steaks thread - progression

**steak351** · 08-01-2011, 11:24 PM

here is a vid of thze stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fdNqGaOFEg

**steak351** · 08-21-2011, 11:59 AM

hey, im now an scientific glassblower aprentice since august the first in a german school, last week the roor crew and eusheen were there to have a look at the school, if youre interested id love to make some pics and post from time to time about what i am doing at the moment, right now i am joining tubes mostly 1.5mm thick and with a diameter af 12 or 15mm, you get grades on that , like how good the joint is....., i have 20 hrs a week in the shop and the other time its technical drawing and other stuff in a classroom

tomorrow i am going to ask about shop time for myself cause the school is 480 km away from my girlfriend and little daughter and my little garage studio with my torch and kiln.... so i can make sections under the week for example and assemble them saturday night at home, i am driving home every friday and i have a small apartment near the school

kind regards frank

**frillcappa** · 08-21-2011, 01:54 PM

Hell yea steak, good for you man. What kinda question is that, do we wanna see pics? of course we wanna see pics my man! lol.

**steak351** · 08-22-2011, 07:07 AM

hehe thats what i thought

im going to take my cam to the shop tomorrow and snap a few pics

**Delta9** · 08-22-2011, 01:35 PM

thats insane, can't wait to see the pics.

**steak351** · 08-23-2011, 08:34 AM

i hope i have time to upload them tomorrow, i have also made a few short vids wich ill be also uploading tomorrow if i have the time

**Delta9** · 08-23-2011, 01:19 PM

Cool beans enjoy the new classes

**steak351** · 08-24-2011, 07:20 AM

do you wanna see something patucular? like the amschine where we are making ground joints or something?

naah ill just snap a ton of pics and upload them

;D

**steak351** · 08-25-2011, 08:59 AM

hey here are some pics i made today, i hope you like them

the school building

the workshop/studio,1st floor ist the shop where i am working on the second is only flatglass

hand torch

"thüringer" torch with metal assembly for coiling tubes

"flöte" - flute , we use it for bending tubes, many little holes make a 1,50 meter wide flame, there is a stopper atr the end so you can adjust the wide of the flame, from ca 1,50m to ca 10cm

the ground joint machine - we can/must make our groundjoints ourselfes on this crazy machine, its like playing piano while driving a motorcycle at the same time

wet belt sander

grinding machine to grind the ground joints

also a grinding machine at the moment, or a drill

wet buzz saw

lathe equipped with a herbie

smaller lathe also with a herbie

small old crazy kiln

big new crazy kiln and the "Meister"

my workbench, i do not work there all the time i am sharing it with another student when i am in another class, we all have herbies with footpedals running on natural gas, compressed air and oxigen, hardlines all the way to every torch in the shop, and a powerfull vent system

stuff we get grades on for example

i hope you liked the pics, ill see that i can make a little vid from every machine when im working on it

kind regards frank

**Mecha** · 08-25-2011, 09:54 AM

Wow, what an amazing studio. That is some seriously nice equipment.

**steak351** · 08-25-2011, 10:27 AM

the only thing is that i wish i had my f-130 at my bench.....

oh and on monday next week i can work the first 4 hours on my own and do my stuff

kind regards frank

**Delta9** · 08-25-2011, 01:26 PM

So bad ass.... Nice bench set up.
Thanks for showining,
Hows that joint thing work?
Soo interesting.

**IndiePendent** · 08-25-2011, 06:07 PM

Sick video dude... also you get about a billion cool points in my book for using Pretty Lights in your vid

**steak351** · 09-09-2011, 09:05 AM

nothing atrsy just a little vid, there are u pieces and t pieces and straight connections and 90 degree bends i had to make, have fun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJUevJEf4Yg

kind regards frank

**sasch74** · 09-09-2011, 10:34 AM

wow, I left that school in 2002 and the belt grinder and saw haven`t been cleaned since then lol...

**Nelly** · 09-09-2011, 11:21 AM

nice set up. i really like your jewelry are you working with soft or hard glass?

**steak351** · 09-09-2011, 10:42 PM

hi, only boro

hello sascha, i clean everything before working, thats how I do it;D

**Forche** · 09-09-2011, 10:55 PM

Good stuff man - keep up the good work, I'm jealous!!

BK · 09-09-2011, 11:03 PM

that facility looks great! doesn't scientific glass school kick so much ass?

woo!

wish we had herbies =o

**keys4life7** · 09-10-2011, 08:42 AM

Wow man, im blown away

those pictures seem like a place in my dreams let alone a real place lol

its so cool you get to learn from masters like that, i too am super jealous