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Re: Getting started
Jim -
Great to hear from a truly seasoned glassblower. If you are interested
please consider a spot on the NeonWeb ( http://www.neonshop.com) called "How
We Did It Then". I would imagine that there are some interesting things you
have seen, that many of us young? guys (I'll be 45 soon) haven't.
>I first started working with glass back in the late 50's.
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>heated in five areas to make all the bends at once. A plunger was used to
>support the raised area for the "double back". This is not what I learned
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Not sure I understand what you mean by a plunger and where exactly it goes.
I'm guessing the middle right angle first, the middle branch is then turned
downward and the double back comes up, then the plunger (a toilet plunger?)
supports just where the double back is? and then the drop and then the two
outer right angle bends?
Was this done with jigs or on a pattern?
>I worked for this company for about 10 years and then went with a research
>lab making pyrex apparatus. Again I was trained on the job. But the
>experience I had with neon made the job a whole lot easier to learn.
If you can make diffusion pumps and/or aspirator, I think you'd have a heck
of a market just from this mailing list.
Glad to hear you are still working in and enjoying neon
Kenny
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