Thanks fellas.
Another part of the equation which had serious weight in my decision to go this route is the simple fact that NJ Salem's Scientific Glassblowing course is 2 years and cost around $60K+ for tuition not to mention the cost of books, materials, living cost, food, etc.
Gets really really expensive real quick with no guarantees.
Disclaimer: I'm only half crazy. lol
So instead of running off to Salem why not use those same funds for building a full blown studio and classroom where I can discover the mysteries of boro and perfect any given process to fabricate whatever I or a customer wants.
Worse case scenario, It didn't work out and I got out of glassblowing.
Sell off all the equipment to recouple the investment and go another direction with minimal loss if any loss at all.
In reality, selling off the studio isn't an option at this point in time.
Have already went to deep into the worm hole. lol
It's an adventure every time I fire up the torch for sure.
Would be more than happy to help out whomever if anybody has a question or two about setting up a system like shown above.
If I have to spend any amount of serious time designing a total system for you then that's a whole different story.
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