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Old 2018-03-07, 5:53am
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You can also make a hollow bead on the end of a steel hollow mandrel. No need for bead release - just build a blob of glass on the end and blow. Pop a hole at the end and clean up, hold the bead with something (I use a pair of forceps) and then heat the steel mandrel at the base of the build and it will pull right off.
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