The Secret Of Ancient Roman Glass Blowing!
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Күн бұрынHow was glass made 3500 years ago? I take a deep dive and attempt to achieve this ancient art of glassmaking using only a wood-fired furnace.
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@Mateus_Longo 10 ай бұрын
The taller your chimney is, the stronger the pressure diference it creates when you heat it up. So if you think you need more airflow to make your wood burn more cleanly, make the chimney taller. Hope this helps. Good luck!
@siloton 10 ай бұрын
Forcing air flow catalyzes burning, but at the same time introduces cooling. How about preheating blowed air somehow by second furnace with isolated air path?
@waynebimmel6784 10 ай бұрын
@@silotonuse residual heat from exaust gas to do that
@hanelyp1 10 ай бұрын
@@waynebimmel6784 A heat exchanger to preheat combustion gasses from the exhaust would be an effective, but to my knowledge entirely modern, method.
@hanelyp1 10 ай бұрын
@@siloton The flames shooting out the top of the chimney tell us the fire wasn't getting enough air. The light from the flame is incandescent particles from incomplete combustion. Best heat requires a balance, enough air for complete combustion but no excess.
@joutoob9 8 ай бұрын
yes taller
@jamescrowson5607 10 ай бұрын
I was a professional glass blower for 15 years. Glass is incredibly complicated. Getting quality glass from raw batch is a real craft. Thanks for the video and thanks for the tenacity!
@hakarthemage 10 ай бұрын
As you know temperature control is half the battle.
@joshschneider9766 8 ай бұрын
@@hakarthemageyes, we know. Don't be pedantic.
@helpmehelp3009 8 ай бұрын
The Romans used coal, that they turned into coke! Not the king u put up your nose, put into a furnace and blow air over it and it reaches hightemps fast!
@maskcollector6949 4 ай бұрын
@@joshschneider9766 I don't think that word means what you think it means, as you're the one being pedantic there lol.
@someoneudontknow3709 10 ай бұрын
You know, considering how much focus there is on ancient kilns and furnaces a collab with primitive technologies would be great
@KainYusanagi 10 ай бұрын
Too bad he's in Australia.
@Volt64bolt 10 ай бұрын
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@thepizzaguy8477 10 ай бұрын
HTME travels all over the place @@KainYusanagi, they can probably check out australia
@justcama 10 ай бұрын
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@takid123 10 ай бұрын
@@Volt64bolthe just made glass were a ways of from planes
@kaitlyn__L 10 ай бұрын
The part about how glass goes from brown, to amber, to green, to blue absolutely blew my mind! I’ve seen all these kinds of glass all my life but had no idea what made them happen, and now this even makes sense as to why so many beer and wine bottles are dark brown - no reducing agent to make it clear!
@Domarnett 10 ай бұрын
Modern glass is made with chemicals added to get uniform colors. Beer and wine bottles are made dark to block UV light which can kills the yeasts needed for the fermentation process.
@kaitlyn__L 10 ай бұрын
@@Domarnett I’ve seen some pretty inconsistent shades from British breweries! Usually the fermentation is done before bottling in those beers as well. I know that’s not so much a thing in wine though and it makes sense why they’re so much darker as a result.
@DH-xw6jp 10 ай бұрын
@@kaitlyn__Lin beers the bottle are brown because the UV light damages the hops. It's the volatiles (oils and whatnot) in the hops reacting to uv that "skunks" beer.
@kaitlyn__L 10 ай бұрын
@@DH-xw6jp certainly not denying it’s useful, just sometimes the amount of brown is inconsistent like these samples rather than one solid colour just like wine bottles. I always loved the light shining through “blotchy” or “stripey” ones as a kid. And obviously the iron isn’t just “coming with” the materials like this sand was, so it’s always an additive, and iron being brown isn’t surprising. But it’s cool that iron can do the whole range, I always assumed the blue glass was copper.
@DH-xw6jp 10 ай бұрын
@@kaitlyn__L sorry, i meant to reply to the guy saying they were brown to stop the yeast from dying.
@jono3952 10 ай бұрын
Hey you actually managed to go from raw ingredients to aqua glass in one. Huge step forward. Can't wait to see the next one.
@chrisbolland5634 10 ай бұрын
This is what success looks like. Tiny iterations working toward victory, and even here when you've actually DONE IT, it still sin't going to feel very satisfying because it's not perfect. Keep going and see if you can't achieve optical quality glass, but failing that, the stuff you made looks up tot he caliber of the ancients, and that is no small feat. Well done.
@Tyrchon001 10 ай бұрын
Glad to see that you made it out here to the Corning Museum of Glass. It is one of the best hidden gems here in Upstate NY and a great source for information on the history of glass and glass-work. For those who are curious about glass making and would like to try it, the museum also offers classes where you can get similar hands-on lessons as well as make various glass crafts. I've personally gone several times and made my own wine glasses, glass pumpkin decorations, glass snowmen, and even Christmas ornaments to gift to friends and family.
@Nono-hk3is 10 ай бұрын
Geez, I've lived in the area my entire life, and didn't realize they offered classes. Thanks for the tip!
@Tyrchon001 10 ай бұрын
@@Nono-hk3is Yes, if you go to the museum's website you will find on it listings for their Make Your Own Glass, where they list the small glass crafts, and the listing for the Studio, where they list the different classes. Classes are multi-week affairs whereas the Make Your Own Glass events are usually a single evening or afternoon event.
@marinelademeterio7069 10 ай бұрын
I’ve gone twice. One of my favorite museums.
@morgan0 10 ай бұрын
yea it’s a really cool museum
@visnuexe 8 ай бұрын
I have wanted to visit there forever! That is the most incredible collection/exhibit of glass ever!!
@eggyparrot3844 10 ай бұрын
I've seen a design for a high temp clay furnace like this that basically use an insulated double wall. There is an inner chamber for the fire and crucible, and an outer shell with a few inches of gap between them. The gap is then filled with loosely packed white ash from previous fires. The small air pockets in the fine powder and high temperature tolerance make an insulation that is high performing for something so primitive
@Zelmel 10 ай бұрын
The Corning Museum of Glass is a surprisingly awesome place. You might think it would be a "cool for 20 minutes and then you've seen it" thing, but it's at least a full day experience. Lots of cool stuff there, not to mention the classes and such.
@ImmortalLemon 10 ай бұрын
Dude I know! I live only like 2 hours away from it so every summer I’ll go over and take a class for fun and then just spend the rest of the day there. There always seems to be something new to learn every time I go, they’re always changing around what they’ve got in the smaller exhibits
@Zelmel 10 ай бұрын
@@ImmortalLemon It's a bit more of a drive for me than that, but the time I went I was blown away by how much stuff was there and how interesting it all was. I only got to do one small class, but if I lived closer or had more free time I'd be taking a bunch more.
@ImmortalLemon 10 ай бұрын
@@Zelmel I hope you get the chance to go back more in the future. Everyone deserves to learn an explore their interests
@fisharmor 9 ай бұрын
"There's this guy who nobody seriously doubts existed and was objectively the most influential person in all of history and we pegged the date to his birth for 2000 years but that has fallen out of political fashion and I'm either petty or a coward so I'm going to pretend it didn't happen" Everything that comes out of the mouth of a historian who says BCE is suspect.
@ImmortalLemon 9 ай бұрын
@@fisharmor bro wtf are you even talking about right now? We’re talking about a glass exhibit here and nobody even knows how to interpret whatever you’re regurgitating from a podcast right now
@drewharrison6433 10 ай бұрын
Andy is always so serious about these projects. They joke around a bit but the shear joy on his face at 28:29 is a rare treat. Thanks.
@theomelchior2739 10 ай бұрын
It was a good day
@andrewpaedia 10 ай бұрын
Your consistent effort to create clear glass throughout all these years is really, really inspiring!
@Rosiepedia 10 ай бұрын
Would love to see you making some moulded glass items like those in the museum as the step before blown glass as well!
@k8zhd 8 ай бұрын
The Corning Museum is a wonder! My wife and I spent almost a week there and didn't see everything. We did come away with a couple of glass bowls that we saw being made by the glass artists. Your technical deep dive into the process is very illuminating, and I really admire your dedication and determination in the videos. And you did some quite good first efforts at making decorative objects in clear glass.
@MrJmagenta 10 ай бұрын
Out of every skill you have gotten from this experience, none compare to how naturally you taken to glass. Glass and Flint napping have to be the two skills that you have the ability to master.
@fraserbuilds 10 ай бұрын
Really amazing dedication as always from this channel! You probably heard about them at the Corning Museum, but early blow torches invented during the Renaissance made working glass way easier and way more fuel-efficient. I have a few videos on my channel of my reproductions of those blow torches if youre interested. they were used for making all sorts of things from chemistry equipment to the first microscopes and can be really incredibly powerful.
@mikeyjohnson5888 10 ай бұрын
I just discovered you yesterday and now here you are
@fraserbuilds 10 ай бұрын
@@mikeyjohnson5888 😂wherever there's mention of recipes on ancient stone tablets, I am there!
@VarenRoth 10 ай бұрын
This is probably my favorite video you've made so far, it really shows the fruits of butting your heads together with other people to come up with a solution as they did in older times. It's always about finding the best way to make things easier when it comes to projects like these, isn't it? I loved how just moving a bunch of rocks in the right shape gave you a better result than what you had with a modern tool blowing air in, a great example of working hard vs smart!
@ThomasthEEngineR 10 ай бұрын
I have loved following this channel through the years. Keep it up Andy!
@oasntet 10 ай бұрын
I think the extra step of making charcoal might still make sense at your scale. It will ensure the fuel is all extremely dry and will burn hotter, which would save you a bunch of time getting up to temperature on glass day and reduce the chances of a poor wood supply keeping you from succeeding. If you were cranking out glass every day, perfecting the wood fire is obviously a better option economically, but when your goal is successful glass blowing and not being financially profitable, take every edge you can get.
@kaitlyn__L 10 ай бұрын
Plus commercially purchased charcoal can be cheaper than raw firewood nowadays
@arnoldskurk971 8 ай бұрын
i saw a video of an afghan man blowing glass, and he just put firewood in it!
@mrsmrth322 5 ай бұрын
Mined coal or bituminous coal is also an option.
@chrisfox961 10 ай бұрын
That video was on fire!
@winter_baby9345 10 ай бұрын
How tf did you comment 30 mins ago ona 20 seccond old video?
@beramar161 10 ай бұрын
@winter_baby9345 they are a patreon supporter
@nikkiofthevalley 10 ай бұрын
@@winter_baby9345Usually KZfaqrs with Patreon and/or KZfaq memberships will reward donating by releasing videos earlier for Patron and/or KZfaq memberships.
@DonutsIceCreamAndCottenCandy 10 ай бұрын
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@winter_baby9345 10 ай бұрын
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@Hilqy 10 ай бұрын
A completely unexpected Collab lol love save it for part's content, very interesting to learn how satellite data works
@ethanclark7489 9 ай бұрын
I’d love to see an episode on canning (like mason jars). Lots of early ones were clay. Wax or rubber can seal them. It was a major step in humanity, the ability to transport and preserve “fresh” foods.
@skeetsmcgrew3282 8 ай бұрын
I found it interesting to think that very fine clay pieces have existed since before written word and yet humans spent literal millennia developing this hot, dangerous, expensive, difficult art. And overall none of it accomplishes something clay and iron can't, until relatively recently with scientific glassware and high pressure vessels. Imagine taking a mason jar to these people thousands of years ago, you'd be a god lol
@Mostlyharmless1985 8 ай бұрын
It’s hard to do that and not kill yourself, like he almost did when making a sandwich from scratch.
@redjonglop 10 ай бұрын
So hyped to see saveitforparts on here! Great to have more Minnesota peeps get a highlight
@kiarakeeper2154 10 ай бұрын
I love that your reaching out more to experts in the fields of the things your trying to make. You've done it before but it's Really awesome to see. And to really learn about the history from people with real experience
@nickg5250 10 ай бұрын
This channel is exceptional and represents the best of what the internet should offer. Outstanding work, as always.
@markreynolds9343 8 ай бұрын
I appreciate how you went classical tech on this. I've tried to go classic on a variety of metallurgy projects with much less success, always resorting to purchasing materials pre-refined, or using electric/gas heat. I eventually scrapped the classic methods and went with a time/money/efficiency based lab. My thing is refining precious metal, and figuring out what byproducts might be used for.
@jankrusat2150 7 ай бұрын
Your comment about glassmakers moving from place to place where there was plenty of firewood available, perfectly describes the German medieval "Waldglas" manufacturing ("Waldglas" means "forest glas).
@seb2721 10 ай бұрын
I’ve been following you on this journey for a while, its amazing what you’ve accomplished!
@nuagor 10 ай бұрын
Excellent episode - I love how he takes us along for the ride. Also, 3:36 has to be one of the calmest explosion narrations on KZfaq in recent memory - doggo went from chillaxed to nope in no time flat.
@gangstreG123 10 ай бұрын
Excellent, one of your better videos in months I think. Glad to see you revisiting the glass project.
@EladLerner 10 ай бұрын
This was a great an educational video! I really liked the format of interviewing experts, showing the research, trying the technology, and then having a go at it yourself with the acquired knowledge.
@Becker_18 10 ай бұрын
Oh shit he’s back! Haven’t watched in a couple of years but love all the content I’ve seen! Can’t wait to binge and catch up
@cocok.291 8 ай бұрын
I love complex glass objects and I have a collection of baubles, dishes, pipes, etc. and watching this it makes me feel like ancient royalty to have such delicate and hard to make objects
@jason9152 10 ай бұрын
This is my favorite series you have been doing. I have been following you for years, and I never miss an upload, I wasn't here for the original sandwich, but it wasn't that long after that. It's amazing to see how close your getting.
@Leo99929 10 ай бұрын
Those flames shooting out of your chimney suggest either there isn't enough oxygen prior to that, or your chambers need to the longer to allow that combustion to happen inside the structure. You're wasting all the heat of flames coming out of the chimney. If you can make the height difference larger, that will help. you could also experiment with pre-heated secondary air intake injected after your primary burn chamber to ensure full combustion. Look up rocket stove design.
@aimfar7946 10 ай бұрын
Been looking forward to this video since I saw the short on it!
@Robb403 10 ай бұрын
One thing they don't talk much about is how badly scarred ancient glassmakers were. Burns were common and so was lung damage from breathing fumes and heat. At those temperatures, the furnaces could fail explosively if just a small amount of water hit a hot spot. So, it was a dangerous occupation. I'm glad you got through it with minimal harm.
@ElliotKrueger 10 ай бұрын
I can definitely attest to this, especially when we were using forced air. I had very little arm hair for a while.
@claytonharting9899 10 ай бұрын
Congratulations! I loved watching your journey in this video
@Nono-hk3is 10 ай бұрын
Outstanding! Great job everyone!
@brentmay3878 10 ай бұрын
Duuuuuuuude I'm so proud of you! You've been trying to get over this hurtle for so long and this episode had major progress. W2G! Love the channel!
@Ravenist 10 ай бұрын
Love these longer formatted videos! Great work so far, I recently started learning how to glassblow at my university too and it definitely harder than it looks
@ceciliadueppen 10 ай бұрын
This is insane! It's been amazing seeing your progress during the past few years with glass, and this seemed like a major leap! Can't wait to see what you'll accomplish next.
@rickdekeijzer3720 10 ай бұрын
Great video, really enjoyed it. Nice work making the glass! Best of luck to you guys.
@sillyjellyfish2421 5 ай бұрын
I love experimental archeology! You did amazing and congrats to finally nailing it
@Pez_Destroyer 10 ай бұрын
Great episode, I really enjoyed this!
@masteredk2919 10 ай бұрын
The part of the book saying to make a sheep sacrifice to ensure a successful attempt reminded me of the thought emporium saying how microbiologists where superstitious and that if you told them that sacrificing a goat would ensure their bacteria didn’t die they would start keeping a pen of goats in there lab
@ArmyCop 10 ай бұрын
I love glass-blowing! I can watch glass working for hours. This was very informative. Well done!
@Sky-._ 10 ай бұрын
This was an amazing video! Super informative and interesting!
@avoirdupois1 10 ай бұрын
I enjoy how Andy collaborates with so many experts to show the building of these objects that we commonly take for granted.
@eitan8351 10 ай бұрын
Great episode!!
@Kate_Fyria 8 ай бұрын
I took 4 semesters of glass blowing in collage. I might've cackled a bit when watching him get a lesson from a master. It's very hard! Good work though! This was fascinating!
@Sientir 10 ай бұрын
Congratulations on the achievement! I know how long you've been working at this, and it's great to see your journey of learning. :D
@reillygallagher246 10 ай бұрын
Your progress has been truly incredible
@OnnieKoski 8 ай бұрын
This is pretty amazing! Good work!
@garrettc2525 10 ай бұрын
Hey man love the videos! Keep up the great work!
@markieman64 10 ай бұрын
This was a wonderful achievement! Can't wait to see the next steps with it!
@fifthavenue8505 7 ай бұрын
Absolutely fascinating!
@domjrl 10 ай бұрын
This was one of the best episodes yet!
@Mr.Donahue 10 ай бұрын
This was such a great episode.
@tesalabatechnology860 6 ай бұрын
You are teaching us everything thank you very much.
@The_Instamis 6 ай бұрын
That's amazing! It's super impressive you managed to make glass from raw materials and the fact that you got the glass into a shape blows my mind. Very cool video, there are so many interesting details around getting the fire just right
@bartdevries8531 10 ай бұрын
How I do love thia channel.. this is what KZfaq is all about for me ❤
@clampchowder9569 8 ай бұрын
I genuinely feel that you're doing a real service to humanity by exploring all these ancient techniques which people discovered to create the basic things we take for granted today and offering us an insight into how it all works.
@broganmaloney499 10 ай бұрын
This is so cool!
@CraigIsakson 8 ай бұрын
Nice work!!
@joeorton1218 8 ай бұрын
Bro you have been searching non stop for that perfect glass hand-made using acient techniques amazing
@everydayrenaissanceman2246 10 ай бұрын
That’s great progress!
@RocketChild 10 ай бұрын
This was a great episode. I appreciated seeing the experts' point of view at the museum and then seeing you take that knowledge and trying it yourself. Also, lol at seeing Andy continuously wear short pants despite all the other PPE equipment :P
@kellysonnenberg212 7 ай бұрын
I really liked this video. Ive been waiting to see you to succeed and so pleased you did.
@up4open 8 ай бұрын
Good for you and good for us!
@vibrasieve 6 ай бұрын
Amazing process, like the magic
@blacklionapps7335 8 ай бұрын
Wonderful video!
@linecraftman3907 10 ай бұрын
Just insane how complicated is glass making. You'd think it's just some sand but nope! Another great peek into humanity history, love these videos!
@nicolepags5 10 ай бұрын
08:35 I live in the area, Corning Glass is amazing! I've made a few of these flowers, so freaking cool.
@PeteMonaghan 10 ай бұрын
This is very cool. This is the type of channel that should be huge. Unfortunately, the world is very foolish.
@jared4492 5 ай бұрын
Awesome video. I appreciated the way you tried to recreate conditions. That museum looks great. Now I want to eat cereal.
@NewNormac 10 ай бұрын
Thanks CMOG, great attempt HTME ~Smile oN
@AbananaPEEl 10 ай бұрын
I got randomly suggested a Saveit for parts video recently, and did NOT expect to see him here! Though im glad he is! hes got some real interesting videos!!
@communicationdevice 4 ай бұрын
Cheers, great video.
@IngeniousOutdoors 10 ай бұрын
Really puts into perspective stuff like the Lycurgus Cup considering how hard primitive glass is to make, and how we cant even recreate the cup with modern glass making tech. People are like "wheres the proof of these so-called ancient advanced civilizations?" And i think the Lycurgus Cup is one such piece of proof.
@Tb64 10 ай бұрын
When compared to before definitely feels like you have improved a lot.
@rickharvey4727 9 ай бұрын
Oh man, I love CMoG! Glad I live relatively close to it, because it's such an awesome experience.
@most-best 7 ай бұрын
Good thing civilization had more skilled people than this guy making glass thousands of years ago or it would never have happened.
@artistpw 8 ай бұрын
It's amazing to see the progress. Human endeavor into glass and ceramics are ancient and it's great to see the art continued.
@OhHeyTrevorFlowers 10 ай бұрын
Congratulations on this success after years of working the problem of glass 🎉
@alexharewood2978 10 ай бұрын
As a save it for parts subscriber, it was great to see the collab
@3isr3g3n 10 ай бұрын
Heck yeah saveitforparts is such a great channel for a collab!
@kikolektrique1737 10 ай бұрын
Woah mastery over glass!!! You sure growing to become a master of all crafts
@chickenmonger123 10 ай бұрын
That was some really good progress. I am excited to see the next iteration of this project. Start collecting or seasoning wood, or making charcoal for next year? That is if you don’t want to do it earlier.
@lady_draguliana784 10 ай бұрын
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE HUGE PROGRESS!!!!!!🥳🎉
@FelekSta 10 ай бұрын
Nice videos:) hope youll get to modern tech
@AsmodeusInflect 10 ай бұрын
I gotta say...this really conveys just how crazy the effort to make ancient glass must have been. The investment in time and materials in the ancient world would've been huge.
@PankajDoharey 8 ай бұрын
Congratulations for the success. Finally after many years.
@lemmonsinmyeyes 10 ай бұрын
Sounds like perfect winter time activity
@amrastheluckywoof5524 9 ай бұрын
Each video makes me appreciate all the modern mundane things we have, like a simple glass bottle with a beer or a wine in it. It has taken literally centuries to perfect those.
@Sandreas95 10 ай бұрын
Amazing work :)
@piggybackride89 10 ай бұрын
YEEEEEES. Back to what we looove
@NotProFishing 10 ай бұрын
Absolutely fascinating how the production of raw glass materials was then shipped across asia and europe to be then used to create the objects we find today.
@dangerouswitch1066 10 ай бұрын
You are a real inspiration
@wyatte5.9l63 10 ай бұрын
Right on, these are some of the best videos, I can’t wait to see what else you do with the water wheel, possibly making an electric grid powered by hydro? Make a light bulb (I did this in grade 7 with pencil lead, a jar, and batteries) and Maybe attempt a copper wire? Try to take the energy of the water and turn it into a light source. Just a thought, love the vids keep it up
@catprog 10 ай бұрын
I think making a magnet might be the hardest part.
@wyatte5.9l63 10 ай бұрын
@@catprog true
@mrvn000 7 ай бұрын
Awesome!!
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