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Old 2013-08-20, 6:48am
Talonst Talonst is offline
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Reading Drew Fritts book on soft glass marbles would be enlightening for you.

You could cut strips of the sheet glass and stack and bind them together with steel or nichrome wire (a wrap at each end). Place them in the kiln to preheat then heat the end of a boro punti to white hot. Open the kiln and grab the stack from the end. Fuse one end of the stack together in the flame and cut off the wire on that end and then slowly heat along the length chasing out the air. As you move to the other end remove the second wire wrap and attach another punti to the other end and now you have your gather or you can pull into a rod.

This process is explained in detail in Drew's book.

I wouldn't say boro is better for marbles. In many way soft glass marbles are easier to make and can be as or more beautiful.

Enjoy!
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