Glassblowers
A glassblower coiled the long tube of glass
used in Galileo’s thermometer.
A team of glassblowers fashioned the light
bulb for Thomas Edison,
as well as the necessary glass vacuum pumps.
A glassblower assisted Vladimir Zworykin in
developing the tube that
evolved into the television.
The list goes on. I havent done anything as
great as this yet.
Glassblowing is made up of lots of different
categories
one of those is the
Scientific and Medical Glassblower.
This is the seven year apprenticeship I served
This workshop
is now closed.
Please follow instructions below
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Glass-blowing repairs and orders are now dealt with
by Heriot-Watt University Glassblowing Workshop.
Please note: this service is only available to
the School of Chemistry.
Contact information: Mr Paul Allan
e-mail: p.allan@hw.ac.uk
phone: 0131 451 8022
address to send items to:
Paul Allan (Glassblower)
Perkin Stores, William Perkin Building
School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Heriot Watt University
Edinburgh, EH14 4AS
You should contact Paul– preferably by e-mail
– to discuss the job first. Paul will be able to tell you whether it is
repairable, how long the job might take and give you a costing. It would
also be helpful to send a photo, if appropriate, so that Paul has a clearer
idea of what the proposed job is.
Before sending any glassware for repair,
IT MUST BE SCRUPULOUSLY CLEAN.
If it isn’t, it will be sent straight back – and
the group will be responsible for the extra carriage costs incurred.
Please fill in the glassblowing request form (Word,
26 KB) and send with the packed glassware.
Include clear instructions.
You will also need to request an order form from
Marjory Parker and include this with your job request.
Groups are responsible for their own packing –
there is bubble wrap available (check at stores).
Remember that the repaired glassware will be returned
in the same container, so think ahead - it needs to be Courier-proof.
Once you have packed up your glassware, give to
the General Office who will despatch it.
