10. After turning the whole assembly carefully through the flame, being careful to not twist the glass, it should be fully melted in like this:
Now you're ready to heat and pull.
11. Heat the whole thing to red-hot, again being careful to not twist the glass. You can manage this by turning both mandrels in the same direction at the same time. Once the whole thing is red hot, remove from the flame and count slowly to two or three, then gently begin to pull:
Pull slowly so you don't get incredibly thin parts (unless you want them that way!). I do this vertically with the thicker part of the pull at the higher point, because the heat will travel to this thicker part and help to even the pull. Keep pulling until you can't pull any more:
12. Lay the piece down and cut the ends off the pull with a glass nipper. Sorry, but that pic didn't turn out!
13. You should now have a length of stripey cane that looks like this:
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