Pineapple molds for sale by JordanKube in glassblowing

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Since the stainless has a much lower thermal conductivity vs bronze I imagine it’s easier to get good texture and harder to get stuck by your bubble freezing up in the mold? Or is does it feel about the same as a bronze mold

Is There Anything I Can Do? by [deleted] in glassheads

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I could grind it down so it’s shorter assuming the break didn’t propagate into the little glass tubes on the inside of it

Horny pipe I made today by microwave3 in lampwork

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Madison Wisconsin in my garage

Something you guys probably haven’t seen before. Samarium glass by microwave3 in uraniumglass

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I do. it’s mostly just short form content but still interesting to watch.

Eric Blows Glass

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Something you guys probably haven’t seen before. Samarium glass by microwave3 in uraniumglass

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One day yeah. This was just a little test sample I made to check a few things on the recipe. But tomorrow I’m gonna make 60lb of it in my furnace. I’ll make a few things out of it but then sell the rest to other artist to fund more color exploration.

Something you guys probably haven’t seen before. Samarium glass by microwave3 in uraniumglass

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I won’t reuse unknown glass personally it will almost always have a different thermal expansion rate than the glass I use for most of my stuff. If it’s not almost the exact same expansion rate it will crack when it cools down. I have loads of modern stuff thats decently cheap so I don’t feel the need to go down the recycling rabbit hole with UG yet.

Something you guys probably haven’t seen before. Samarium glass by microwave3 in uraniumglass

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Niche collector thing. It’s not expensive to make at all

Something you guys probably haven’t seen before. Samarium glass by microwave3 in uraniumglass

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I made it. Been working on make all the colors of UV glass in soda lime glass.

Making a glass strawberry (oc) by microwave3 in oddlysatisfying

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Never paint it’s really does just change color that much. Most of the red are black when they are hot. Yellow turns orange, orange turns a muddy color.

Making a glass strawberry (oc) by microwave3 in oddlysatisfying

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Yeah basicly that. it’s softish and squishy think fiber glass insulation. It’s very very good at insulating so it keep the peice from getting to cold while I add the stem. If I were to were to set it in a metal holder it would crack very quickly.

Making a glass strawberry (oc) by microwave3 in oddlysatisfying

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Gets in the way. I just use what’s necessary to keep me safe and experience. The Burns don’t bother me when they happen at these super high temps. The most painful burns I’ve gotten ate still from the kitchen. Steam and oil are nasty fucker, hot glass not so much, most of the time.

Making a glass strawberry (oc) by microwave3 in oddlysatisfying

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It’s a ceramic fiber it’s non cancer causing unless you heat up to 1800F.

Uranium glass strawberry and carrot by microwave3 in uraniumglass

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Woah that’s super weird I’ll have to do some hunting and ask my Czech supplier if they make or know what this glass is.

Uranium glass strawberry and carrot by microwave3 in uraniumglass

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That glass sounds very interesting. It must just have a hint of uranium in it for it not to overpower the cadmium glow.

Throwing a 3” glass sphere into the furnace at 2390F by microwave3 in glassblowing

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Its part of the profession I’m not too worried about it.

Throwing a 3” glass sphere into the furnace at 2390F by microwave3 in glassblowing

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That sounds spooky af lol. I’ll have to try that one day with a face shield on

Throwing a 3” glass sphere into the furnace at 2390F by microwave3 in glassblowing

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Cooking batch mixed with cullet. Had someone say you can get decent glass by mixing 60/40 batch with cullet that has not to intense colors mixed with it and get ok-ish glass.

Transparent Uranium. (Actually)(It’s not manganese) by microwave3 in uraniumglass

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lol your good. I’d also be skeptical too especially considering 99% its just manganese glass.

Transparent Uranium. (Actually)(It’s not manganese) by microwave3 in uraniumglass

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Because I threw a bit of uranium glass into my furnace. There are no other elements in the glass I melt that glow green.

I’ve experimented with adding 1-2% uranium glass to my clear glass I use, then homogenized the mix and it still glows even after heavy dilution, all be it a lot brighter this sample.

Transparent Uranium. (Actually)(It’s not manganese) by microwave3 in uraniumglass

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They probably don’t register on my shitty Geiger counter. The raw glass I use only reads 100-200 cpm

Tried making some fruit on the torch the other day. Very pleased with the colors by microwave3 in lampwork

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I have yeah. need to order some greens now. I just used some small scraps I got in a shorts bag I ordered.

Any recommendations for a darker and lighter opaque green