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Old 04-18-2026, 12:58 AM
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Originally Posted by dtvmcdonald View Post
I talked to our department glassblower, who sometimes faces the exact same problem.
He said he will send a couple of suggestions to try, if you have not already tried them.

More important, there is glassblower's convention in a week or two which he will attend. He will enquire about possible solutions.

In the meantime, do you have the glass data, i.e. expansion coefficient?

Doug McDonald
The glass is Corning 0120 Potash Soda Lead The coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) for Corning 0120 glass is approximately 93.5 * 10-7 cm/cm/ degree C almost identical to Corning 0080 Soda Lime glass
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