Hello neon john!
Up to your mouthing off again like you are the god of glass blowing!
Well, you might be! You are great! Indeed, in watching your videos, I
have never seen anyone else with your excellent talent! But that said,
not everyone can do what you do. This is something you are not getting.
Not everyone that picks up a violin can learn to play it. There is a
certain amount of physical dexterity that must be present and not all
people have that dexterity. Same goes for blowing glass by hand. It
takes a combination of good dexterity and a lot of practice. I don't
have that dexterity. Whether it be from mental problems or just a
physical problem with muscle coordination, that dexterity is not there
and no matter how I try I am not able to do a good job blowing glass by
hand. (my hands literally shake!)
So, what do I do? Go collect stamps? NO! I found a way to do it and I DO
IT GOOD in spite of your jealous rantings! You have no reason to be
jealous! You are good! You don't have to pick apart others work to make
yourself look better. Get it through your head mister: Not everyone is
as experienced as you, or as capable as you. But there are people out in
the world that are doing fine things with glass that don't have your
skills or experience. And it may be a lot more practical for someone
just getting into the glass work to see how someone that is NOT as
experienced as you does a successful job!
Sure anyone with your experience can do a fine job. But what if the
purpose of the project is to make tubes, not become a master glass
blower? I contend that my methods will give the AMATEUR (GET THAT WORD!)
the best shot at making a successful tube in the shortest period of
time! I KNOW! I did it and did not go through the long period of having
to learn hand held glass blowing!
I have had complete newbies come to my shop and using my lathe and
torches make beautiful joints in glass after just one or two attempts!
Persons that had never heated glass before in their life! Sure the lathe
is a "crutch", but it is amazingly useful to eliminate shaky hands! And
make up for poor eyesight. (mine!) It can make it possible for the
AMATEUR to begin making tubes much earlier in the game than if he has to
learn and build the muscle coordination necessary to do hand held
glasswork. (If the person even has the capability to do it! )
I will also call you on the use of bench torches for tube making. While
you (an expert glassblower) can do it with ease using a bench torch, I
contend that a new glassworker will have much quicker success with the
parts held in the lathe and use a hand torch to make the joints.
I'm getting a little long winded here so I will cut it off.
Jens, keep up the good work! The old wind bag will bark at you but just
ignore him! Also, there is an envelope full of goodies on the way!
ron (glasslinger)
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