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The types of glass blowing tools are often dependent on the purposes of the glass blower. For instance, if the glass blower seeks to produce durable scientific glass instruments, he needs to use borosilicate glass since this type of glass has high temperature tolerance levels, and it can also resist prolonged exposure to most chemical elements. Glass blowing artists, on the other hand, can make use of more inexpensive glass materials, but artistic glass blowing also requires non-brittle glass materials. The glass blowing materials are generally the main difference you get from scientific glass blowing kits and artistic ones, but the glass blowing tools for both methods are basically composed of a blowhose assembly, an annealing oven, calipers, burners, corks, a diamond scribe, a cutting tool, and protective gear. |
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