RED Matthews
Well-Known Member
Well all of you, I need to explain what these forms are. They are the blank mold cavity forms of the intended parison shape needed to make a bottle. The parison shape determines the availability of hot glass to be blown in the final mold; to be blown with good glass distribution in the final bottle being made. The secret of making a good bottle, in any form is in knowing how to shape the parison for glass to end up with a good bottle. The person that really understood these secrets could almost put his own digits on his pay check; when I went to work in the industry. That person at Thatcher's was Mr. Reginald Bird - and he became another person in my world that gained a lot of my respect and knowledge from. Mr. Al Abrahams was another nan that taught me a lot about making glass molds.
These forms deserve to be in my collection of parison shapes. I have a few solidified glass ones that were picked off the glass machine in the blowing process of operations. That is a tricky thing to accomplishment, believe me.
These wooden forms were not used in the making of the blank mold castings, they were just for shape reference in engineering studies.
RED Matthews
These forms deserve to be in my collection of parison shapes. I have a few solidified glass ones that were picked off the glass machine in the blowing process of operations. That is a tricky thing to accomplishment, believe me.
These wooden forms were not used in the making of the blank mold castings, they were just for shape reference in engineering studies.
RED Matthews