Glass blowing lathe 14mm clear heavy slide

litton lathe, national torch, and my old band.

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Science & Technology

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• Glass blowing / Lathe

[Notreallymepart2]

Thanks for checking it out!

[GalaticTG]

Is that lathe a special glassblowing lathe or just a regular metalworking lathe.

[Notreallymepart2]

@GalaticTG This is a Litton glassblowing lathe. Thanks for watching!

[Fidlesticks100]

hey ive been wanting to make slides, are there any special supplies needed to do this ?

[Notreallymepart2]

@Fidlesticks100 Nothing special really. I use a 14mm female as a holder (chucked in the headstock.) A strip of graphite tape slid into the female to buffer heat and allows a quicker release of the 14 mm male glass ground joint which is sealed to the tube size of your choosing. Im using something like 32mm x 4mm tube. A set of tongs with heat wrapped ends oh, and Graphite bowl push as well. Takes a little practice but once you get a system down you can really crank em out. Thanks!

[Fidlesticks100]

@Notreallymepart2 hey thanks a lot man,that helped a lot that was exactly what i needed to know.

thanks!!!!

[Notreallymepart2]

@Fidlesticks100 No prob. Enjoy

[granhellosyan]

wow,that was amazing, thanks for filming, very informative what with the comments, makes sense. thanks

[catman72]

Damn!!! i want a lathe ! i got a national torch, got a Droid phone, why don't i have a lathe?!...