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Pics. Glass blowing - 6 session, 24 hr total glass glass. Anyone else?
      What did you learn, what did you think about it - and what did you make?
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- Craig 3.4L, SC heads, 964 cams, B&B headers, K27 HF ZC turbo, Ruf IC. WUR & RPM switch, IA fuel head, Zork, G50/50 5 speed. 438 RWHP / 413 RWTQ - "930 is the wild slut you sleep with who tries to kill you every time you "get it on" - Quote by Gabe Movie: 930 on the dyno Last edited by Craig 930 RS; 05-23-2006 at 09:27 AM.. |
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What is this, a giant glass hemorrhoid? j/k
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05-23-2006, 09:59 AM
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Yep, and I named it Len
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- Craig 3.4L, SC heads, 964 cams, B&B headers, K27 HF ZC turbo, Ruf IC. WUR & RPM switch, IA fuel head, Zork, G50/50 5 speed. 438 RWHP / 413 RWTQ - "930 is the wild slut you sleep with who tries to kill you every time you "get it on" - Quote by Gabe Movie: 930 on the dyno |
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So what did the final product look like?
Always wanted to try glass blowing but no one around here has classes.
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05-23-2006, 10:15 AM
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Final will be out of the cool down oven at about 1:30 today.
Started with paperweights, man these these glass trinkets are TRICKY ***** to make!
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Yeah, the pics are sort of anticlimatic. Any end results?
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05-23-2006, 10:23 AM
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See above -
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Ah, got it.
I work with a guy that used to be a glass blower. He's got some interesting stories. I've watched some shows on Dale Chihuly, and some of the stuff that they do is really amazing. It's crazy to see them holding the hot glass in their hand separated by nothing more than a wet sunday paper (more or less).
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From the 'duh' dept. - the shocker was how bloody hot the process is.
Take the rod, insert it into the glass, SWEET MOTHER OF GOD MY HAND IS ON FIRE! Or felt like it. Working the glass, man it is difficult to get leverage. Like really thick honey which stays soft, soft, soft, then poof, it's too hard to work with. Oh and ya gotta keep it on the rod and not let it slough off. The heat when working the glass on the rod - not as hot as when inserting the rod into the glass, but your hand is above it for a long time. At this point it *has* cooled down.......from 2,100 to 1,400. Then it anneals at 900 for 12 hours.
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Never done it myself, but the hot shop in Tacoma's Museum of Glass is really cool.
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05-23-2006, 12:25 PM
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These pups took about 20 minutes each, first timer:
 First one  Second, a bit larger. The bigger the piece the harder to make -  German Flag colors   Girlie one for my wife
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That looks like a lot of fun. Nice work!
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Tabs, how much would U pay for THAT spoon
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Thats pretty cool stuff Craig. How do you get the air bubbles out ? Or why are there so many ? Is that from blowing it ?
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Awesome stuff.
So when do you start making the 4 foot tall wizard shaped bong? |
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Very nice. Always wondered what it was like to work with glass.
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I checked out a glass school in Brooklyn yrs ago. Never signed up but was interested enough to find out it's easy and cheap to set up a shop at home. Also there is different qualities of glass from cheap to very expensive.
Setting up glass for neon is doable.
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1976 Porsche 911S Targa 2.7
