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How to Heat up and Set Point on Skutt

Heat Up Press the Stop button Press the up arrow button to navigate to Htup, which means heat up Press the go button 4 times,  you will hear the relay click on Annealing Press the Stop Button Press the up arrow button to navigate to r – Hd, this is our program for anealing Press …

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How to Drain the Air Compressor

Make sure you have a pair of Ear Muffs, which should be located next to the Air Compressor, before you drain the Air Compressor, this task is very loud and can damage your ear drums! SAFETY FIRST! Turn the Blue Valve on the Bottom of the Air Compressor Tank at a slight angle towards you, …

Closing the glass studio

How to Close the Glass Studio Step Mark an X when completed Process 1 Make sure every knob on every torch is turned off. Make sure you do this at all stations and all Lathe stations. 2 Go to both the oxygen and propane lines on the back wall and turn them both off. The …

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Filling and Changing your Water Bowl

First fill a dish with water and go to each station to make sure the bowls are good with water. These should all be filled to NO LESS than 1/2 inch from the top of the bowl. If it is not there, fill it to this 1/2″ bellow the rim. If the Water Bowl is …

How to Change a Propane Tanks

When the Propane bank runs out of Propane, you will need to place your Hot Glass into a Running Kiln and swap banks. Go outside and turn the new bank on. Remove the bank tag and place on new running bank leaving the old bank on to fully drain Take propane ticket and place in …

Glass Shop Safety Regulations

Awareness This means always pay attention to what is happening in your surroundings. There is a lot of dangerous aspects to glassblowing and we need to work as a team to keep the shop a safe place. Propane We are dealing with flammable gases and this is not to be underestimated. Turn off all valves …

Bleeding the Fuel Line

This task it to be done at the END OF THE NIGHT, EVERYNIGHT! Turn off the propane valve on the back wall. Light the Torch at the East End of the Table (Steve’s Station), and the #1 lathe torch Burn these until the flame goes out and then turn the torches off. Make sure that …