Creating the World's Most Dangerous and Unique Fountain: A Glassblower's Masterpiece

[@n-steam]

The best way to tell how good someone is at their craft is in how easy they make it look.

[@AdvancedTinkering]

True!

[@Crackpidgeonextreme]

Yeah No joke dude I've attempted simple glass blowing and it's so much harder than it looks

[@chaseknight2529]

A true master of his craft. Glassblowing is so beautiful.

[@chrisa4985]

I can not wait for this to be up and running!! Johann is a master. If he doesn't have a youtube channel, where he shows off such skill, please-please include him doing more glassblowing within your channel (yes, I also like when you do your own glass-work too). Glass-blowing in general is fascinating. Glass-blowing for lab-ware is next level! You are very lucky to know Johann! All the best of luck with this awesome project. May the fountain when working be as spectacular and engaging as this video was to watch!

[@AdvancedTinkering]

Thank you a lot for the nice comment! Yes, he definitely is. It's great being able to watch him and ask why he is doing this or that. I am sure there will be another video with him :)

[@IdiotWithEducation]

@@AdvancedTinkering I think it’s so cool :)

[@SerumCRM114]

Glass blowing really is an underestimated art. It is really beautiful to see a master craftsman do his job so effortlessly. Awesome!

[@vaheakli4551]

How flawlessly he spins stuff in his hands... Absolutely incredible.

[@JackHudler]

As a child, there used to be this very boring shopping mall that my parents went to. One day a glass blower setup shop. They would leave me there for hours watching them make these huge glass reproductions of wooden sailing ships. The sails were made from gossamer thin pieces from a blown bubble.

[@TooMuchMiddle]

Simply amazing work, Johann! There are few things in life I enjoy more than watching a skilled glass blower at work. I can't wait to see the fountain up and running.

[@semifavorableuncircle6952]

Wow, thats incredible skill to get everything aligned that accurately

[@FangKaiWen]

I always enjoy watching glassware being made. And I'm looking forward to seeing this NaK pump working, be it the 2nd or 3rd, not the only one in the world.

[@doyale2]

Very cool video! Always great to see a master of an art in action.

[@davidfetter]

I've managed to make a (very sloppy) Jesus seal in the past, but the part that straight up blows my mind is the glass-to-metal seals. You just have to have an incredibly precise intuitive understanding of both the glass you're working with and the metal. Again, kudos to Johann for this utter virtuosity.

[@SignalDitch]

Wow! This is beautiful. I can't wait to see it finished and running.

[@Nick-ed4uh]

That is some beautiful glassblowing indeed. Please be careful when filling it, I worked in a lab once where 2 people died in a NaK explosion. Now they use Galinstan instead, would that work for your fountain too?

[@AdvancedTinkering]

I will! I have at least some experience from filling my first version. I'm still thinking about the best way to fill it with clean NaK. I don't think Galinstan would work. At least not as good. With a density several times that of NaK I don't think it would make a good fountain. Or I would have to use way more power. But if I get my hands on some, I will try it.

[@Nick-ed4uh]

@@AdvancedTinkering I actually have a bit over a kilo of Galinstan in a bottle. I don't have any real use for it other than being cool to have, but it doesn't get more cool than a liquid metal fountain. I'm from the Netherlands so I could perhaps send it to you. I'll send you an email we can discuss something.

[@flomojo2u]

I've made it before and it was very easy since the temperatures involved were quite low and I just used a heat gun. The ratios are non-critical and unless you have to have it perform at lower temperatures it's very easy to make without much but the most basic measurements. Of course it requires indium which isn't cheap, and neither is gallium, so that would be the hardest part. It does tend to wet glass due to low surface tension, so aside from the price that might make it unfeasible. It's also messy and will smear all over the place, especially on your hands.

[@MichaelWillems]

This just looks so dangerous; his hands so close to the flame and to hot glass!

[@AsmodeusMictian]

I am in awe. Absolutely fantastic skill. o__o

[@robertlapointe4093]

Johann did a beautiful job on the fountain, looking forward to seeing it in operation. I did a little scientific glass blowing in grad school (about 40 years ago) and never came close to Johann's skill and dexterity. First time I've seen the "Jesus seal", which I suspect is a lot harder than Johann made it look.

[@Knotaro_bot]

You would hate to sneeze when making the last join ! Beautiful piece of art!

[@Edge51]

The coolest part is no single part is ever exactly the same they are always a little different no matter how close they are. The uniqueness makes it one of a kind forever!

[@whoever6458]

Glass work is mesmerizing.

[@PotooBurd]

I enjoy this so much! Amazing content, best wishes to you and your future projects! 🌻

[@Svorty]

I have to say this is a first time in a while that I'm very glad for YT recommendation, what an awesome video. Johan is incredibly talented guy and I envy him that he is able to make it seem so effortless yet everything tha comes out of his hands is so incredibly well made. Naration is spot on and music is very chilled. All and all, immediate sub, looking forward to future content and thank you very much for your effort!

[@hannesaltenfelder4302]

That jesus-seal is some high level craftsmanship. I can totally imagine how the first artist, that invented it shouted "Jesus!", every time he nearly succeeded😂

[@stick4250]

Idk why my random science youtube rabbit hole recommended this to me while browsing gaming videos, but I'm glad it did and I'm glad I clicked it. Great production of both the glass instruments and the video. Kudos to both of you. Very cool to see this done. Subbed as well.

[@AdvancedTinkering]

Thank you! I appreciate it!

[@EliasExperiments]

Very cool!

[@Hyraethian]

9:25 When I realized what he was about to do, all I could say was, "That's a hail marry if I ever saw it." Impressive. I didn't know that was possible.

[@intellectualiconoclasm3264]

Thank you for returning this work of art and marvel of enginering back into our world. It's loss struck me almost as greatly as the destruction of the Bamian Budas. So to me, it's return is almost as great as their's would be. Thank you.

[@SilentRacer911]

Your friend is a very talented glass blower. I always wanted to watch how scientific glass was made

[@nictheregulardude]

This is amazing. Keep it up!

[@lumotroph]

Amazing! I am so excited to see this

[@MASI_forging]

Great work dude.

[@testing2517]

Incredible work of art.

[@zzink]

Stunning! Excited to see it in action :)

[@katiebarber407]

you just know this guy has made some of the most amazing looking bongs anyone has ever imagined

[@The_Dude96193]

Wieder mal ein absolut geiles Video

[@AdvancedTinkering]

Danke! Freut mich, dass dir das Video gefällt!

[@albertgerberich3986]

It looks super nice, great work! After you add the NaK and argon you could maybe put the entire thing in Epoxy/Acrylic Resin and it will be safe to store or potentially be used as decoration. It'll be beautiful either way.

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

I knew a guy that did scientific glass blowing. Its truly an incredible art. Granted I only saw him make weed pipes in his garage but I did visit his actual shop and it was incredible. So many tools I never knew existed.

[@herrhaber9076]

Besides from being beautiful and educational this video made me respect the craftstmanship that was put in the glassware I own. No work of art like yours though :)

[@THYZOID]

Neat!

[@SimonaDaRat]

My god this glasswork is beautiful

[@martinkostov3392]

Incredible channel!!!!

[@AdvancedTinkering]

Thank you! :)

[@raulundmuul]

That is one sick bong dude

[@Spirit532]

It would be interesting to add a lab condenser in the long angled return section, so that you can chill the metal for continuous operation :)

[@AdvancedTinkering]

Oh, that's a great idea! I still hope the larger volume of the fountain and the increased surface area is sufficient to cool the metal enough to enable continuous operation. If not, that might be a good solution. But on the other hand, I wouldn't know where to put that fountain for continuous operation :D It is an accident waiting to happen.

[@davidfetter]

Says the guy with arm-sized ampoules of cesium lying around ;)

[@TheSpectralArtisan]

I love how the light is transferred through the glass onto his hands or just the ends of the tube not being heated, (I guess just like fiber optics!) nonetheless very cool!

[@paulroberto2286]

Thunder footbwould love this! Lol

[@niklas_science]

That’s amazing, it’s really possible to see that Johann is a master of his work Tho it honestly makes me feel pretty incompetent, because I can’t even properly seal an ampoule lol

[@davidfetter]

Keep practicing on those ampoules, and you'll get it. What Johann does...well, I can't speak for you, but I guess if I wanted to do it badly enough and found somebody (or more than one somebody) really amazing to coach me through all the mistakes I'd make along the way, I might.

[@75blackviking]

I love watching scientific glassblowing.

[@andrew051968]

A certain amount of oxide on tungsten is required for a good glass seal. The glass sticks to the oxide layer not to the tungsten.

[@wackyvorlon]

I wonder if the people over at Periodic Table of Videos know about your work? I bet they would be pleased to know that it exists.

[@AdvancedTinkering]

I don't think they know. Maybe they will stumble across one of the videos some day.

[@waldovanderwesthuizen4557]

I would really love to see this fountain made with Cesium. With your experience in making ultrapure Cesium, it can only be amazing.

[@rosco7232]

You do amazing work, What model is that torch?

[@-r-495]

A friend of mine used to work as an engineer. His specialty was control systems.. He was 50+ and a real talent. His brother blows glass. Manufactures intricate prototypes for a few customers (labs, universities, etc). One gets to travel a lot for work. One makes more than the other and travels for leisure. One works full-time and weekends, the other 2-3d/week. Who is who?

[@hankoconnell]

loved watching this im an flameworker my self although i mostly do cups and random art stuff. but just a slight correction as it is a misnomer used my many glassblowers, but it is a dieter seal not jesus seal. Such a cool concept and a lovely video though!

[@MrBromandudeamigo]

I believe that the School of Chemistry at The University of Nottingham has a NaK fountain. Its featured in one of their Periodic Videos.

[@AdvancedTinkering]

Yes, I referenced it in my first video about the NaK fountain: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3-6lGx4fLJ3l6M Sadly they had to get rid of it, because it was considered to be too dangerous.

[@senorjp21]

Johann is a master

[@CaptCorgi]

That jesus seal or whatever it was, It was awesome absolutely insane to watch and actually make work, It sounds like something I'd try because I thought it might be possible and ruin my glass lmao.

[@chrissonnenschein6634]

That glass fountain is in essence a very specialized distilling column used for condensing essential oils.

[@RoboArc]

Would this do good for like conducting heat ?

[@AdvancedTinkering]

Do you mean the liquid metal? Yes, it was (and still is in some satellites) used for cooling nuclear reactors.

[@TheSpectralArtisan]

Does tungsten need any pretreatment to allow for the adhesion to the glass?? To some degree, one of my largest issues when attempting to design a tube for high voltage was contemplating how I could get a connection inside the glass vessel such as you have shown! If tungsten is all that is required I’m basically swimming in it being a welder by day 🤪

[@noodlelynoodle.]

A different comment I saw said it needs a good oxide layer on the tungsten cause the glass wants to stick to tungsten oxide more than just raw tungsten metal

[@plutoniumiscool]

Would this work with mercury?

[@AdvancedTinkering]

You could pump it around but I don't think you would get a fountain due to the high density of mercury.

[@CheerfuEntropy]

what is that tube on his shoulder?

[@AdvancedTinkering]

It's his blow hose. It connects to the glass piece he is working on and by gently blowing into it, he can form the glass or create a hole.

[@Phosphoric1111]

Where do you learn how to do this?

[@Lipi19821]

first glass blowing video with no crack pipe jokes..

[@nuguns3766]

i would like to see a dry water fountain

[@martinrausa6900]

possible create fountain with mercury ?

[@me0101001000]

What blows me away is that he's working without wearing gloves

[@AdvancedTinkering]

It is perfectly normal for glassblowers to work without gloves. Due to the poor thermal conductivity of glass, this is possible. Gloves would take away too much sensitivity in the fingers and are therefore used only in rare cases.

[@me0101001000]

@@AdvancedTinkering fair enough. That does make sense.

[@lostcolonyforge5792]

I'm I'm blacksmith and I don't wear gloves, in some cases they are a safty hazard they make it harder to know whether the thing your holding is hot. That good until they heat up

[@me0101001000]

@@lostcolonyforge5792 interesting. Good to know!

[@Adam-l3f4f]

How, how did he get that nozzle aligned veritically 😂😂

[@AdvancedTinkering]

That's what amazed me too :D Be basically just turned it while it cooled down and got it aligned that way. Years of experience I guess.

[@leggsteu]

Servus

[@ghlscitel6714]

What sort of glass was used?

[@AdvancedTinkering]

Borosilicate glass.

[@ghlscitel6714]

@@AdvancedTinkering makes sense. But hard to work with.

[@nekomakhea9440]

this reminds me of the tin-droplet radiators from terra invicta

[@mgrzeg]

How much did it costed? 😅

[@juliusphiletta5171]

Do it with Ceasium instead of NaK

[@katiebarber407]

wait.. .but what is it???????? u never showed it

[@_Higgs]

Meanwhile I can’t make macaroni n’ cheese without burning myself.

[@ewbaite]

I'd say a fountain of hot sulphuric acid is more dangerous but very cool nonetheless

[@vincentrao3466]

bro how the hell do you just touch that glass when its slightly red

[@PotooBurd]

Part 2?

[@AdvancedTinkering]

I am still working on it. But other projects got in the way. It's almost finished and I will make a video about it soon :)

[@MRblazedBEANS]

I kill to know this dude, I need some custom chemistry Glass that cost the same as a nice car to get special ordered from chemistry glass suppliers

[@AdvancedTinkering]

Sounds interesting. What are you trying to get and what will you be using it for?

[@julientv6379]

Warum nicht auf deutsch?

[@freehat2722]

All this time and it's not running?

[@Glock_Maw]

thats i nsane

[@thejerkofalltrades3862]

What the hell is this thing?

[@AdvancedTinkering]

It is a liquid metal fountain. Here is a video of a previous version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3-6lGx4fLJ3l6M

[@lourias]

Do not put music in videos. It is wasy too loud compared to the voice!!!

[@ratzundruebe]

Das ist Kunst.❤❤❤

[@tryin2figureitout]

Wtf happen to the next part

[@AdvancedTinkering]

It is still being worked on. But should be finished soon. I often have to wait until my finances allow me to buy the necessary equipment or materials and then I have to find the time while studying. But it's really close to being finished.

[@Z-Ack]

Why with the music all the time? Unnecessary.. and annoying in my opinion..

[@daltonsoutherland8836]

My goodness this is one of the most metal things I have ever seen in my life 🖤🥹