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hi , been awhile since i have been on. Things have been buzy areound here getting new equipment for the shop, mill ,forklift all sorts .
but glassblowing has been buzy . Just thought i would drop a HI . letting people know im about and yes i found my password heh

Wow he must have good knees or lay on the ground to work on it that's crazy.

Sorry guys things have been crazy here atm but ill try to get the Questions answered.
Torches i use victor hand torches with small removeable torch heads from 0-9 Its the j28 series. I also have a full set of these torches made from glass with same fitting so can be swaped easily.I make all my ...

Quartz melding point is triple that of regular glass and as for blowing it, you can however ya almost have to keep a torch on it the whole time not quite. where borosilica glass is molten and workable for
almost 30 seconds.but there are many grade of glass even in boro.
Quartz kinda stands by itself ...

Quartz Glassblowing
Very different from any other glass as it takes more heat and constant heat to weld,shape and bend. different tooling as well oxygen\hydrogen are the best gases for this.
After making a part it can be flame annealed witch helps keep the part from cracking. but all parts should ...

BTW as for Tanks/Cylinders
Check with your locate military surplus as the goverment makes them replace them alot and they just end up in surplus
but u might want to get a group of people to buy some. as most the time they are bulk only not single.






Glassblowers do it hotter -Quartzshop