No Holdup Still Head with Angled Ring Seal
Angled ring with a take off arm so no fluid is retained at the ring seal when draining liquid.
No Holdup Still Head with Angled Ring Seal
Ring seals, lathe, distillation, distillation head, angled ring seal,
Internal Bellows
Internal bellows on the lathe using hand torches, carbon rod and carbon paddle
Internal Bellows
lathe, bellows, internal bellows, suck in, distillation,
Push down ring seal
Make a ring seal by pushing down the outside tube onto the inside tube which already extends beyond the edge of the outside tube
Push down ring seal
lathework, hand torch, ring seal.
Venetian style goblet with air twist stem
Make a venetian style goblet on the lathe with hollow spiral air channels in the stem
Venetian style goblet with air twist stem
Add joints to a reaction kettle lid
Using a no blow technique add center and side joints to a 200 mm reaction kettle lid
Add joints to a reaction kettle lid
Chromatography column
Build a chromatography column with an 80mm fritted disc. The disc is pushed against an indent in the tube with a carbon rod to position it for sealing.
Chromatography column
frit sealing, frit, column
Salon Scrub Cup
A small sleeve of heavy wall borosilicate with glass wings on each side.
Salon Scrub Cup
Where: Vancouver, Washington Symposium
Why: This is used to test shampoo effectiveness
How: preheat small squares of boro plate on a hotplate. Pick them up with tweezers and seal onto heavy wall tubing. Make sure to work in the corners and edges so it's sturdy
Mosquito Feeder
A Mosquito feeder used to contain mosquitos who bite through a parafilm layer to draw blood from a sample.
Mosquito Feeder
Ring seal, dewar seal, lathe, multi head torch, hand torch
Lathe Protractor
Mark your lathe with degrees of rotation to form a protractor for accurate angular positioning when attaching sidearms, hose connectors etc
Lathe Protractor
Using masking tape, a Sharpie marker and the machined surfaces of your lathe and chuck learn how to add angle measurement points to your head and tailstock.
