The Lab Episodes - 2 - Glassblowing

[RonHofer]

very impressive.  I've never before seen glass blowing down on a lathe. Thanks for posting it.

[ChemistInJapan]

@RonHofer Because of the shape and symmetry, a lot of scientific glassware is assembled/repaired using a lathe.

[dochollidayglass]

Excellent video. Thanks for sharing

[acroduster]

right on, good glass working and awesome lathe master you have there. now I have to go buy a lathe for my studio, though I intend to use if for things besides flasks.-)

[catman72]

so glad you took the time to film this. :-)

he is a very good craftsman, and unlike most

scientific glassblowers - he is willing to explain

the proccess.

please please film him more.

in the old days there were many glassblowers in

universities, but today too few are left.

they used to prepare flasks and tubes that are

now machine made. so when the old guys retired - no-one took their place :-(

i wish i had a lathe like his. would make things easier for me :-)

[horizont20001]

i have respect for your work^^great^^5*****5^^

[MGSGeneral]

When they show glassblowing on tv it's always edited down to about one or two minutes. I enjoyed watching the full thing, so thanks for not editing it.

[ChemistInJapan]

It was just coincidence that what he was doing took less than 10 minutes. If it hadn't, then I would have been forced to edit it to fit in the 10 minute time limit.

[waigugi]

Wow. It's so cool that your department has its own glassblower. He does amazing work.

[qchome]

he can probably make an amazing bier stein!?

[tagatautube]

Awesome video!

[ChemistInJapan]

Thanks for watching!

[mhensley81]

Very cool indeed! This was worth waiting for. I had not seen this type of glassblowing before. It is most impressive to say the least. Thanks for sharing.

[ChemistInJapan]

Glad you liked it. It was very random. I had my camera at school that day and he was working on something that he could complete within ten minutes so I didn't have to laboriously edit it.

[kageromaru]

Oooh this is was entertaining. ^^

[ChemistInJapan]

Glad you liked it.

[DOty3]

There is certain name to that type of flask?

[ChemistInJapan]

It's a round-bottomed flask.

[Heretic4450]

wow very cool.^^

[ChemistInJapan]

Thanks.

[Mattinmotion]

That's fantastic, he made it look so easy. It's so impressive to see craftsmanship like that.

[ChemistInJapan]

He makes it look easy, but it's not. He's tried to teach me things, but it's freaking hard.

[reynoldsair]

That was cool. Thanks for posting.

[ChemistInJapan]

Glad you liked it. It was very spur of the moment.

[daichensworld]

dude, that was freaking amazing to watch!

[ChemistInJapan]

I'm really surprised sometimes that people like this kind-of stuff. I didn't think anyone would be interested. Maybe I should make more videos of him working.

[rphinks]

I watched a glass blower in silver dollar city in Branson Missouri. Always been fascinated with it ever since. Had no idea that chemists had their equipment specially made like that. Pretty interesting stuff.

[ChemistInJapan]

That's what's so great about having a glassblower. It's always nice to be able to think, "hmm... this would be awesome if...," and then have someone who can make it for you.

[RisuMiso]

Great video! That man seemed like a master at his craft. I often wonder that jobs like his will be harder and harder to replace when he retires.

[ChemistInJapan]

He is indeed a master. He helped invented some of the methods used in the industry. We are very lucky to have him.

[123jesse123]

Cool video, it was cool seeing him connect the different pieces with the blow torch!

[ChemistInJapan]

Actually, it was hot! :)

[6663000]

Wow, Very cool !

[ChemistInJapan]

Glad you liked it.

[thatjapanesegirl]

That was amazing!

[ChemistInJapan]

笑

I'm glad you liked it.

[weya]

Woah, does he do that with volumetric glassware? If so, how does he keep the right volume in the glass? Or is that for another video..? :P

[ChemistInJapan]

No. Volumetic glassware cannot be repaired unless the part that needs fixing is not the part that volumetricises. I like making up new words. He doesn't make volumetric apparatus.

[klynik]

♪Hits from the flask♫ Lol.

Seriously though, pretty cool video. I've always been interested in glass blowing. I haven't actually tried it yet, but thats something Id like to learn about in the future.

[ramenlover7000]

Pretty interesting :0 allways wondered how people worked with glass and science supplys

[ChemistInJapan]

That's how they do it.

[Dragon22873]

Looks exciting o.O

[ChemistInJapan]

I enjoy watching him work. I've learned quite a bit.