Sir_Gawain
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Awesome video about how lab glassware is made!
Alec Steele recently released a video on laboratory glassware:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fI3gpO5hW4.
I've always wondered myself how condensers were made.
“Alchemy is trying to turn things yellow; chemistry is trying to avoid things turning yellow.” -Tom deP.
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I'd like to see how they are able to mass produce this stuff in China and be able to sell it cheap. I can't imagine there's any way to automate such
complex pieces and it takes masterful skill to do by hand.
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Pretty cool, I've gone down to my company's glass shop and watched them work a few times. What impressed me most was watching them work on the big
pieces. The 72 L flasks are huge on the lathe and too big to fit in the annealing oven so when they add a neck or something they really have to
anneal it with a giant torch and it's a beautiful thing.
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Quote: Originally posted by Gammatron  | | I'd like to see how they are able to mass produce this stuff in China and be able to sell it cheap. I can't imagine there's any way to automate such
complex pieces and it takes masterful skill to do by hand. |
Cheaper labor.
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coyote
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| Quote: Originally posted by Gammatron | | I'd like to see how they are able to mass produce this stuff in China and be able to sell it cheap. I can't imagine there's any way to automate such
complex pieces and it takes masterful skill to do by hand. |
Well, modern manufacturing is a wonder, and I wouldn't doubt that they would be able to automate it.
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They can certainly automate some bits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUOz4eqobVw#
But, not all of them, it seems.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARdlck7iums
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