I bought some components to put together a surge tank setup and a pedal (based on this thread ofc, I'll post my full build w/ variations once it's done), but one piece of plumbing for each project...

Thanks for the feedback. The hard part about #1 is I'm not really wanting to measure the consumption of my "current" work, but my "future" work and my trajectory has definitely to utilize a larger...

I understand. Thanks for your help so far.

To change the subject away from compressed gasses, lets talk about sucking vacuum for a bit. I had a vacuum pump laying around for other projects...

Thanks 691175002 and AxisWolf for the knowledge dumps and pictures of your setups & part recommendations. A few questions:

1) Ok, so I've thought about this a bit and I think I'm coming up with a...

I did my usual - burned through my tanks staying up late on weeknights and now I have no O2 for the weekend :bangHead:

Wig wags are getting a little bit better. A few more feet of lined tubing...

That's great info from both of you, thanks. I will probably have some questions but I will need to reread it a few times before I'm ready.

In the meantime, I tried to do my first wig wag balls...

Any recommended parts or recent guides? I've read a bunch but some is outdated (with regards to suppliers, at least) or maybe superseded, idk. I should def price out a potential solution before I...

Ok, so I am now the proud owner of two supposedly low hour EX20s which should be 10 lpm models. I only have hoses to tie both of them (Y) to the centerfire (w/ no outerfire), or to both inputs to...

Thanks for the suggestion (a long time ago). I gave this a try back in June(!) and it turned out ok:

https://i.imgur.com/aadT3aqs.jpg

Butt joints are gross (something I've been working on...

In a new development that I think RR11 will appreciate, I tried my hand at some IO frit spoons last night.

https://i.imgur.com/gpRjla6s.jpg
I pulled some points off of my 25mm tubing for a change...

I've kinda cooled on the Revere videos specifically. They are really good and I still watch them, but they are a bit over edited and the guy's skill level is phenomenal and it makes it hard to be a...

I've been fascinated by fume lately. I'm working up to my first vacuum encasement and I think that will give me some additional things to try, but for now I'm trying to blow fume onto a blank, trap...

I haven't died or gotten bored with this yet! I'm still burning o2 and spinning glass, and some things are getting better. I've gotten to that part in the learning process where each new thing...

Great, thanks for the info folks. Between the last two glass sales (pyrex last week and chinese tubes this week) I have enough clear tubing variety to keep me busy for a while. Now I'm trying to...

https://i.imgur.com/Vtvxp5Us.jpg

The graphite rods are the two tools from the MGA starter pack that I haven't found a good use for, plus I split the small one pulling it out of the packaging like...

Thanks for all the feedback and kind words. I fully plan to get around to points, but I've got a lot to learn atm but at least the curve is steep - every piece feels better and looks better than the...

And that gets us caught up to today! Last night I tried to make a few more donuts because, why not? It gives me a target shape to practice skills with and seems as good as any, except I'm not very...

Well, I promised a mess and by golly, I'm going to deliver a mess! Not everything has turned out well. Beyond the popped bubbles, dropped blanks, and general failures I ended up with some doozies....

Here is a post with some glass in it, thankfully.
https://i.imgur.com/NYfmXtgs.jpg
A little spoon practice a few days ago, including my first inside out attempt.
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I'm sorry, did I say I dropped some $$? I really dropped some $$$$ lol. The Phantom design appealed to me because I could run it center fire only and effectively get a smaller Lynx to start off...

Here is some early work from a few weeks ago.

https://i.imgur.com/vXoMb1ys.jpg
Some (mostly) round marbles.


https://i.imgur.com/VBdZcyi.mp4
The airbubble trapped in this one makes for a...

I've been locked indoors for a few months and I figured what better way to celebrate the plague of 2020 by picking up a new hobby/addiction. I had an opportunity a long time ago to use a groupon for...