Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers

A typical week, in the words of people in the job

1. 01Heat glass to pliable stage, using gas flames or ovens and rotating glass to heat it uniformly.
2. 02Shape, bend, or join sections of glass, using paddles, pressing and flattening hand tools, or cork.
3. 03Inspect, weigh, and measure products to verify conformance to specifications, using instruments such as micrometers, calipers, magnifiers, or rulers.
4. 04Record manufacturing information, such as quantities, sizes, or types of goods produced.
5. 05Determine types and quantities of glass required to fabricate products.
6. 06Design and create glass objects, using blowpipes and artisans' hand tools and equipment.
7. 07Operate and maintain finishing machines to grind, drill, sand, bevel, decorate, wash, or polish glass or glass products.
8. 08Strike necks of finished articles to separate articles from blowpipes.
9. 09Repair broken scrolls by replacing them with new sections of tubing.
10. 10Superimpose bent tubing on asbestos patterns to ensure accuracy.
11. 11Operate electric kilns that heat and mold glass sheets to the shape and curve of metal jigs.
12. 12Place glass into dies or molds of presses and control presses to form products, such as glassware components or optical blanks.

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