How do they match: Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers

Blow tubing into specified shapes to prevent glass from collapsing, using compressed air or own breath, or blow and rotate gathers in molds or on boards to obtain final shapes.
Design and create glass objects, using blowpipes and artisans' hand tools and equipment.
Determine types and quantities of glass required to fabricate products.
Develop sketches of glass products into blueprint specifications, applying knowledge of glass technology and glass blowing.
Heat glass to pliable stage, using gas flames or ovens and rotating glass to heat it uniformly.
Operate and maintain finishing machines to grind, drill, sand, bevel, decorate, wash, or polish glass or glass products.
Operate electric kilns that heat and mold glass sheets to the shape and curve of metal jigs.
Place glass into dies or molds of presses and control presses to form products, such as glassware components or optical blanks.
Place electrodes in tube ends and heat them with glass burners to fuse them into place.
Set up and adjust machine press stroke lengths and pressures and regulate oven temperatures, according to glass types to be processed.
Shape, bend, or join sections of glass, using paddles, pressing and flattening hand tools, or cork.
Spray or swab molds with oil solutions to prevent adhesion of glass.

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