700ml Dropping Funnel, almost all raw footage for a Loop Seal technique

[@edwardarruda7215]

I'm an end user of this kind of glassware. I appreciate how my tools are made. I look at each handmade piece as a work of art

[@theSILKROAD210]

as a chemist, i would like to thank you for the work you are doing! and now i can comprehend, why glasware is so damn expensive. keep up your good work!

[@ktfords]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed!

[@AjayVerma-vt5be]

I'm Glass hand blower dear Kevin sir

[@braydenpaxton8091]

I guess Im asking the wrong place but does anyone know a method to get back into an Instagram account..? I was stupid forgot my password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me.

[@marckbashaw2792]

As a glass maker myself I gotta say, the amount of technicality and precision you put into your work makes me look like a caveman!

[@Rogueflier]

Love the custom ‘glass’ hand torch... cheers

[@GoughCustom]

Amazing work Kevin! Thanks for the video!

[@ktfords]

Glad you liked it!

[@PeLuRu4586]

Every damn time breaking a piece of glassware, watch this video to feel more guilty XD

[@HomeDistiller]

please keep the videos coming!! the raw video is great so many little things to pick up.. the only thing is i was we could see your face just so we know when your blowing and how much

[@erikisberg3886]

Very high standard professional work, thank You for taking the time to do these videos! You make it look so easy..... its not! Subscribed to Your channel.

[@superchiant.]

As a scientific glassblower from France it's nice to see another way to make glasswares here we do all the work mostly by hand, lathe work is more for big items but look more easy your way I should try it thanks

[@MegaVoltMeister]

Thanks for sharing your craft. You make it look easy. Its amazing to see what you can seemingly get away with.

[@torchape]

Hey, Kevin!! Who is that masked man!! LOL! Nice work, buddy! I've gone to not using that marking pen when making stuff. Instead, I use a rod with a point to scratch the glass. The mark is visible and goes away when heated. Works well for me.

[@SodiumInteresting]

can I ask how do you get work like this? where do you train, those glass lathes are expensive

[@AynachettySoossilah]

Dear Mr teaford i would like if you could tell me how you make the small wobble that you joint with the other glass part please( the equalizer which control the solutions) thank you sir hope reply me

[@philmann3476]

One of the things most often learned the hard way is that, unless it's actually glowing, hot glass looks exactly like cool glass -- so be careful where you grab it. Nice work -- you make it look easy.

[@FranktheDachshund]

Thank you for fixing that little wobble, it was going to drive me crazy knowing that was out in the wild.

[@chriskeith1308]

This that kind of work I want to do just bought a 60mil bor Chinese tho once I get good I'll upgrade

[@tomaszwanatowicz971]

Do you have any videos with the quartz silica glass?

[@BlackerThanSnow]

Thank you for sharing. You make the best videos on the site.

[@ktfords]

+BlackerThanSnow Thanks for watching!

[@alexcraig8543]

I dig that quartz(?) annealing burner! 👏👏👏😀

[@dirkverhoest936]

and wola! you have a pcaf for $250.00 nice work

[@Andrew-my1cp]

Is all chemistry glassware made like this by hand? I assume some flasks maybe not and beakers defimitely not but stuff like condensers and addition funnels.

[@ktfords]

You are correct! A scientific shop makes just about everything that can't be purchased in most cases or that needs to be slightly modified.

[@sdk1991zzang]

Thought he was making a bong 😆

[@alexa.davronov1537]

Beautiful thing.

[@movax20h]

How much planning, preparation and extra time you need to spend before and after on a job like this? Video looks like it is effortless (thanks to all the skill and prep), but there is probably more than what is in the video.

[@PackthatcameBack]

I've mostly worked with metal so it feels kinda funny to connect two pieces without adding additional material like that, but glass must be different. It's an interesting material and you make it look easy.

[@wuanthongonn3482]

I just bought a 125 ml pressure equalizing funnel like the one shown and can really appreciate how much work goes into it!

[@ktfords]

Thanks!

[@roorman]

Great Job Please Keep Posting Videos When You Can

[@ktfords]

+ROOR MAN Thanks!

[@alexanderx33]

How do you determine where to put volume graduations on it?

[@superchiant.]

Simply fill with water and can put the graduation sticker

[@robertdanner6302]

Hello Mr. Teaford I've watched the video of your work, you are truly an artise of the finest caliber, I have operated a Litton model HSA back in the 60's where I assembled specialized C.R.T.s for the military and others. I worked with neck Diameters of 0ne inch to eleven &a half inches bringing out electrical connections for the control plates on the gun & guns inside the C.R.T. it was the best job

[@kevintford8222]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the videos!

[@russellconnally7741]

It is a pleasure to watch your skilled work, you make it look effortless...

[@ktfords]

+Russell Connally Thank you!

[@THEfamouspolka]

Simply amazing! It's deceptive how easy a master makes a process look.

[@ktfords]

Thanks!

[@dannyfabianlopez4088]

Hi Kevin, dear since Colombia, i would like know if you have an instructions book of this?

[@MantisRay861]

Making me nervous using gloves around a lathe!!! Pretty sweet work though. Quite the sampling of torches you have there. Did you make the glass National torch tips?

[@ktfords]

I pretty much use gloves only when I'm working close to heat.

[@h.walker1332]

I'm really hoping to start a career in this industry.

[@TheGroundskeeper]

I’d do so much to learn how to do this

[@ALSomthin]

Really nice work I used to try doing all this stuff as a kid with a propane torch. Its great to see how its really done. I made lots of messes to clean up.

[@ktfords]

Thanks!

[@ashleyclark6069]

Good to see your lathe hates running true and that your cones and sockets always find a way to separate. One question, why do you stop the lathe pre removing excess glass before your first join? You're twisting it off anyway Just a small difference in the way I do it.

[@ktfords]

I just heat the area where I want to pull off the waste glass. Get it really hot, stop the lathe for a brief moment, grab it with the tweezers and firecut. You know when you are about to pull something off, you grab it and gets all tweaked and you have to re heat and try to grab it again. By stopping the lathe, it's just makes the grab on the glass, a bit cleaner. Hope this helps!

[@nickdambrosio7622]

I want to learn how to do this so bad.

[@ktfords]

Glad you watched them!! Thanks

[@trustthewater]

A true artist and master. You make it look so easy. I've tried a few times in the past and I only end up with wobbly, leaky junk and bunch of blisters.

[@ktfords]

+trustthewater thanks!

[@jansugalski4856]

A real master at work.

[@ktfords]

Thanks for watching!

[@timothyhall7606]

I would love to learn this!!

[@googacct]

Are those roller bearings that are supporting the small chuck on your right? If so, is that to compensate for the two chucks not being exactly in phase?

[@index7787]

Not bearings, eccentric cams with set screws for fine tuning of center. The chucks are driven by the same shaft, they can't be out of phase.

[@googacct]

​@@index7787 I guess what I am try to figure out is how backlash between the chucks handled. Nothing is perfectly rigid and glass does not tolerate a lot of strain. I would think something would have to slip a little bit to keep from breaking the glass.

[@SkynetT800]

Amazing work! I was just wondering if it's worth fixing a 3 neck round bottom flask? One neck is broken!

[@ktfords]

Thanks! Yes definitely get the 3 neck fixed it is worth it. That is if the repairs are not too extensive.

[@Andrew-my1cp]

Depends. I can get a 500mL 3 necked RBF for 26 bucks from Stonylabs so for me it wouldn't be worth it unless I tried myself.

[@BlackerThanSnow]

Does your footpedal have an adjustable rate or do you do that by dial and use the pedal as an off/on switch? Thanks

[@ktfords]

+BlackerThanSnow The foot pedal is solely an on and off. I have remote speed knob by my left knee.

[@BlackerThanSnow]

That would be great, I currently only have the controller dial.

[@robertostman2075]

that looks expensive, I tend to think that there most be countries making these with slave labor, so it may be difficult to compete... you experts, what are the labor expectations for ppl interested in doing this sort of things, is the pay good??, I mean really good, or should ppl look elsewhere??... by the way I wonder about the glass being advertised for new smartphone screens... it appears that there is a type that can flex as if it was plastic, and seems to be difficult to damage it, its almost as if it was metal... could it be used to create these complex shapes??, if so it may be the way to go as replacing one of these parts doesn't look like a cheap endeavor

[@gekkedirkie]

Nice job

[@ktfords]

+Dirk Thanks!

[@OneCupOfCoffee204]

Are you using propane?

[@ktfords]

Natural gas.

[@WrenchToolTribute]

Just to clarify the bunsen burner is natural gas, but the torches are oxygen/propane, or I guess possibly oxygen/natural gas. I have never seen anyone use anything but propane or MAPP gas to blow glass with, but I guess it's theoretically possible that he is using oxygen/natural gas with his torches. Just clarifying that there is oxygen being used for all you beginners. And yes, he makes it look easy. I am a journeyman lampworker and this guy is using advanced techniques. If I tried to make what this guy is making I would crack at least half of my pieces. You can tell he knows his lathe and has spent years on his craft.

[@BoogsMcNoogs]

I know nothing about scientific glass blowing other than it almost made Niels Bohr late on a very important paper he was writing when he was young because the process was so hypnotic. I knew that because I have read and reread Richard Rhodes's history of the atomic bomb. Now I fully understand it. That part at around 14:30 where you joined those two ends to separate portions had me leaned at an absurdly acute angle to the screen and fully become a slack jawed mouth breather. Hypnotic when you do it, dumbfounding when you first see it. Great video, bruh. I didn't skip a second.

[@ktfords]

Thanks!

[@pfthird]

Can I buy one

[@kevintford8222]

Yes, if want to go ahead, email me at [e-mail]

[@pfthird]

[e-mail]. ?

[@kevintford8222]

You asked to buy one. Let me know with that email address if you want one.

[@lovyanhunter1458]

Hi Kevin! It's Amanda -found you! you are amazing!

[@ktfords]

Amanda w?

[@skeeviesteve1071]

...THIS IS WHO I WANT TO LEARN FROM!