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Old 2009-01-13, 9:14pm
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Originally Posted by AlivELampworK View Post
i'm not sure how true this is. i would definitely like to see where this has been published. i have heard glass always wants to be round but why a thickness of 6 mm? and not all rods are pulled in 6 mm diameter.
when you fuse, glass does like to be 6 mm (1/4"), so I can see where it might be true for beadmaking. Why? I have NO idea - it's just a law of nature.

Pulling is changing the natural tendency of glass, so it would prevent it from doing what it wants on its own.
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