Re:Glassomer: Glass shaping at room temperature
by voldacar on Thursday June 18, 2020 @02:33PM
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The thermal expansion coefficient seems pretty good - I wonder if this could be used for making lab glassware? Lab glass with complex shapes (think condensers, soxhlet, etc) can get very expensive
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Re:Glassomer: Glass shaping at room temperature
by Gibbon1 on Thursday June 18, 2020 @11:55PM
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I was just thinking that it might be useful for making lab glassware. Often you have complex shapes which takes a master scientific glass blower to make. 3D printing would make that a lot more accessible.
In case anyone is wondering it takes years to become proficient as a scientific glass blower and the wages totally suck. Used to be scientific glass blowers would up and quit and open a neon shop because it paid better.