provided before using the studio.

Bookings are essential & it is expected that artists can work independently.......but just shout out if you need a hand.  

We have Silicone Carbide Grit for sale.  BYO Personal Protection Equipment, Linisher Belts & Cerium. 

The Grinding & Polishing Workshop is available to artists by appointment at 

$30 p/h inc gst.  

To have a chat about using the Workshop head to the Contact tab above.

Our Covington 18 inch Diamond Grinder is a professional grade 1HP  variable speed-grinding unit with speeds from 200 to 1100RPM. The  grinder has a reversible direction head and is wash down compatible for  easy clean up. It features both dual line external Loc-Line water feed  system and a center water feed through the spindle of the grinder. This  allows addition of grinding domes and cones to the grinder with an  optional thread adapter. The grinder has a removable stainless steel  splash guard and removable brush style splash guards for grinding larger surfaces across the diamond plate.

Our Covington 4013 Freestanding lathe is a double sided horizontal lathe  with a 36 inch long shaft that allows you use wheels from 4 inches  upwards. The lathe has two adjustable tables for use with a drip pan and  free access all around the shaft ends for working with pieces of  virtually any size. The 1HP motor can be speed adjusted for various  grinding methods including polishing.   Use the Lathe for cutting & carving edges & curved or flat  surfaces & polishing with a felt wheel.   1" shaft, bring your own profiles or use ours in 80 Grit Diamond &  400 Grit Diamond.  Profiles include Doughnut, Flat, V Wheel plus a felt  wheel for use with Cerium Oxide.

An upright lathe used for grinding & polishing edges & curved  surfaces.  Use with your own Silicon Carbide & Cork belts @ 101.6mm w  x 2,692mm l.

An upright drill press used with a water chuck and Habit Shank diamond  drill bits.  Used to drill holes in flat sided glass objects. We have a wide size range of drill bits available for use.

The 16" Cork and Felt Glass Polisher is designed for coldworking glass  to a high polish. The cork wheel combined with mildly abrasive pumice  will pre-polish the work piece. The felt wheel combined with cerium  oxide will bring the piece up to a high polish. The arbor can be quickly  disassembled (4 bolts) for pulley change or bearing inspection. Unit  comes with one 16" x 3" cork wheel and one 16" x 3" felt wheel.  Wheels  turn at 280rpm to minimize polish powder loss, while a rim speed of  1,173SFM creates the friction necessary for a brilliant finish.

Inland band saw with a diamond blade for cutting small thicknesses of sheet glass into organic shapes.

For cutting thicker glass, the saw has a 350mm Continuous Rim Diamond Blade a cutting depth of 120mm & cutting length 800mm.

Variable speed hand held engraver for use with diamond burrs and water on all glass surfaces.  Used to sign, decorate, carve or coldwork glass.