Quote Originally Posted by truedef View Post
How do people hand tool the male joints? Do they heat a gather and then put into a male graphite hold and slightly puff the mass of molten glass. and then either blow out the hole on the end or cut it off on a saw and then flame polish?
when i have done it i just pull down a taper and fit it into a glass female joint, then cut and trim it up, trickiest part is getting the wall thickness of the joint not too thick.