Glassblowing Guide - Revision history

Cegaiel at 07:02, 18 October 2010

2010-10-18T07:02:11Z

Usi Bastet at 17:37, 23 May 2010

2010-05-23T17:37:54Z

Usi Bastet at 17:36, 23 May 2010

2010-05-23T17:36:35Z

Madi Bastet: /* Thermometers */

2010-04-30T08:59:44Z

Thermometers

Myn: /* Hookah Bowl */

2010-04-30T01:28:51Z

Hookah Bowl

Cegaiel: /* Cegaiel's Newbie Perspective */

2010-03-26T05:19:34Z

Cegaiel's Newbie Perspective

Cegaiel: /* Cegaiel's Newbie Perspective */

2010-03-20T03:06:54Z

Cegaiel's Newbie Perspective

Cegaiel: /* Cegaiel's Newbie Perspective */

2010-03-20T03:04:50Z

Cegaiel's Newbie Perspective

Cegaiel: /* Thermometers */

2010-03-20T02:59:23Z

Thermometers

Cegaiel: /* Newbie Perspective */

2010-03-20T02:57:02Z

Newbie Perspective

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 ===Methods===
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 *I basically hit M over and over (spaced 1-2 seconds a part) and with other hand slap Q as fast as you can repeatedly (and find any spare finger you can to slap the U key when you see anything over 3500).
 ==== Ariella ====

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 ==Barometric Sphere==
-Requires 1 glass rod to make. You must be signed up for Test of Life to get the option.
+Requires 1 glass rod to make. You must be signed up for Test of Life (on Bastet: Test of Life and/or Test of the Ritual Tattoo) to get the option.
 *Push the rod in about 4 clicks to heat the spot where the middle of the first bulb will be. Leave it for a few seconds until the middle of the bulb location is yellow, then quickly push the rod in to heat the centre of the second bulb. As soon as it's yellow, blow 5-10 times (not counted yet) to get two rough bulbs. It seems to help to leave the first bulb to heat slightly longer than the second to counter the cool down time while you're heating the second. I got spheres of 5-6k with this method.

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	You need 3 Barometric Spheres to make a Barometer. The ideal case is for the 3 spheres to be perfectly matched in quality (otherwise you lose quality on the barometer - see barometer page for the reason) and the easiest way to achieve that is to make lots of spheres, then pick the closest matched ones.		You need 3 Barometric Spheres to make a Barometer. The ideal case is for the 3 spheres to be perfectly matched in quality (otherwise you lose quality on the barometer - see barometer page for the reason) and the easiest way to achieve that is to make lots of spheres, then pick the closest matched ones.

		+	===Usi (Bastet)===
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		+	Please note that this description is not exact. Once you do it a few times, you will get the hang of it I'm sure, and you can find the method that you think is the easiest.
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		+	When you work on the 2nd blowing part of this procedure, the one you did first will also still slightly inflate. Therefore the idea is to do the first blowing not to the fullest, and let it go to complete inflation when you do the 2nd one. This is where the method isn't precise. Haven't figured out those exact numbers yet, but will update this manual when I have figured it out.
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		+	Set it to '''Pinpoint'''.
		+
		+	#Push the rod in by clicking '''A''' 5 times
		+	#rotate it with '''M''' or '''N''' while it's heating up (when it turns yellow, you can start blowing)
		+	#Blow about 3 times (maybe 4) with '''B'''
		+	#pull back about 4 clicks with '''S''' (so 2nd spot on the rod is heating up, not the very end of the rod, but next one over)
		+	#rotate it with '''M''' or '''N''' while the front part is heating up (when it turns yellow, it's heated up)
		+	#keep rotating it a bit longer, till the front part is heated up enough, and the back part has cooled down to dark purple.
		+	#Blow about 5 times with '''B'''
		+	#keep rotating it till both spheres on the rod are nicely centered.
		+	#try to click '''Q''' a couple of times to check the quality while you're trying keep the spheres centered
		+	#hit '''U''' to unload and complete your barometric sphere
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		+	Note: when you are spinning the rod, slow down or speed up hitting those keys as you go. when the spheres sag too much, spin it to the top and wait 1-2 seconds so it can sag back in place.
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		+	Best I got is about 6700 quality with this, with an average of around 4k-5k.

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	Requires: 1 [[Glass Pipe]], 1 [[Quicksilver]]		Requires: 1 [[Glass Pipe]], 1 [[Quicksilver]]

		+	You must have Advanced Glassblowing & Basic Chemestry for thermo to show up in the gloryhole list.

	===Methods===		===Methods===

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 ==Hookah Bowl==
 Requires: 1 [[Fine Glass Rod]]
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 #Repeat over the next 3 segments
 #Blow 2-3 times
 ==Thermometers==

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 As a newbie on the Glory Hole, trying this for my first time, I was a little intimitated by all the different instructions.  I wanted to add my perspective.
-<B>The whole process takes about 10-20 seconds to make.</b>  Dont expect this long overdrawn process. No fuel is required!
 I failed my first 2 thermometers trying the detailed instructions using Pinpoint (Heat Control).  My 3rd attempt, I decided to try Standard (Heat Control) and used oicurtis' method and it worked out.  Heres how I did it on 3rd try and all subsequent tries:
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 *Minimize Chat so hotkeys will work
-*Tap A button (push), repeatedly, as fast as possible until it stops going into the hole.  Then quickly tap S (pull) 7 times.
+*Tap A button (push), repeatedly, as fast as possible until it stops going into the hole (24 taps).  Then pull it back out a little, 7 times, by quickly tap S (pull) 7 times.
 *Then tap M (Rotate) about once every second or two.  As soon as you see the glass turn yellowish (about 4-6 seconds), then tap B (Blow) 4 times.  I was rotating (M) with one hand and hitting B (Blow) every second (with other hand), alternately.  But do not blow more than 4 times.  But I suspect that you could just slap (B)low 4 times back to back without problems.

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-*Minimize Chat so hotkeys will work
+*Minimize Chat so hotkeys will work and set heat to Standard
-*Tap A button (push) as fast as possible until it stops going into the hole.  Then quickly tap S (pull) 7 times.
+*Tap A button (push), repeatedly, as fast as possible until it stops going into the hole.  Then quickly tap S (pull) 7 times.
 *Now the tricky part.  Keep hitting M (every 1 second) with one hand, while hitting Q (Quality Check) with other hand over and over, (hit Q repeatedly over and over, very fast).  As soon as you see the quality number at 3500 or above, quickly hit the U (Unload Project) with other hand as fast as possible. <b>I can't stress this point out enough</b>.  Once the quality is above 3500, you have to hit the U key (Unload) as quickly as possible.  Just a one second delay (to Unload) can make 6000 quality go down to 500-2000 quality (unusable/loss of materials).  So I'm sure you will get the glass part (the rotating with M button and pushing B 4 times) down on first couple of tries like I did.  The trick to whether your thermometer is above 3500 and not fail, is how fast you can hit the U key, after hitting the Quality check (Q) key and seeing a 3500+ quality.  I was hitting 6000 quality easily and never done it before.  The most important thing I learned after my first two failures, is that I only failed because I waited two seconds to (U)nload it after I saw my quality above 3500.  If I had slammed the (U)nload button 1 second faster, I would not have failed ANY thermometers :)  If you fail, you lose your ingredients.  So I recommend trying this with two hands.  Use one hand for M and B, use other hand dedicated to slapping the Q (Quality) repeatedly.  I've seen it move from 424 quality to 5000 quality in literally one second and vice versa.
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 *I basically hit M over and over (spaced 1-2 seconds a part) and with other hand slap Q as fast as you can repeatedly (and find any spare finger you can to slap the U key when you see anything over 3500).
 ==== Ariella ====

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 Requires: 1 [[Glass Pipe]], 1 [[Quicksilver]]
-===A Newbies Perspective by Cegaiel===
 As a newbie on the Glory Hole, trying this for my first time, I was a little intimitated by all the different instructions.  I wanted to add my perspective.
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 *I basically hit M over and over (spaced 1-2 seconds a part) and with other hand slap Q as fast as you can repeatedly (and find any spare finger you can to slap the U key when you see anything over 3500).
 ==== Ariella ====