Repairing and Using Broken Borosilicate Glass Tubing. With Spoon Demo
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ต.ค. 2024
- This lesson will cover how to repair broken, busted, and cracked tubing. It covers external and internal cracks. Plus surface hair line cracks. After I cover how to repair the tubing I then demo how to create a spoon with the salvaged tubing. Hope you enjoy. Feel free to ask questions in the comments. #glassblowing #flameworking #glass #flameworking #glasslessons #flameworkingdemo #glassblowingdemo
Great video! Very helpful.
Wow, I'm not a glass worker but I am a curious mind who likes to learn. It just happens that I am fixing a borosilicate french-press that cracked the tip of the spout and I was googling a fix for that. I have a portable propane torch I use for a lot of DIY work.
Is it necessary to pre-heat the whole thing, as with normal glass, to avoid stress cracks when fixing something as minute as the tip of the spout, or can I directly slowly apply heat to the area that needs fixing?
Thank you for your very informative video! Really cool!
Sorry for the late reply. I can’t recommend using a portable props in torch to melt the sharp edges of a broken spout. You can in theory use the tip of the flame not visible to the naked eye to melt it safely for that thin of a glass container. But the light generated can burn your pupils.
@@ElnewGlass Thanks for the reply! Thank you for being so careful.
@@emanuelantunes2789 hey I got a tip!!! USE A COFEE CUP!!!! most french presses come in a diameter which you can find a coffee cup to fit and they are SOOOOOOOOOOO much longer lasting and safer.
@@_c_y_p_3 That is a very good idea! Haha! Thank you!
I've been using my damaged french press for cold-brew now. Great in summer time!
@@emanuelantunes2789 glad I could help! Im not entirely sure why they don’t make em with thicker glass or a ceramic cup to begin with. But fortunately most are of a standard dimension.