So, for my mini-project, I decided to show you the process of bending glass...
- take any circumference glass tube
- use filer to determine desired length, and make a crease in glass with filer
- push along crease with thumbs pointing down
- light burner and begin bending glass! with tongs of course!
Glass is made up of sand originally, and contains other ingredients in order to determine the strength of it. When shaped, the glass is annealed, which means allowing for the molecules to cool slowly, so then they can retain the molecular structure. If the structure is not retained, then the glass will break.
Photo Cred: David Wheeler
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