interesting tool

[VED]

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[KahunaGlassArt]

hm... interesting

[loco]

"In my never-ending quest to offset my lack of glassblowing skill I decided to construct such a device, and I gotta say, it's worked out pretty well."

Ummmmm I don't get it? I really wish I could say (no offense intended) I was blond, but I'm more gray. Bueller? Anyone?

[jr23]

I saw the master of coils Donnie H at the vegas event using a can shaped piece of cylindrical sheet metal with a notch in it. Whether the device spins it for you with a crank the real skill set is in heating the glass to just the right stage and then matching that with your rotation of jig and feed rate.

I would assume it you have trouble doing this job this machine acts more like a crutch which gets the gob done. IF you can spin the crank why cant you turn a rod with a jig on it.

[Islandglass Man]

I will be demoing coil winding at AGI this year there are a few different ways to wind coils. The machine pictured is not very versatile when you have to wind medium to large coils.

Winding coils by hand is a skill you can learn.

Bear

[BlueBeard]

i wrap about ten 8 inch diameter on 6mm standard 2 meters long just about every day. I HATE COILS the most joyous moment in my life is when i mess one up and get to smash the fuck out of it. but yeah it just takes some practice to do it by hand.

[Aymie]

I will be demoing coil winding at AGI this year there are a few different ways to wind coils. The machine pictured is not very versatile when you have to wind medium to large coils.

Winding coils by hand is a skill you can learn.

Bear



The real ballers do that shit by hand!

[harpentuan]

Seems a bit overpriced for that doo-dad.

[FredLight]

Scientific version of the line tool?

It's almost like deja-vu.

This thread may get 4 pages long if we don't spike it through the heart.

LOL.