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    dale
    last edited by 19 Oct 2016, 14:01

    Well I don't think there is anything more fascinating than projects that require you to push boundaries and invent new processes. This one must really be satisfying.
    I worked with Hydroflouric for many years, and remember being told by an old glass master whom I very much admired that all of his contemporaries that had worked the acid baths in Germany where he had trained had passed in one way or another from their work with it.
    And yes,glass is interesting in its relationship to other materials and its environment in terms of Coefficient of lineal expansion. I can see how a block of glass the size you are working with would be a head scratcher.
    Please keep us updated as you go forward.

    Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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      Rich O Brien Moderator
      last edited by 19 Oct 2016, 14:43

      crazy result!

      where is it going to be viewable?

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        tuna1957
        last edited by 20 Oct 2016, 23:56

        the head in the block video is frightening me 😲 !!!! πŸ‘

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          pmolson
          last edited by 22 Oct 2016, 13:35

          As I was going through this thread, I realized my heart rate and respiration were actually increasing.

          This is exciting!

          paul

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            Box
            last edited by 22 Oct 2016, 14:42

            @dale said:

            Please keep us updated as you go forward.

            Will do Dale.

            @rich o brien said:

            where is it going to be viewable?

            Practically around the corner from you Rich, they are for a new hospital being built in Bendigo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendigo

            @tuna1957 said:

            the head in the block video is frightening me 😲 !!!! πŸ‘

            There have been many different reactions to that video, but the real thing is somewhat different as your eyes don't quite see the same things a camera does.

            @pmolson said:

            As I was going through this thread, I realized my heart rate and respiration were actually increasing.

            Mine do that every day, I dream about these monsters and their problems every night and won't sleep through comfortably until they are safely installed.

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              Box
              last edited by 3 Nov 2016, 10:06

              A bit of a milestone today, finished all the cutting, polishing and etching.
              So we have 172 sheets of decorated glass that just need to be stuck together, no problem.
              So this is what 6 metric tons of glass look like, and the space we have to work with it.


              6Tonnes.JPG

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                Bryan K
                last edited by 19 Nov 2016, 09:14

                Excellent photos and nice looking workshop. Thank you for the pictures. πŸ‘

                See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                  Mike Amos
                  last edited by 24 Nov 2016, 20:54

                  Seriously impressive, I bet it took a lot of dedication.

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                    Rich O Brien Moderator
                    last edited by 25 Nov 2016, 10:09

                    it's gonna look insane when it's together and lit.

                    when they unveiling? need to book tickets to go to bendigo

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                      Box
                      last edited by 25 Nov 2016, 13:22

                      @rich o brien said:

                      when they unveiling? need to book tickets to go to bendigo

                      Still don't know when, there have been some delays on their end and some hiccups on my end...
                      But steal a loaf of bread or rustle a sheep or two and you'll be out here in no time.

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                        baz
                        last edited by 26 Nov 2016, 00:07

                        @box said:

                        @rich o brien said:

                        when they unveiling? need to book tickets to go to bendigo

                        Still don't know when, there have been some delays on their end and some hiccups on my end...
                        But steal a loaf of bread or rustle a sheep or two and you'll be out here in no time.

                        Haven't been to Bendigo for yonks, might have to detour there on my next trip north.

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                          Box
                          last edited by 28 Nov 2016, 12:28

                          Moving into the next stage, the lamination process.
                          Some awfully big and temperamental machines.
                          Here we will be heat bonding batches of six layers together to form 28 200kg blocks.
                          These will then be cold bonded to create the final two block.
                          Here's a couple of pics to give the lie of the land.


                          Sorting the sheets.


                          The big double pizza ovens.


                          The damn glass washer that is louder than a jet taking off from the roof, which has been non functional for two weeks waiting for a tiny electrcal component to arrive.


                          The vacuum sealing hot bed.


                          ![One 200 kg test lump of glass loaded on the final gluing rack.

                          And yes, all the racks you see here have been designed and constructed using sketchup.](/uploads/imported_attachments/H30m_5.jpg "One 200 kg test lump of glass loaded on the final gluing rack.

                          And yes, all the racks you see here have been designed and constructed using sketchup.")

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                            andybot
                            last edited by 28 Nov 2016, 13:38

                            looks like a very painstaking process, bet it will look pretty incredible when complete.

                            http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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                              cotty
                              last edited by 28 Nov 2016, 20:44

                              Monster machines for the monster project...

                              my SketchUp gallery

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                                Box
                                last edited by 30 Nov 2016, 09:15

                                First bit of cooking.
                                18 layers of glass ready to be taken out of the oven.
                                A nice 600kg


                                Lam1.JPG

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                                  Box
                                  last edited by 1 Dec 2016, 07:57

                                  As we move up through the layers it starts to be more recognisable as a figure, or at least parts of a figure.


                                  Lam Man 1.JPG

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                                    Box
                                    last edited by 8 Dec 2016, 09:57

                                    A new stage of the process. this is 4 of the cooked blocks racked on the gluing rig.
                                    It's not that interesting to look at but is a major step towards completion.
                                    The top section of the steel rack will clamp around the completed block and separates from the rest to be used for transportation and final lift and rotation into position.


                                    Rack.JPG


                                    A blurry close up showing most of the foot and beginning of the trousers.

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                                      Rich O Brien Moderator
                                      last edited by 8 Dec 2016, 10:05

                                      that's insane!

                                      this thing must cost!

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                                        Box
                                        last edited by 8 Dec 2016, 10:09

                                        Yes, Cost indeed, we'll barely break even on them I'm afraid. But they'll get us other more lucrative work.

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                                          baz
                                          last edited by 8 Dec 2016, 12:02

                                          @box said:

                                          Yes, Cost indeed, we'll barely break even on them I'm afraid. But they'll get us other more lucrative work.

                                          Thank god for artists, always optimists. XXX

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