projects:glass_sphere:housing
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=== Glass === | === Glass === | ||
- | Glass is pretty good. When tempered and treated it's pretty shock-resistant, | + | Glass is pretty good. When tempered and treated it's pretty shock-resistant, |
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+ | == Sourcing == | ||
+ | For my initial experiments I want to use recycled glass. I have lots of mirror scraps, some blown glass bottles, and a glass tabletop. I need to solve a few problems: | ||
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+ | * Removing the silvering on the mirrors, | ||
+ | * Blown versus float glass, | ||
+ | * Smashing the glass into frit, | ||
+ | * Particle size, | ||
+ | * Wash versus non-wash. | ||
+ | * Fusing the glass into solid chunks. | ||
+ | * Temperature profile, | ||
+ | * Flux. | ||
== Toughening == | == Toughening == |
projects/glass_sphere/housing.txt · Last modified: 2019/02/24 22:54 by tjhowse