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Soo tempted to go get this, as I think it's a big "start the car" type deal, but maybe somebody else might get luck and snag it. I don't think it'll last much longer......
 
Nice machine, they are designed for glass work. The rollers for running plate glass along. We have one in the shop. I bought it new from the company down in Woodstock Ontario about 15 years ago. I am sure they are way more expensive now $1200 at the time.
 
I did a glass blowing course about 18 years ago and remember they had 2 or 3 of these setup in a row. We used them to grind off the Punty marks and smooth the bottom of our pieces after they came out of the annealing kiln. I was curious about what the rollers on this one were for, but makes sense now that you mention it. The ones they had at the harbourfront center did not have them.

I'm surprised this is still available. If he's still got it by friday, I might go get it. No room for it, no real need for it either, but it can sit out side under a tarp until I can find a spot for it or build another shed for it :D.
 
Dan Dubeau said:
I did a glass blowing course about 18 years ago and remember they had 2 or 3 of these setup in a row. We used them to grind off the Punty marks and smooth the bottom of our pieces after they came out of the annealing kiln. I was curious about what the rollers on this one were for, but makes sense now that you mention it. The ones they had at the harbourfront center did not have them.

I'm surprised this is still available. If he's still got it by friday, I might go get it. No room for it, no real need for it either, but it can sit out side under a tarp until I can find a spot for it or build another shed for it :D.
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That’s cool, my wife use to do glass blowing, that’s why we bought the machine. I was building a series of museum cabinets and the glass often needed to be fit as be fit the glass supplier for tempered would only give +\- 1/16ish The 3M Tryzact were a game changer for that machine. I also have one of the giant lapping wheels.
 
While we only did the one weekend course, and have never touched it again, glass blowing remains one of the coolest things I've ever done in my life. Always wanted to give it another try someday. One of the most interesting and hard to describe materials I've ever worked. Gravity is always trying to wreck what you're doing.

I made a couple cups, small bowls, and a few blobs....But this cowboy hat was the last thing I made, and the one that I like the best.
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While we only did the one weekend course, and have never touched it again, glass blowing remains only of the coolest things I've ever done in my life. Always wanted to give it another try someday. One of the most interesting and hard to describe materials I've ever worked. Gravity is always trying to wreck what you're doing.

I made a couple cups, small bowls, and a few blobs....But this cowboy hat was the last thing I made, and the one that I like the best.
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That sounds amazing Dan. I love the hat. Glass is definitely an interesting material to work. To rent blowing time is very expensive now so we just made a smaller set up at home that the glory hole runs on propane as we don’t have natural gas here. We use one kiln to heat up the glass for the pickup then another after for the cool down. I am sure you know the process, I am just the assistant and maintenance person.
 

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Nice!, Love the free form of that.

The first thing my wife said when I built my Ribbon burner forge for blacksmithing is "can we use that for glass blowing?". I have not tried it, but I think it might be possible. Pretty small work envelope though. But that's the least of our troubles, it's all the other support tooling and stuff you need. Same for every hobby, it's a slippery slope. For now, it'll remain a dream.

We did the weekend course at the toronto Harbourfront center many years ago when we first started dating and lived downtown. Our instructor was pretty laid back, and after giving us the safety talk and foundational stuff, just let us play around, and helped us as we went. There was no rigid structure to the course at all, it was a free for all, make whatever you wanted. There was another girl in our class with no partner, so he helped her primarily, and my wife and I took turns alternating on projects. It was a ton of fun, and I'd do it again in a heartbeat if we had the chance.

We watched the Blown away series on netflix (our instructor was on it, but didn't fare too well....), and found it pretty good, although they really glossed over the technical stuff, and it was more for entertainment and drama. What a shame. The building they filmed that in is pretty neat too. Wife recognized it from the outside shots as the Cotton factory in Hamilton. She's done a few yarn shows there, and I've explored all over that place when helping her setup. Didn't get to go in the glass studio though :(. Love old factories from that era.
 
My next door neighbour runs a glass blowing studio. Consequentially, my furnace doesn't work very hard.
If anyone's looking to give it a try, Clayton's a great guy: https://turnstyleglass.com/
(If you come by you can ask me when my lathe's going to be up and running!)

We have one of those sanders at work. Occasionally used for glass, but I welded up a flat platten and a little work rest. I occasionally take the platten off to use it as a slack belt.
 
Blown away is a much watched series in our house, but we think the judging has be a little biased the last few years. Still wonderful to see the pieces. But you are right, short on techniques.
There is such thing as a coffee can glory hole, which isn’t difficult to build with fiberfrax and a burner. Pipes are expensive but there is colour fusion https://www.colourfusion.com/
that has everything. The punty rods are just Stainless rod.
Definitely worth the effort.
If you ever make it down to Corning New York it’s worth the trip, but it will be at least another few years to return.
My wife went to Sheridan years ago. I have no idea what the program is like now. We just do things as hobbies now rather than professionally and much prefer it that way.
 
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Blown away is a much watched series in our house, but we think the judging has be a little biased the last few years. Still wonderful to see the pieces. But you are right, short on techniques.
There is such thing as a coffee can glory hole, which isn’t difficult to build with fiberfrax and a burner. Pipes are expensive but there is colour fusion https://www.colourfusion.com/
that has everything. The punty rods are just Stainless rod.
Definitely worth the effort.
If you ever make it down to Corning New York it’s worth the trip, but it will be at least another years to return.
My wife went to Sheridan years ago. I have no idea what the program is like now. We just do things as hobbies now rather than professionally and much prefer it that way.
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I'll second the Corning recommendation!
 
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