right on good luck man, sounds exciting :)
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right on good luck man, sounds exciting :)
Awesome man! Hope you get the job! Sounds like a sweet gig!
its a super technical school wit big and small lathes 12 torch stations eqipped with herbies and foot pedals all with venbtilation, cutting wheels and a kiln i could fit my sofa and myself in
im superexited
good luck man! sounds like a great opportunity
i was off the torch for 3 weeks and i had to get back into the flow so i made pendants some garden thingys and two cranky goblets hrr
oh and i got my new car a dodge ram1500 5,7 hemi
hope you like the pics
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/312/twogob1.jpg
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/6564/gob2g.jpg
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kind regards
nice wonky goblets!
today i got a letter of acceptance from the state glassschool of hadamar, i start a 3 year aprenticeship to become a scientific glassblower there, im very hyped about this, they have a huge work area with 12 torchstations with herbies and footpedals kilns and lathes, and all that stuff, for me its exciting cause i have a house and a lovely girlfriend and a cute little daughter and will see them only at weekends for three years because the school is 480 km away from where i live
heres the website if you wanna taka a look , tghere niot so much sceintific stuff mostly flatstuff
http://www.region-online.de/bildung/glasfach/index.html
kind regards
wow thats hardcore man, you should move your family closer somehow. good luck mang, sounds awesome!
i wish i could my daught is 9 months now and my girl made her dr.rer.nat. in genetics microbiologics, and is hoping to work ,where we have our house, for a pharmafirm or a university, i know i will be hard not being able to hug my little princess but its only for the week on friday i can drive home and on sunday back to the school
i will take a lot of pictures there if you like
kind regards frank
from yesterday evening, we made a bbq and i was torching as the others ate
http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/747/pendantf1.jpg
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oh and heres a customer vid from a collab tube between zenit and myself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1yMj...&feature=feedu
damn , that colabo is Amazing...that is really impressive, congrats dude
hi here are some pics of stuff i am practicing , i made my first bub but i fucked up the mouthpiece but i think the next one will be better
http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/204/dsc00752j.jpg
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kind regards
good work man i like the carved/caramel slide and the unobtanium slide..the implosions are real clean!
hi glassfriends, i have some problems with making bubblers, i made some attempts but they all came out sloppy, im am a little curious about the steps,
i make the can
garage
i make the mouthpiece
garage
then i attach a female 18.8 ground joint to the can; i want to use a downstem not a fixed one, and pop a hole for the mouthpiece
garage again and make a slide or something while its soaking
then i take out the mouthpiece on a blowtube wit a stopper on teh end and the can and join them together
! now i try to remove the blowtube from the mouthpiece(please dont crack now please)
garage and let it soak while i attach a horn or a handle to the slide
now i take the bub with the closed mouthpiece out of the kiln and shape the bottom of the can
garage again
finally i take the bub out of the kiln and open the mouthpiece
can i improve something with my steps? are you making it different?
i made abub yesterday out of 55X5 with frit on the inside, mouthpiece and slide out of 44X4 also with frit on the inside, i spend a hell of a time to melt it in really good, but today in the morning i found that i had condensed it too much and not blown it out enough so it was like 8mm thick, and i did not get the can and the mouthpiece hot enough so the sloppy seal send cracks all over the bub that i even cant repair it, i have a hard time controlling the diameter and thickness when i use large tubing and i also need to shape the bigger stuff better, withb the small stuff like 30 and max 40mm i can get along qiet well but i think i have to practice much more with the bigger tubing i used for the can
kind regards
hey i was starting to talk to you on facebook but i figured i would reply here instead. I have similar problems with my bubs that i have tried, and its funny you put the part "! now i try to remove the blowtube from the mouthpiece(please dont crack now please)" i feel the same way haha. I also would be curious as to the steps people use here. But i will say that i am finding a HUGEEEEE thing to do here is bridging. where i have had things crack on me so far (oil domes and areas where theres welds) its because i didnt bridge the two sections together and work in the weld really smoothly. your working on some big tubing i have stepped past 32. but i really like what you have been up to and can identify with your post a LOT.
oh thank you, yes i think i should have bridged the mouthpiece, would have made things lot easier, next attempt will be much better, i hope:D
ok here goes...
First off, dont make it harder on yourself than you need to. NO 50x5 frit dump!!! do this all in clear using 25x4. start small and clear so you can see whats happening inside the piece and inside the welds. Make the can section with you bowl already pushed... ( or ground joint added).
If you do the ground joint, which I dont suggest while you are still learning, you must put a closed male into the female and bridge it in place to maintain your air pressure, after you have added the female joint to the can. So you make your can section, pop the hole for the stem attachment and ream it open to a nice size. Not too big and not too small. Make sure the lip is nice and even in thickness and roundness and that the lip is nice and flat. You want the opening to be just about the size and shape a of what it will look like as a finished weld.
Next make your stem section, and about 1/4 of an inch down the blowtube from the mouthpiece add a 1/4 inch nub of clear with a 8 mil rod pointed down on the bottom side of the stem. This will be the bridging point. Pop the hole for the attachment to the can and ream it to the exact same size as the opening on the can. Make sure the lip is flat and even wall thickness. It is VERY important to make sure that both the openings on the can and on the stem are identical. Not just in shape but in size and wall thickness.
Garage the stem for a moment, then grab the can outta the kiln. Add a 1/4 inch long section of 8 mil rod to the blowtube of the can section, about 1/4 of an inch down the blowtube just below the can. Quickly begin to heat the lip of can section getting ready for the weld. give it a nice glow then grab the stem section outtta of kiln. Begin to heat both lips. I like them nice and hot but not soupy. Take them outta of the flame lightly make the connection between the can and the stem ...push together LIGHTLY.. dont SMOOSH them together... and then give them a slight tugg apart. Flash the whole weld in the flame checking to make sure everything has lined up correctly.
At this point, you should grab a piece of 8 mill rod and make your bridge between the two bridge points on the blowtubes that have been set up already. Be fast with this move. Try to use a piece of rod that has been presized to fit close to perfect. Just tack weld the piece into place, then quickly hit one side of the weld between the can and the stem with the flame for a few seconds, then go back to the bridge connections and really melt one side of the bridge connection completely. Next go back to the weld at the can and the stem and hit the opposite of that weld with the flame for a few seconds to soak some heat back into it. Then go back to the bridge connections and melt the second connection in all the way.
Now you have the can welded to the stem and solidly bridged so you can go back to that can/stem weld give the whole weld a good heat and a light puff. Then remove the blowtube from the bottom of the can below the bridge point. Now your just attached by the blowtube at the mouthpiece and the whole bubbler is still on the bridge. Go back to the can/stem weld this is the final shot on the weld. I like to get it almost soupy with a nice even heat and puff it out. The entire weld should puff out completly seamless and totally even if you have followed all these steps.
After that garage the bubbler. Make a fast spoon.
Take the bubbler back out of the kiln remove the bridges remove the excess blowtube from the bottom of the can. Heat the bottom of the can and flatten to shape.
Garage the bubbler, make another spoon. Remove bubbler from kiln pop the carb and ream to shape. Garage the bubbler, make another spoon.
Flash my claw grabbers in the flame, pull the bubbler from the kiln, flash my grabbers one more time, then attach the grabbers to the front of the can. Small sharp flame. Start in the back of the flame and slowly bring closer to yourslef in the flame. Flame should be right where you want the opening to the mouth piece to be. Flame cut the blowtube off and pick the mouth piece open. Ream to shape and use a graphite paddle to lighlty tap the mouth piece flush. Box your bubbler.
ooohh nice than k you very much, i noticed much differences between my and your steps, i had a blowtube with a male 18 mm joint welded on the end and had it with graphite tape in the female wich is attached to the can, then i shaped it and put the mouthpiece on, i think my failure lies in not having a nice weld where the mouthpiece meets the can, and i think bridging is the key to get a really nice weld there, but i will try your method maybe it works much nicer for me, i always found it easier to have a male ground joint at the end of the blowtube so i dont need to be so carefull to not blow a stopper ground joint out or having to bridge a stopper ground joint to the can, i use this graphite tape and it holds really good
thank you very much kind regards frank
Thx Julian , Man that was informative!...much appreciated..that definitely deserves rep..=)